lucent
Letting light through
Lucent means shining or glowing softly with light.
The word is literary, describing things that emit or transmit a gentle radiance: lucent stars, lucent waters.
It suggests luminosity without harsh brightness—light that seems to come from within rather than reflect from a surface.
Emitting light or joy
- glowingGiving off steady light
- brilliantIntensely bright or gifted
- gleamingReflecting light brightly
- beamingSmiling very broadly
incandescent · effulgent · resplendent · refulgent · lambent · lustrous · aglow · ablaze
Without obstruction or fog
- transparentAllowing light through
- crystallineClear, ordered, brilliant
- limpidPerfectly clear, unclouded
- glassySmooth and shiny
diaphanous · see-through · unclouded · pure · pristine · unblemished · flawless · refined
Emitting small bright flashes
- glitteringShining with small flashes
- twinklingRapid, intermittent shining
- flickeringShining unsteadily, intermittently
- glimmeringFaintly and unsteadily luminous
scintillating · glistening · shimmering · dappled · dancing · rippling · coruscating · glinting
radiant
Emitting light or joy
beaming · incandescent · effulgent · resplendent · refulgent · lambent · lustrous · aglow · ablaze · bright
clear
Without obstruction or fog
- transparentAllowing light through
- crystallineClear, ordered, brilliant
- limpidPerfectly clear, unclouded
glassy · diaphanous · see-through · unclouded · pure · pristine · unblemished · flawless · refined · clarified
sparkling
Emitting small bright flashes
- glitteringShining with small flashes
- twinklingRapid, intermittent shining
- flickeringShining unsteadily, intermittently
glimmering · scintillating · glistening · shimmering · dappled · dancing · rippling · coruscating · glinting · winking
gossamer
Filmy, delicate material
wispy · gauzy · vaporous · airy · insubstantial · dreamlike · otherworldly · celestial · spectral · ghostly
soft
Yielding to touch
dim · faint · subtle · tender · warm · cool · pastel · mellow · serene · tranquil
- imaging findingsanechoic, hyperdense, hypodense, radiolucent, radiopaque
- lightsunlight, daylight, shine, rays, moonlight
lucentopaque
Impassable to light
impenetrable · lightproof · impervious · solid · blocked