illuminating

1. 1.

   tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance

   “an enlightening glimpse of government in action”

   “an illuminating lecture”

   Synonymsenlighteninginformative

Questions about illuminating

What does illuminating mean?

illuminating means "tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance".

How many syllables are in illuminating?

illuminating has 5 syllables: il-lu-mi-na-ting. The stress falls on "lu". In IPA it is /ˌɪˈluməˌneɪtɪŋ/.

What is another word for illuminating?

Close synonyms include enlightening, informative. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is illuminating a common word?