Adjective: enlightening en'lIt-ning or en'lI-t(u)n-ing
- Enlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement
"the paintings in the church served an enlightening purpose even for those who could not read";
- edifying
- Tending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance
"an enlightening glimpse of government in action";
- informative, illuminating
- Provide knowledge or understanding that improves or uplifts someone
"She was enlighten by the wise counsel";
- edify
- Make clear or more understandable; remove confusion or ambiguity
"Let me enlighten you about what really happened";
- clear, clear up, shed light on, crystallize, crystallise [Brit], crystalize [US, rare], straighten out, sort out, illuminate, elucidate
- Give spiritual insight to; in religion
"The guru enlightened his disciples";
- irradiate
Type of: clarify, clear up, elucidate, instruct, learn [archaic], prophesy, teach, vaticinate
Antonym: unenlightening
Encyclopedia: Enlighten