shiny
Plural: shinies
Adjective Satellite
- reflecting light
- "saw the moon like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet"
- made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow
- "shiny black patents"
Adjective
- Reflecting light; glistening; bright.
- having a shiny surface or coating
Adj
- Reflecting light.
- Emitting light.
- Excellent; remarkable.
- Bright; luminous; clear; unclouded.
Noun
- Anything that glitters; a trinket.
- A deskworker.
Examples
- The shiny new tiles felt auspicious as he started his Words With Friends game.
Origin / Etymology
From shine + -y (adjectival suffix).
Synonyms
bright, burnished, glazed, glistening, glossy, lustrous, sheeny, shining, gleamy, glisteny, mirrorlike, mirrory, relucent, shiny, zazzy
Antonyms
unglazed, dark, dull, flat, glossless, matt, matte, mirrorless, nonshiny, opaque, sheenless, unshiny
Scrabble Score: 11
shiny: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordshiny: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
shiny: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary