shining

/ʃˈaɪnɪŋ/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. marked by exceptional merit
   “had shining virtues and few faults”
2. made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow
   “bright silver candlesticks”
3. reflecting light
   “glistening bodies of swimmers”

noun

1. the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it
   “the shining of shoes provided a meager living”

Synonyms for shining

• superior
• bright
• burnished
• lustrous
• shiny
• polished
• glistening
• glossy
• sheeny
• polishing

Words that rhyme with shining

• lining
• combining
• confining
• designing
• mining
• aligning
• assigning
• defining
• dining
• pining
• reclining
• refining
• signing
• affining
• breining
• brining
• declining
• divining
• fining
• headlining
• intertwining
• opining
• outlining
• outshining
• realigning
• reassigning
• redefining
• redesigning
• redlining
• resigning