Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of enlighten
- Serving to enlighten.
Again, voice change is not easy and vulnerability plays a big part, but if choral teachers and adolescent singers approach it with the right mindframe, the experience can be empowering, enlightening, and restorative for all involved.
2019, Bridget Sweet, Thinking Outside the Voice Box, page 71
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivetending to increase knowledge or dissipate ignorance
adjectiveenlightening or uplifting so as to encourage intellectual or moral improvement
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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enlightening. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/enlightening
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