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- pronunciation:
- ih
lu
m
neIt
- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
illuminates, illuminating, illuminated |
| definition 1: |
to light up; make bright with light.
Lights illuminated the stage.- synonyms:
- light
- antonyms:
- darken
- similar words:
- lighten
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| definition 2: |
to make clear or easier to understand; explain.
The teacher's example illuminated the math problem.- synonyms:
- clarify, illustrate
- similar words:
- account, explain, expose, get across, reveal, uncover
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| definition 3: |
to give knowledge to; enlighten.
This book has illuminated many people on the importance of fighting against prejudice.- synonyms:
- educate, enlighten, inform
- similar words:
- advise, awaken, elevate, enable, inspire, school
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| definition 4: |
to become lit up.
The sky illuminated with millions of stars.- synonyms:
- light up
- antonyms:
- darken
- similar words:
- clear, lighten
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| related words: |
clarify, color |
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| derivations: |
illuminable (adj.), illuminative (adj.), illuminatingly (adv.), illuminator (n.) |
The word illuminate
contains the following parts:
il-1
Latin
prefix
that means in, into, on
  More about this word part:
The prefix il-1 occurs in Latin loanwords. It is an assimilated form of in-1 used before roots beginning with "l," such as "lum."
Example words:
luc, lum
Latin
root
that means light; shine
Example words:
- synonyms:
- phot, photo
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, administrator, advocate, affiliate, aggravate, agitate, alternate, animate, annihilate, assimilate, associate, circulate, collaborate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, cooperate, coordinate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, emigrate, enunciate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, generate, graduate, illuminate, illustrate, incorporate, interrogate, irrigate, liberate, locate, narrate, navigate, nominate, operate, originate, participate, populate, radiate, regulate, rotate, segregate, terminate
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