incandescent
Glowing with heat
Incandescent describes something glowing with intense heat—metal heated until it radiates light, or the white-hot filament in a traditional light bulb.
The word extends to anything brilliantly bright or radiant: incandescent beauty, an incandescent smile.
Figuratively, incandescent can mean blazing with emotion, especially anger: She was incandescent with rage.
Emitting or reflecting light
- brilliantIntensely bright or gifted
- dazzlingOverwhelmingly bright or impressive
- radiantEmitting light or joy
- gleamingReflecting light brightly
shimmering · glowing · effulgent · resplendent · lambent · lucent · refulgent · scintillating
Intensely and sincerely felt
- ardentIntensely enthusiastic or devoted
- fieryIntensely hot or passionate
- impassionedFilled with intense emotion
- burningCombustion in progress
blazing · intense · vehement · fierce · torrid · feverish · inflamed · consuming
luminous
Emitting or reflecting light
- brilliantIntensely bright or gifted
- dazzlingOverwhelmingly bright or impressive
- radiantEmitting light or joy
gleaming · shimmering · glowing · effulgent · resplendent · lambent · lucent · refulgent · scintillating · coruscating
fervent
Intensely and sincerely felt
- ardentIntensely enthusiastic or devoted
- fieryIntensely hot or passionate
- impassionedFilled with intense emotion
burning · blazing · intense · vehement · fierce · torrid · feverish · inflamed · consuming · smoldering
white-hot
Heated until luminous
searing · thermal · heated · hot · ember · coal · metal · iron · lava · forge
filament
Very thin thread
lightbulb · socket · wattage · lumens · dimmer · electricity · illumination · glass · vacuum · glow
- bulbsbulb, tulip bulb, daffodil bulb, onion bulb, garlic bulb
- stage lightingspotlight, spotlights, Fresnel, followspot, follow spot
- Lightslamp, light bulb, lightbulb, bulb, ceiling light
- sheenluster, shine, gloss, sheen, gleam
- Brilliantbrilliant, bright, radiant, dazzling, luminous
- on fireablaze, alight, blazing, burning, engulfed
incandescentdark
Absence of light
dim · unlit · lightless · pitch-black · pitch-dark
incandescentapathetic
Without feeling or concern
cold · indifferent · passionless · unmoved · dispassionate
incandescentfluorescent
Emitting light when energized
LED · neon · halogen · electroluminescent
- incandescent bulbLight from heated filament
- incandescent lightLamp using heated wire
- incandescent glowLight from heated matter
- incandescent lampLight from heated wire
- Incandescent light bulbHeated filament produces illumination