Another word for light
light
modif.
Having illumination
illuminated, radiant, luminous; see bright 1.
Having color
Having little content
superficial, slight, frivolous; see trivial, unimportant.
Having gaiety and spirit
Having little weight
airy, fluffy, feathery, imponderable, slender, downy, floating, lighter than air, light as air, floatable, gossamery, light as a feather, frothy, buoyant, easy, dainty, filmy, veil-like, tissuelike, thin, sheer, gaseous, effervescent, unsubstantial, insubstantial, ethereal, graceful, charming, weightless, atmospheric; see also volatile 1.
Digestible
Small in quantity or number
wee, small, tiny, minute, thin, inadequate, minuscule, insufficient, hardly enough, not much, hardly any, not many, slender, scanty, slight, moderate, puny, sparse, fragmentary, fractional, shredlike; see also dainty 1, few.
Wanton
make fun of, mock, belittle; see neglect 1, ridicule.
light
n.
The condition opposed to darkness
radiance, luminous energy, luminosity, brilliance, splendor, irradiation, glare, brightness, clearness, lightness, brilliancy, coruscation, incandescence, scintillation, shine, fulgor, refulgence, emanation, lucency, luster, sheen, sparkle, glitter, glow, glimmer, glister, effulgence, resplendence, flood of light, blare, radiation, gleam.
Emanations from a source of light
A source of light
lamp, lantern, match, wick, sun, planet, star, moon, lightning, torch, flashlight, chandelier, spotlight, halo, nimbus, northern lights, aurora borealis, aureole, corona; see also bulb, candle, lamp.
Day
Aspect
point of view, condition, standing; see circumstances 2.
Basis for understanding
enlightenment, information, education; see data, knowledge 1.
with knowledge of, because of, in view of, in consideration of; see considering.
light
v.
To provide light
illuminate, illumine, illume, lighten, give light to, shine upon, furnish with light, light up, turn on the electricity, make a light, make visible, provide adequate illumination, provide adequate candlepower, turn on a light, switch on a light, floodlight, throw light upon, make bright, flood with light, animate, fill with light, irradiate; see also brighten 1.
To cause to ignite
To become ignited
To come to rest from flight or travel
perch, roost, rest, alight, fly down, come down, disembark, settle on, stop, drop, sit down, debus, come to rest, get down, detrain, unhorse, settle down; see also arrive 1.
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Another word for light
Electromagnetic radiation that makes vision possible:
illumination. See lightThe act of physically illuminating or the condition of being filled with light:
illumination, lighting. See lightThe particular angle from which something is considered:
angle2, aspect, facet, frame of reference, hand, phase, regard, respect, side. See perspective- (Archaic)
The faculty of seeing:
eye, eyesight, seeing, sight, vision. See see
To cause to burn or undergo combustion:
enkindle, fire, ignite, kindle. (Slang) torch. Idioms: set afire (or on fire), set fire to. See hot, startTo provide, cover, or fill with light:
illume, illuminate, illumine, lighten1. See lightTo make lively or animated:
animate, brighten, enliven. See happy
Having little weight; not heavy:
lightweight, weightless. Idiom: light as a feather. See heavyOf small intensity:
gentle, moderate, slight, soft. See strongRequiring little effort or exertion:
easy, moderate. See easyAmusing but essentially empty and frivolous:
frothy. See surfaceFree from care or worry:
blithe, carefree, debonair, lighthearted. See careful, happyMarked by an absence of conventional restraint in sexual behavior; sexually unrestrained:
easy, fast, libertine, loose, wanton, whorish. See sex
- (Informal)
To set upon with violent force:
aggress, assail, assault, attack, beset, fall on (or upon), go at, have at, sail into, storm, strike. (Informal) pitch into. See attack
To find or meet by chance:
bump into, chance on (or upon), come across, come on (or upon), find, happen on (or upon), run across, run into, stumble on (or upon), tumble on. (Archaic) alight on (or upon). Idiom: meet up with. See meet
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