Meaning

1 senses

  1. Serving to enlighten.

More definitions
  • tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance
  • enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance:informativeilluminating
  • enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement:edifying

Antonyms

1 antonyms
unenlightening

Word family

2 related words
Derivedenlighteninglyunenlightening

See also

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