Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fluorescent

1 sense of fluorescent

Sense 1
fluorescent, fluorescent fixture -- (a lighting fixture that uses a fluorescent lamp)
       => lighting fixture -- (a fixture providing artificial light)

Antonyms of adj fluorescent

2 senses of fluorescent

Sense 1
fluorescent -- (emitting light during exposure to radiation from an external source)

INDIRECT (VIA light) -> dark -- (devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black; "sitting in a dark corner"; "a dark day"; "dark shadows"; "dark as the inside of a black cat")

Sense 2
fluorescent -- (brilliantly colored and apparently giving off light; "fluorescent colors")

INDIRECT (VIA colorful) -> colorless, colourless -- (weak in color; not colorful)

Similarity of adj fluorescent

2 senses of fluorescent

Sense 1
fluorescent -- (emitting light during exposure to radiation from an external source)
       => light (vs. dark) -- (characterized by or emitting light; "a room that is light when the shutters are open"; "the inside of the house was airy and light")

Sense 2
fluorescent -- (brilliantly colored and apparently giving off light; "fluorescent colors")
       => colorful (vs. colorless), colourful -- (having striking color; "colorful autumn leaves")

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