Synonyms: glistening, glossy, lustrous, sheeny, shining, shiny
Definition: reflecting light
Usage: glistening bodies of swimmers; the horse's glossy coat; lustrous auburn hair; saw the moon like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet; shining white enamel
Similar words: bright
Definition: emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
Usage: the sun was bright and hot; a bright sunlit room
Definition: having a shiny surface or coating
Usage: glazed fabrics; glazed doughnuts
Similar words: glassy, vitreous, vitrified
Definition: (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it
Usage: glazed pottery; glassy porcelain; hard vitreous china used for plumbing fixtures
Similar words: glass-like
Definition: resembling glass
Similar words: glossy, calendered
Definition: (of paper and fabric and leather) having a surface made smooth and glossy especially by pressing between rollers
Usage: calendered paper; glossy paper
Similar words: icy
Definition: shiny and slick as with a thin coating of ice
Usage: roads and trees glazed with an icy film
Synonyms: bright, burnished, shining, shiny, lustrous
Definition: made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow
Usage: bright silver candlesticks; a burnished brass knocker; she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves; rows of shining glasses; shiny black patents
Similar words: polished
Definition: perfected or made shiny and smooth
Usage: his polished prose; in a freshly ironed dress and polished shoes; freshly polished silver