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Showing words for ENLIGHTENING using the English dictionary

12 Letter Words for Enlightening

enlightening

11 Letter Words for Enlightening

lengthening

10 Letter Words for Enlightening

enlighting, lightening

9 Letter Words for Enlightening

eightling, enlighten, gelignite, inlighten, lightning, negligent

8 Letter Words for Enlightening

engining, enlength, etheling, geniting, gentling, ghenting, gleeting, glenting, glinting, ingenite, lengthen, leniting, lighting, neighing, nighting, thinning, tingeing, tingling

7 Letter Words for Enlightening

eligent, enlight, genning, gentiin, gentile, getling, gingeli, ginning, gleeing, heeling, heiling, helenin, henning, henting, hilting, hinging, hinting, ihleite, ingenie, ingenit, lenging, lenient, lighten, lignite, linning, lithing, nighing, nightie, nithing, teening, tenline, theeing, theelin, tineine, tinging, tinning

6 Letter Words for Enlightening

eeling, egling, ehlite, elegit, enghle, engilt, engine, ethine, geeing, gennel, gennet, gentil, gentle, gieing, giglet, gilgie, gilten, ginete, gingle, ginnel, ginnet, ginnle, heinie, helenn, heling, hennin, heting, hieing, higgle, hingle, ignite, ingene, ingent, ingine, inline, inning, intine, leeing, length, lenite, liggen, lignin, linget, lining, linnet, linten, lintie, liting, nigget, niggle, ningle, teeing, theine, thenne, tiling, tingle, tining, tinnen, tinnie

5 Letter Words for Enlightening

ehing, eight, eigne, elint, elite, enent, engin, engle, enlit, ethel, genet, genie, genii, genin, genit, gighe, gilet, gleen, gleet, gleit, glene, glenn, glent, glint, hegel, helen, henen, henge, hinge, ingle, inlet, innet, innit, intel, intil, intnl, legge, legin, legit, lenin, lenth, lenti, lethe, liege, ligge, light, ligne, linen, linge, linie, linin, lithe, lithi, neigh, night, nihil, ninth, teleg, tenge, tenne, thegn, thein, thine, thing, tinge, tingi

4 Letter Words for Enlightening

eigh, eine, elhi, elne, engl, eten, ethe, geet, gein, geit, gene, genl, gent, ghee, gheg, gien, gile, gilt, ging, ginn, gite, gith, glee, gleg, glei, glen, glit, heel, heii, heil, hele, heli, heng, hent, hete, higi, hile, hili, hilt, hine, hing, hint, htel, ilth, init, inne, inti, intl, itel, leet, lege, lene, leng, lent, lete, lgth, lien, lige, liin, line, ling, linn, lint, lite, lith, liti, neet, nein, nene, nete, neth, neti, nigh, nile, nine, teel, teen, tegg, teil, tele, teli, tene, teng, thee, then, thig, thin, tien, tige, tile, tine, ting

3 Letter Words for Enlightening

eeg, eel, een, egg, eli, elt, ene, eng, enl, eth, gee, gel, gen, get, gie, gig, gin, git, glt, gte, hee, hei, hel, hen, het, hgt, hie, hin, hit, igg, ign, ihi, ile, ing, inn, int, lee, leg, lei, let, lie, lig, lin, lit, nee, neg, nei, net, nie, nig, nil, nit, nne, nth, tee, teg, tel, ten, tgn, the, tie, tig, til, tin, tln, tng

Definitions for Enlightening

[1] to give intellectual or spiritual light to; instruct; impart knowledge to: We hope the results of our research will enlighten our colleagues.
[2] Archaic . to shed light upon.
[3] to give information or understanding to; instruct; edify
[4] to free from ignorance, prejudice, or superstition
[5] to give spiritual or religious revelation to
[6] poetic to shed light on

Words related to Enlightening

enlighteninformative, instructional, instructive, broadening, civilizing, edifying, refining, learned, enriching, uplifting, cultural, educative, illuminative, scholarly, scholastic

Words nearby Enlightening

enlightenenl., enlace, enlarge, enlargement, enlarger, enlighten, enlightened, enlightenment, enlil, enlist, enlisted man

Origin of Enlightening

First recorded in 1350–1400, enlighten is from the Middle English word enli(g)htenen. See en-1, lighten1

Other words from Enlightening

en·light·ened·ly , adverb
en·light·ened·ness , noun
en·light·en·er , noun
en·light·en·ing·ly , adverb
non·en·light·ened , adjective
non·en·light·en·ing , adjective
pre·en·light·en , verb (used with object)
pre·en·light·en·er , noun
re·en·light·en , verb (used with object)
un·en·light·ened , adjective
un·en·light·en·ing , adjective
well-en·light·ened , adjective

Synonyms for Enlightening

informative, instructional, instructive, broadening, civilizing, edifying, enriching, humanizing, learned, refining, uplifting, cultural, educative, illuminative, scholarly, scholastic