Radiant
adjective
Shining or glowing brightly.
The sun was radiant.
Often appears as...
- radiant light
- radiant smile
adjective
Expressing great happiness or health.
She has a radiant smile.
Often appears as...
- radiant joy
- radiant beauty
adjective
Sent or spread out in all directions.
radiant heat
Often appears as...
- radiant energy
- radiant heat
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A point or object from which light or heat radiates.
The radiant of a meteor shower
Often appears as...
- radiant point
- radiant source
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Shining or glowing brightly.
The sun was radiant.
Often appears as...
- radiant light
- radiant smile
adjective
Expressing great happiness or health.
She has a radiant smile.
Often appears as...
- radiant joy
- radiant beauty
adjective
Sent or spread out in all directions.
radiant heat
Often appears as...
- radiant energy
- radiant heat
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A point or object from which light or heat radiates.
The radiant of a meteor shower
Often appears as...
- radiant point
- radiant source
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Bright Presence
Used to describe someone or something that stands out with brightness or cheerfulness in their surroundings.
Her radiant presence lit up the room.
Pro Tip 2/2Positive Connotation
Conveys a sense of positivity, often associated with happiness, hope, or health.
He gave a radiant speech that uplifted everyone's spirits.
Compare with
brightbrilliantdazzleeffulgentglowincandescentluminouslustrousresplendentshinesunny
Never forget "Radiant"
Humans forget easily. That's why you should download WordUp: Smart reminders, word games, AI practice, and much more!
Video examples
Pico Iyer: A Portable...
anywhere else this would see in the most remarkable place in the world this place ten minutes for my mother's home is as beautiful and transporting and radiant as maybe more radiant than anything I saw in Tibet but it needed those new eyes or unsettle eyes confused eyes to be able to see it and every time I come
Video examples
The secret to desire in...
when I see him in the studio, when she is onstage, when he is in his element, when she's doing something she's passionate about, when I see him at a party and other people are really drawn to him, when I see her hold court. Basically, when I look at my partner radiant and confident.
Video examples
Wolfgang Kessling: How...
in radiant cooling technology, and we need to combine this with so-called soft conditioning. And how does it look like in a stadium? So the stadium has a few elements which create that outdoor comfort. First of all, it's shading. It needs to protect where the people
Video examples
Why Having Fun Is the...
And as you can see in these photographs, true fun produces this visceral sense of lightness and joy. It's radiant. In fact, when I asked my daughter, when she was about five years old, what color fun would be, she said "sunshine." So what is this sunshine?
Video examples
Drones Sacrificed for...
drones they fell to their demise some into the lava and others just from the incredible amount of heat and unstable air you have sulfur dioxide and toxic gases that are superheated and just an incredible radiant heat that exceeds a
Video examples
It's OK to feel...
She had to sleep packed in mud in order to protect herself from the cold and the mosquitoes. She was eating moths. I mean, just a harrowing story of survival. I met her recently, and she was so lit and radiant
Video examples
How Thor got his hammer...
Their golden hair bound to Sif’s head and continued to grow, leaving her even more radiant than before. Next, for Odin the all-father, a magnificent spear that could pierce through anything.
Video examples
The tragic myth of the...
But soon, the reins slackened in his hands. Unaccustomed to the feathery weight of a mortal, the radiant horses climbed higher and higher. The chariot whirled past constellations,
Video examples
The Dangers of the Sun PIPE...
almost all life depends on the energy that the Sun sends our way but the Sun is a far from benevolent companion because it's radiant rain can be as dangerous as it is nourishing
Video examples
The impact of Simón...
man his forehead was deeply lined his eyes were piercing his cheekbones were high his teeth were perfect and white his smile was surprising and radiant and he didn't
Video examples
Pico Iyer: A Portable...
anywhere else this would see in the most remarkable place in the world this place ten minutes for my mother's home is as beautiful and transporting and radiant as maybe more radiant than anything I saw in Tibet but it needed those new eyes or unsettle eyes confused eyes to be able to see it and every time I come
Video examples
The secret to desire in...
when I see him in the studio, when she is onstage, when he is in his element, when she's doing something she's passionate about, when I see him at a party and other people are really drawn to him, when I see her hold court. Basically, when I look at my partner radiant and confident.
Video examples
Wolfgang Kessling: How...
in radiant cooling technology, and we need to combine this with so-called soft conditioning. And how does it look like in a stadium? So the stadium has a few elements which create that outdoor comfort. First of all, it's shading. It needs to protect where the people
Video examples
Why Having Fun Is the...
And as you can see in these photographs, true fun produces this visceral sense of lightness and joy. It's radiant. In fact, when I asked my daughter, when she was about five years old, what color fun would be, she said "sunshine." So what is this sunshine?
Video examples
Drones Sacrificed for...
drones they fell to their demise some into the lava and others just from the incredible amount of heat and unstable air you have sulfur dioxide and toxic gases that are superheated and just an incredible radiant heat that exceeds a
Video examples
It's OK to feel...
She had to sleep packed in mud in order to protect herself from the cold and the mosquitoes. She was eating moths. I mean, just a harrowing story of survival. I met her recently, and she was so lit and radiant
Video examples
How Thor got his hammer...
Their golden hair bound to Sif’s head and continued to grow, leaving her even more radiant than before. Next, for Odin the all-father, a magnificent spear that could pierce through anything.
Video examples
The tragic myth of the...
But soon, the reins slackened in his hands. Unaccustomed to the feathery weight of a mortal, the radiant horses climbed higher and higher. The chariot whirled past constellations,
Video examples
The Dangers of the Sun PIPE...
almost all life depends on the energy that the Sun sends our way but the Sun is a far from benevolent companion because it's radiant rain can be as dangerous as it is nourishing
Video examples
The impact of Simón...
man his forehead was deeply lined his eyes were piercing his cheekbones were high his teeth were perfect and white his smile was surprising and radiant and he didn't
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Sonia Rykiel
French Designer
I hate the word 'feminine!' I mean, there is a woman and a man, and when I say 'woman,' it suggests all that is radiant, tender, fascinating, gentle, demoniac, exaggerated! 'Feminine' makes me think of somebody who is spindly and over-sweet - I don't like that!
Quote examples
Francis of Assisi
Italian Saint
Praised be You, my Lord, with all Your creatures, especially Sir Brother Sun, Who is the day through whom You give us light. And he is beautiful and radiant with great splendour; of You, Most High, he bears the likeness.
Quote examples
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
English Model
Well, it's a day-to-day thing. I don't feel comfortable in my body today at all. Any woman will tell you she has her good and bad days and today I did not feel like I looked my best or felt radiant inside or outside.
Quote examples
Ruth Bernhard
German Photographer
The ground we walk on, the plants and creatures, the clouds above constantly dissolving into new formations - each gift of nature possessing its own radiant energy, bound together by cosmic harmony.
Quote examples
Ben Nelson
American Politician
We can take full comfort in realizing the continuing strength of our nation. America's lands remain radiantly rich with diversity, and freedom still reigns.
Quote examples
Jerry Saltz
American Critic
Elizabeth Peyton, the artist known for tiny, dazzling portraits of radiant youth, is now painting tiny, dazzling portraits of radiant middle age.
Quote examples
Sigmund Freud
Austrian Psychologist
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
Quote examples
John Milton
English Poet
Virtue could see to do what Virtue would by her own radiant light, though sun and moon where in the flat sea sunk.
Quote examples
Libby Houston
British Poet
The base emotions Plato banned have left a radio-active and not radiant land.
Quote examples
Bryan Procter
English Poet
Even Echo speaks not on these radiant moors.
Quote examples
Sonia Rykiel
French Designer
I hate the word 'feminine!' I mean, there is a woman and a man, and when I say 'woman,' it suggests all that is radiant, tender, fascinating, gentle, demoniac, exaggerated! 'Feminine' makes me think of somebody who is spindly and over-sweet - I don't like that!
Quote examples
Francis of Assisi
Italian Saint
Praised be You, my Lord, with all Your creatures, especially Sir Brother Sun, Who is the day through whom You give us light. And he is beautiful and radiant with great splendour; of You, Most High, he bears the likeness.
Quote examples
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
English Model
Well, it's a day-to-day thing. I don't feel comfortable in my body today at all. Any woman will tell you she has her good and bad days and today I did not feel like I looked my best or felt radiant inside or outside.
Quote examples
Ruth Bernhard
German Photographer
The ground we walk on, the plants and creatures, the clouds above constantly dissolving into new formations - each gift of nature possessing its own radiant energy, bound together by cosmic harmony.
Quote examples
Ben Nelson
American Politician
We can take full comfort in realizing the continuing strength of our nation. America's lands remain radiantly rich with diversity, and freedom still reigns.
Quote examples
Jerry Saltz
American Critic
Elizabeth Peyton, the artist known for tiny, dazzling portraits of radiant youth, is now painting tiny, dazzling portraits of radiant middle age.
Quote examples
Sigmund Freud
Austrian Psychologist
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
Quote examples
John Milton
English Poet
Virtue could see to do what Virtue would by her own radiant light, though sun and moon where in the flat sea sunk.
Quote examples
Libby Houston
British Poet
The base emotions Plato banned have left a radio-active and not radiant land.
Quote examples
Bryan Procter
English Poet
Even Echo speaks not on these radiant moors.
Example 1 of 10
WordUp Chrome Extension
As you browse the web instantly look up words you don’t know.
Get Chrome Extension