Need another word that means the same as “bask”? Find 18 synonyms and 30 related words for “bask” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Bask” are: enjoy, relish, savor, savour, laze, lie, lounge, relax, sprawl, loll, revel, luxuriate, wallow, delight, take pleasure, rejoice, glory, indulge oneself
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “bask” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| delight | Take delight in. An experience guaranteed to delight both young and old. |
| enjoy | Derive or receive pleasure from get enjoyment from take pleasure in. I enjoy watching good films. |
| glory | Take great pride or pleasure in. Readers tended to defend their paper or even to glory in its bias. |
| indulge oneself | Yield (to); give satisfaction to. |
| laze | Spend time in a relaxed, lazy manner. Laze away a long summer day. |
| lie | (of a thing) rest flat on a surface. An action for restitution would lie for money paid in breach of the law. |
| loll | Hang loosely or laxly. The two girls lolled in their chairs. |
| lounge | Sit or recline comfortably. Several students were lounging about reading papers. |
| luxuriate | Enjoy to excess. She was luxuriating in a long bath. |
| rejoice | To express great joy. I love to rejoice their poor Hearts at this season. |
| relax | Cause to feel relaxed. Relax the leg by bringing the knee towards the chest. |
| relish | Make pleasant to the taste add relish to. We did not relish the idea of a strike. |
| revel | Get great pleasure from (a situation or experience. Bill said he was secretly revelling in his new found fame. |
| savor | Derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in. Savor the soup. |
| savour | Enjoy or appreciate (something pleasant) to the full, especially by lingering over it. Their genuflections savoured of superstition and popery. |
| sprawl | Sit, lie, or fall with one’s arms and legs spread out in an ungainly way. The door shot open sending him sprawling across the pavement. |
| take pleasure | Take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs. |
| wallow | (of a person) indulge in an unrestrained way in (something that one finds pleasurable. I was wallowing in the luxury of the hotel. |
| auroral | Of or relating to the atmospheric phenomenon auroras. A dim auroral glow. |
| beam | Express with a beaming face or smile. Notice how broad in the beam she s getting. |
| blaze | Indicate by marking trees with blazes. The blaze spread rapidly. |
| bright | Made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing reflecting a sheen or glow. A choice of colours from pastels through to brights. |
| burn | Burn sear or freeze tissue using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent. Natural gas produces the cleanest burn of the lot. |
| daytime | The time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside. It is easier to make the repairs in the daytime. |
| flame | Shine or glow like a flame. The car was engulfed in flames. |
| gleam | Shine brightly, like a star or a light. Her eyes gleamed with satisfaction. |
| glimmer | A faint or wavering light. The moonlight glimmered on the lawn. |
| glint | Give out or reflect small flashes of light. His eyes glinted angrily. |
| glisten | The quality of shining with a bright reflected light. His eyes were glistening. |
| glitter | Shine with a bright, shimmering reflected light. The blue glitter of the sea. |
| glow | A steady radiance of light or heat. Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna. |
| illuminate | Decorate (a building or structure) with lights for a special occasion. Placing the events of the 1930s in a broader historical context helps to illuminate their significance. |
| illumine | Enlighten (someone) spiritually or intellectually. He moved her lamp so that her face was illumined. |
| light | The amount or quality of light in a place. Light headed from lack of sleep. |
| lucent | Glowing with or giving off light. The lucent moon. |
| luminescence | The emission of light by a substance that has not been heated, as in fluorescence and phosphorescence. Honey fungus produces a ghostly greenish luminescence. |
| luminescent | Emitting light not caused by heat. There s something calming about watching a luminescent jellyfish. |
| phosphorescent | Emitting light without appreciable heat as by slow oxidation of phosphorous. The phosphorescent glow of decaying wood. |
| photosynthesis | Synthesis of compounds with the aid of radiant energy (especially in plants. |
| radiation | The energy transmitted by radiation. He was suffering from radiation. |
| shimmer | Give off a shimmering reflection as of silk. A pale shimmer of moonlight. |
| shine | Make a surface shine. Tonight he will have a chance to shine and win a world boxing title. |
| smoulder | Smoke coming from a smouldering fire. Anna smouldered with indignation. |
| spark | Emit or produce sparks. The trial sparked a furious row. |
| sunlight | The rays of the sun. A shaft of sunlight. |
| sunshine | Cheerfulness; happiness. Their colourful music can bring a ray of sunshine. |
| tan | Convert animal skin into leather by soaking in a liquid containing tannic acid or by the use of other chemicals. A tan baseball cap with orange piping. |
| ultraviolet | Of equipment or techniques using or concerned with ultraviolet radiation. Ultraviolet radiation. |
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