All moonlight synonyms
moon·light
M m noun moonlight
- effulgence — a brilliant radiance; a shining forth.
- radiance — radiant brightness or light: the radiance of the tropical sun.
- luminescence — the emission of light not caused by incandescence and occurring at a temperature below that of incandescent bodies.
- moonbeam — a ray of moonlight.
- moonshine — Informal. smuggled or illicitly distilled liquor, especially corn liquor as illicitly distilled chiefly in rural areas of the southern U.S.
- beam — If you say that someone is beaming, you mean that they have a big smile on their face because they are happy, pleased, or proud about something.
- gleam — a flash or beam of light: the gleam of a lantern in the dark.
- glimmer — a faint or unsteady light; gleam.
- shimmer — to shine with or reflect a subdued, tremulous light; gleam faintly.
- glint — a tiny, quick flash of light.
- ray — John, 1627?–1705, English naturalist.
verb moonlight
- burn the midnight oil — to work or study late into the night