effulgence
5 synonyms and 1 antonym for effulgence, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A dazzling brightness and splendour.
Synonyms
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Antonyms
Etymology
Traces to Latin ex- (“out of, from”) combined with fulgere (“to shine”). By surface analysis it is formed from ef- + Latin fulg(ere) + -ence.
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