Light Synonyms and Antonyms

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Having gaiety and spirit
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. lively
  2. merry
  3. animated
Antonyms:
  1. dark
  2. chaste
  3. heavy
Having color
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. clear
  2. vivid
  3. alabaster
  4. fair
  5. rich
  6. light-colored
  7. ivory
  8. pale
  9. clean
  10. unclouded
Antonyms:
  1. dark
  2. brunette
  3. dusky
Emanations from a source of light
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. illumination
  2. radiation
  3. stream
  4. visible light
  5. blaze
  6. firelight
  7. visible-radiation
  8. starlight
Antonyms:
  1. darkness
  2. night
  3. dark
  4. obscurity
A source of light
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. lamp
  2. illumination
  3. lantern
  4. candle
  5. aureole
  6. halo
  7. lighting
  8. nimbus
  9. match
  10. wick
  11. sun
  12. planet
  13. star
  14. moon
  15. aureola
  16. lightning
  17. bioluminescence
  18. torch
  19. flashlight
  20. cresset
  21. chandelier
  22. fluorescence
  23. light source
  24. spotlight
  25. glory
  26. head-light
  27. northern-lights
  28. incandescence
  29. aurora-borealis
  30. corona
  31. luminary
  32. luminescence
  33. luminosity
  34. phosphorescence
  35. publicity
  36. public notice
  37. scintillation
  38. taper
Antonyms:
  1. dark
Having little content
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. easy
  2. superficial
  3. slight
  4. scant
  5. unaccented
  6. frivolous
  7. moderate
  8. weak
  9. short
Small in quantity or number
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. moderate
  2. slight
  3. wee
  4. small
  5. tiny
  6. gentle
  7. minute
  8. thin
  9. inadequate
  10. minuscule
  11. insufficient
  12. hardly enough
  13. not much
  14. hardly any
  15. not many
  16. slender
  17. scanty
  18. puny
  19. sparse
  20. fragmentary
  21. fractional
  22. shredlike
  23. soft
Antonyms:
  1. heavy
  2. large
  3. dense
  4. great
  5. immense
To provide light
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. illumine
  2. illuminate
  3. illume
  4. light-up
  5. brighten
  6. lighten
  7. animate
  8. give light to
  9. shine upon
  10. furnish with light
  11. turn on the electricity
  12. airy
  13. make a light
  14. beacon
  15. beam
  16. blond
  17. bright
  18. make visible
  19. bulb
  20. buoyant
  21. provide adequate illumination
  22. candle
  23. capricious
  24. carefree
  25. provide adequate candlepower
  26. casual
  27. cheerful
  28. dainty
  29. dawn
  30. turn on a light
  31. daybreak
  32. deft
  33. delicate
  34. switch on a light
  35. easy
  36. ethereal
  37. faded
  38. fire
  39. floodlight
  40. flame
  41. flare
  42. flash
  43. throw light upon
  44. fluorescent
  45. fragile
  46. frivolous
  47. make bright
  48. gentle
  49. glimmer
  50. glow
  51. flood with light
  52. graceful
  53. happy
  54. ignite
  55. kindle
  56. lamp
  57. fill with light
  58. land on
  59. lantern
  60. lively
  61. irradiate
  62. lucent
  63. luminary
  64. lumine
  65. luminous
  66. merry
  67. mild
  68. moon
  69. neon
  70. nimble
  71. pastel
  72. perch
  73. petty
  74. portable
  75. radiance
  76. scintillate
  77. shine
  78. simple
  79. slender
  80. small
  81. soft
  82. spark
  83. sunny
  84. sunrise
  85. torch
  86. trifling
  87. trivial
  88. undemanding
  89. untaxing
  90. weightless
  91. fire-up
Antonyms:
  1. put out
  2. shade
  3. drench
  4. darken
  5. fly
  6. quench
  7. soar off
  8. take off
  9. extinguish
To cause to ignite
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. ignite
  2. kindle
  3. inflame
  4. enkindle
  5. fire
  6. spark
  7. torch
Antonyms:
  1. extinguish
To become ignited
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. take fire
  2. animate
  3. become inflamed
  4. brighten
  5. fall
  6. flame
  7. enliven
Antonyms:
  1. darken
  2. obscure
  3. dull
Day
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. daylight
  2. daytime
  3. sun
  4. sunrise
Basis for understanding
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. enlightenment
  2. information
  3. education
Antonyms:
  1. ignorance
  2. misunderstanding
  3. misconception
To come to rest from flight or travel
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. alight
  2. unhorse
  3. perch
  4. get-down
  5. roost
  6. rest
  7. fly down
  8. come-down
  9. disembark
  10. land
  11. settle-on
  12. stop
  13. drop
  14. sit-down
  15. set down
  16. debus
  17. come to rest
  18. detrain
  19. settle
  20. dismount
  21. settle-down
  22. touch down
  23. get off
Antonyms:
  1. fly
  2. mount
  3. soar off
  4. take off
(of sleep) easily disturbed
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. wakeful
  2. lightsome
  3. tripping
A divine presence believed by Quakers to enlighten and guide the soul
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. inner light
  2. Light Within
  3. Christ Within
With few burdens
(Adverb)
Synonyms:
  1. lightly

Words Related to Light

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Light Sentence Examples

  • She handed him a light blue shirt.

  • I put out the light by the bed.

  • He flipped on the light and Lisa turned to get some coffee cups.

  • Carmen turned the light off and shut the door.

  • Carmen read to her from a book for a few minutes until she fell asleep and then turned the light off.

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