radiant meaning and examples

Meaning

Radiant means shining or glowing brightly. It can describe both literal brightness (like sunlight) and figurative brightness (like happiness or beauty that seems to shine out from someone).

It conveys the sense of light, warmth, or joy spreading outward.

Grammar and Usage

• Part of speech: Adjective

• Comparative: more radiant

• Superlative: most radiant

• Usage patterns:

  • “be radiant with + emotion” → shows emotion glowing outward e.g., She was radiant with happiness.
  • “a radiant + noun” → describes something bright or shining e.g., a radiant smile, a radiant morning, a radiant face

Common Phrases

• radiant smile – a bright, happy smile
• radiant beauty – glowing, stunning beauty
• radiant energy – energy that travels as waves (scientific use)
• radiant sunlight – shining sunlight
• radiant with joy – visibly full of joy

Collocations

Examples

1. The bride looked radiant in her white gown.
2. Her face was radiant with joy after hearing the good news.
3. The radiant sunlight filled the room with warmth.
4. He gave me a radiant smile that brightened my day.
5. The garden was radiant with color in spring.
6. She seemed radiant despite the long, tiring day.
7. The scientist studied the radiant energy emitted by the sun.
8. His radiant confidence inspired everyone around him.

Synonyms or Related

• glowing
• shining
• beaming
• luminous
• brilliant
• gleaming

Antonym

• dull
• gloomy
• dark
• dim