sunshinenoun [ U ]
uk/ˈsʌn.ʃaɪn/us/ˈsʌn.ʃaɪn/sunshine noun [ U ] (LIGHT)
B1 the light and heat that come from the sun:
The children were out playing in the sunshine.
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- Butterflies fluttered about in the sunshine.
- The house, with its fresh coat of paint, looked lovely in the sunshine.
- In the village square, people were milling about in the sunshine.
- Through the window came the last few oblique rays of evening sunshine.
- A ray of sunshine shone through a gap in the clouds.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Light
- beam
- candlelight
- daylight
- firelight
- fluorescent
- glossy
- incandescent
- incident ray
- lamplight
- light
- luminescent
- luminous
- moonlight
- opalescent
- phosphorescent
- photo
- shiny
- starlight
- sun
- torchlight
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sunshine noun [ U ] (PLEASURE)
informal happiness or pleasure:
Their grandchildren have brought sunshine into their lives.
mainly UK informal used as a form of address, either in a friendly way, or to express unwillingness to accept another person's delays, bad behaviour, etc.:
Hello, sunshine!
Come on, sunshine, get to work.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Pleasure and happiness
- abandon
- afterglow
- bed
- bed of roses idiom
- bliss
- delirium
- exaltation
- exult
- feast
- fulfilment
- fun
- gaiety
- goody
- jovial
- joy
- joyful
- joyous
- jubilation
- savour
- stardust
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