SUNSHINE

cheerfulness, cheer, sunniness, sunshine

(noun) the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom; “flowers added a note of cheerfulness to the drab room”

sunlight, sunshine, sun

(noun) the rays of the sun; “the shingles were weathered by the sun and wind”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Proper noun

Sunshine (plural Sunshines)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sunshine is the 25659^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 961 individuals. Sunshine is most common among White (91.78%) individuals.

Etymology

Noun

sunshine (usually uncountable, plural sunshines)

The direct rays, light or warmth of the sun.

Synonym: sunlight

A location on which the sun's rays fall.

(figurative) Geniality or cheerfulness.

A source of cheerfulness or joy.

The effect which the sun has when it lights and warms some place.

(UK) Friendly form of address often reserved for juniors.

(UK) Ironic form of address used to an inferior or troublemaker.

(humorous) Used to address someone who has just woken up and/or is very sleepy.

Adjective

sunshine (not comparable)

(chiefly US) Open to and permitting public access, especially with regard to activities that were previously closed-door or back-room meetings.

Source: Wiktionary

Sun"shine`, n.

1. 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. But all sunshine, as when his beams at noon Culminate from the equator. Milton.

2. Anything which has a warming and cheering influence like that of the rays of the sun; warmth; illumination; brightness. That man that sits within a monarch's heart, And ripens in the sunshine of his favor. Shak.

Sun"shine`, a.

Definition: Sunshiny; bright. Shak. "Sunshine hours." Keble.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition