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Spell Bee Word: Radiant


What does radiant mean?

Word: Radiant

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Radiant means shining brightly, or looking very happy and full of life.

Synonyms: bright, shining, glowing

Antonyms: gloomy

How do you spell radiant?

Syllables: ra - di - ant

Tricky part: The end is ant, not ent, which is the most common slip.

Watch out for: radient, raidiant, radiunt

Memory tip: Radiant things send out rays, just as a radio sends out signals: both words begin r-a-d-i.

Radiant in a sentence

Example 1: The bride's face was radiant with joy.

Example 2: The lamp gave a warm, radiant glow in the dark room.

Example 3: Her radiant smile made everyone feel welcome.

Fun Fact

During a meteor shower the shooting stars seem to come from one point in the sky, which astronomers call the radiant.

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Word Connection

Choose the antonym of the word:

radiant

a) dull
b) cheerful
c) sunny
d) golden

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a) dull. Dull means without shine or life, the opposite of radiant.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

tadnira

a) dainty
b) distant
c) radiant
d) radiate

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c) radiant. With no e, s or y among these seven letters, radiate, distant and dainty cannot be made.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the correctly spelt word:

a) beautyful
b) delightfull
c) shiney
d) radiant

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d) radiant. Beautiful turns the y of beauty into i, shiny drops the e of shine, and delightful ends in a single l.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The radiant colours of the paper lanterns made the cortyard look festive for the school fair.

a) radiant
b) cortyard
c) festive
d) colours

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b) cortyard. Courtyard is court plus yard, so it keeps the u of court.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What could you describe as radiant?

a) a dusty window
b) a foggy morning
c) a sunrise
d) a grey cloud

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c) a sunrise

2. Someone with a radiant smile looks:

a) sleepy
b) puzzled
c) worried
d) delighted

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d) delighted

Associated Words

Words that end in -ant: contestant, blackcurrant, servant, tolerant, vacant, observant

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: bright, gloomy

More words from this list

spare, unknown, apartment, colon, dislodge, fright, invisible, negotiate

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