Synonyms of the word

glossiness

• n. The state of being glossy.

burnish

• v. (transitive) To make smooth or shiny by rubbing; to polish; to shine.
• v. (intransitive) To shine forth; to brighten; to become smooth and glossy, as from swelling or filling out;…

effulgence

• n. A state of being bright and radiant, splendor, brilliance.

gloss

• n. A surface shine or luster/lustre.
• n. (figuratively) A superficially or deceptively attractive appearance.
• v. (transitive) To give a gloss or sheen to.
• v. (transitive) To make (something) attractive by deception.
• v. (intransitive) To become shiny.
• n. (countable) A brief explanatory note or translation of a foreign, archaic, technical, difficult, complex,…
• n. (countable) A glossary; a collection of such notes.
• n. (countable, obsolete) An expression requiring such explanatory treatment.
• n. (countable) An extensive commentary on some text.
• n. (countable) A brief explanation in speech or in a written work, including a synonym used with the intent…
• n. (countable, law, US) An interpretation by a court of specific point within a statute or case law.
• v. (transitive) To add a gloss to (a text).

polish

• n. A substance used to polish.
• n. Cleanliness; smoothness, shininess.
• n. Refinement; cleanliness in performance or presentation.
• v. (transitive) To shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding.
• v. (transitive) To refine; remove imperfections from.
• v. (transitive) To apply shoe polish to shoes.
• v. (intransitive) To become smooth, as from friction; to receive a gloss; to take a smooth and glossy surface.
• v. (transitive) To refine; to wear off the rudeness, coarseness, or rusticity of; to make elegant and polite.

radiance

• n. the quality of being radiant, shining, bright or splendid.
• n. (physics) the flux of radiation emitted per unit solid angle in a given direction by a unit area of a…

radiancy

• n. The property of being radiant.
• n. (physics) The amount of energy emitted, flux.

refulgence

• n. the quality of being refulgent; refulgency.

refulgency

• n. The property of being refulgent.

shine

• v. (intransitive) To emit light.
• v. (intransitive) To reflect light.
• v. (intransitive) To distinguish oneself; to excel.
• v. (intransitive) To be effulgent in splendour or beauty.
• v. (intransitive) To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers.
• v. (intransitive) To be immediately apparent.
• v. (transitive) To create light with (a flashlight, lamp, torch, or similar).
• v. (transitive) To cause to shine, as a light.
• v. (US, transitive) To make bright; to cause to shine by reflected light.
• n. Brightness from a source of light.
• n. Brightness from reflected light.
• n. Excellence in quality or appearance.
• n. Shoeshine.
• n. Sunshine.
• n. (slang) Moonshine.
• n. (cricket) The amount of shininess on a cricket ball, or on each side of the ball.
• n. (slang) A liking for a person; a fancy.
• n. (archaic, slang) A caper; an antic; a row.
• v. (transitive) To cause (something) to shine; put a shine on (something); polish (something).
• v. (transitive, cricket) To polish a cricket ball using saliva and one’s clothing.

smoothness

• n. The condition of being smooth.