Synonyms for enlightenment

Noun

1. enlightenment, education

usage: education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge

2. Nirvana, enlightenment, blessedness, beatitude, beatification

usage: (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of desire and suffering and individual consciousness

3. Enlightenment, Age of Reason, reform movement

usage: a movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social institutions