| luminous | | |
| adj. | 1. aglow, lambent, lucent, luminous | softly bright or radiant.; "a house aglow with lights"; "glowing embers"; "lambent tongues of flame"; "the lucent moon"; "a sky luminous with stars" |
| ~ bright | emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts.; "the sun was bright and hot"; "a bright sunlit room" |
| phosphorescent | | |
| adj. | 1. phosphorescent | emitting light without appreciable heat as by slow oxidation of phosphorous.; "the phosphorescent glow of decaying wood" |
| ~ light | characterized by or emitting light.; "a room that is light when the shutters are open"; "the inside of the house was airy and light" |
| iridesce | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. iridesce | be iridescent.; "The corals iridesced under the surface of the clear water" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| ~ opalesce | exhibit a play of colors like that of an opal.; "This nitrate opalesces under certain conditions" |
| luminesce | | |
| v. (weather) | 1. luminesce | be or become luminescent; exhibit luminescence. |
| ~ shine, reflect | be bright by reflecting or casting light.; "Drive carefully--the wet road reflects" |
| wit | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. humor, humour, wit, witticism, wittiness | a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter. |
| ~ subject matter, content, message, substance | what a communication that is about something is about. |
| ~ jeu d'esprit | a witty comment or writing. |
| ~ bon mot, mot | a clever remark. |
| ~ esprit de l'escalier | a witty remark that occurs to you too late. |
| ~ pungency, bite | wit having a sharp and caustic quality.; "he commented with typical pungency"; "the bite of satire" |
| ~ caustic remark, irony, sarcasm, satire | witty language used to convey insults or scorn.; "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own" |
| ~ repartee | adroitness and cleverness in reply. |
| ~ gag, jape, jest, joke, laugh | a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter.; "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point" |
| ~ caricature, impersonation, imitation | a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect. |
| ~ cartoon, sketch | a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine. |
| ~ fun, sport, play | verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously).; "he became a figure of fun"; "he said it in sport" |
| ~ ribaldry | ribald humor. |
| ~ topper | an exceedingly good witticism that surpasses all that have gone before. |
| ~ libation | (facetious) a serving of an alcoholic beverage. |
| ~ roaster | a harsh or humorous critic (sometimes intended as a facetious compliment).; "the honoree gave his roasters as good as he got" |
| n. (cognition) | 2. brain, brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit | mental ability.; "he's got plenty of brains but no common sense" |
| ~ intelligence | the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience. |
| n. (person) | 3. card, wag, wit | a witty amusing person who makes jokes. |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ humorist, humourist | someone who acts speaks or writes in an amusing way. |
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