HyperDic: enlightening

English > 2 senses of the word enlightening:
ADJECTIVEallenlightening, informative, illuminatingtending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance
allenlightening, edifyingenlightening or uplifting so as to encourage / encourage intellectual or moral improvement
enlightening > pronunciation
Soundsehnlay'tahnihng; ehnlay'tnihng
Rhymesabducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng...
English > enlightening: 2 senses > adjective 1
MeaningTending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance.
Example"an enlightening glimpse of government in action"
Synonymsinformative, illuminating
Oppositeunenlightening, unilluminatingFailing to inform or clarify
English > enlightening: 2 senses > adjective 2
Meaningenlightening or uplifting so as to encourage / encourage intellectual or moral improvement.
Synonymedifying
Oppositeunedifying, unenlighteningnot edifying
Spanishedificante

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