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Sunshine

The light of the sun, or the place where it shines; the direct rays of the sun, the place where they fall, or the warmth and light which they give.

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Broader term 3

Attribute 76% connected

To ascribe; to consider (something) as due or appropriate (to); to refer, as an effect to a cause; to impute; to assign; to consider as belonging (to…

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Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Light 76% connected

That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous.

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Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Weather 76% connected

The state of the air or atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness, or any other meteorologi…

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Narrower term 1

Sunburst 76% connected

A burst of sunlight.

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Containing whole 2

Disposition 70% connected

The act of disposing, arranging, ordering, regulating, or transferring; application; disposal; as, the disposition of a man's property by will.

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Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a containing group, substance or whole.

Temperament 70% connected

Internal constitution; state with respect to the relative proportion of different qualities, or constituent parts.

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Component part 1

Sunbeam 70% connected

A beam or ray of the sun.

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Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a member, substance or component part.

Attribute 6

Cheerful 66% connected

Having or showing good spirits or joy; cheering; cheery; contented; happy; joyful; lively; animated; willing.

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Cheerful 66% connected

Having or showing good spirits or joy; cheering; cheery; contented; happy; joyful; lively; animated; willing.

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Cheerless 66% connected

Without joy, gladness, or comfort.

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Cheerless 66% connected

Without joy, gladness, or comfort.

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Synonym 6

Cheer 92% connected

The face; the countenance or its expression.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Cheerfulness 92% connected

Good spirits; a state of moderate joy or gayety; alacrity.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sun 92% connected

See Sunn.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Sunlight 92% connected

The light of the sun.

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Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Sunniness 92% connected

The quality or state of being sunny.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Temperateness 92% connected

The quality or state of being temperate; moderateness; temperance.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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