sunlight — English Dictionary

Noun

1. All the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun; especially, that in the visible spectrum and that bathes the Earth.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Synonyms

   daylight

   Broader terms

   starlightnatural lightlightEMRelectromagnetic radiationradiationenergy

   Examples

   Meronym: sunbeams

   Near-synonym: daylight

   More examples (3)

   Sunlight on the skin gives you vitamin D.

   The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.

   Instead of using unpolarized sunlight as my light source and then filtering it with a polarizer, I can just use my screen as a source of polarized light.

2. Brightness, hope; a positive outlook.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Figurative
   • Uncountable

   Synonyms

   sunshinesunniness

3. Synonym of sunrise.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Synonyms

   daylightdaybreakdayspringdawn

4. Synonym of photic (“describing that part of the near-surface ocean in which photosynthesis is possible.”).

   Usage

   • attributive
   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Examples

   sunlight zone

Verb

1. To work on the side (at a secondary job) during the daytime.

Noun

1. the rays of the sun

   Synonyms

   sunshinesun

   Broader terms

   lightvisible lightvisible radiation

   Examples

   the shingles were weathered by the sun and wind