Local English word record

illuminating

adjective · 1 sense

tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance

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Examples

  • an enlightening glimpse of government in action
  • an illuminating lecture

Word relationships

Synonyms

enlightening, informative

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Princeton WordNet 3.0