Light synonyms
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The definition of luminous is giving off a very bright light or a person or trait considered glowing.
Forming clear or striking mental images; strong; active; daring
(Countable, photometry) The intensity distribution of light over the visible spectrum generated by the Sun under various conditions or by other light sources intended to simulate natural daylight.
An artificial source of light with a strongly focused beam, as on an automobile.
Brightness; radiance; brilliance
Great brightness; radiance; brilliance
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The visible flash of light accompanying such a discharge.
A large, spherical celestial body consisting of a mass of gas that is hot enough to sustain nuclear fusion and thus produce radiant energy. Stars begin their life cycle as clouds of gas and dust called nebulae and develop, through gravitation and accretion, into increasingly hot and dense protostars . In order to reach the temperature at which nuclear reactions are ignited (about 5 million degrees K), a protostar must have at least 80 times the mass of Jupiter. For most of its life a star fuses hydrogen into helium in its core, during which period it is known as a dwarf star and is classed according to its surface temperature and luminosity (or spectral type) on a continuum called the main sequence in the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram. When a star exhausts the hydrogen in its core, it typically develops into one of several non-main-sequence forms depending on how massive it is. Smaller stars, with masses less than eight times that of the Sun, become red giants and end their lives, after blowing away their outer layers, as white dwarfs . More massive stars become supergiants and end their lives, after exploding in a supernova, as either a neutron star or a black hole .
(Of a manuscript) decorated and illustrated.
A light that shines in flashes, used for signaling, as in lighthouses, airplane beacons, etc.
A band of metamorphic rock surrounding a body of cooled magma. Aureoles form through the process of contact metamorphism.
The light and warmth which is received from the sun.
(Anatomy) One member of a compound eye, as found in insects and crustaceans.
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Alternative spelling of northern lights.
The event or time of the appearance of the upper circumferential edge of the sun as it rises above the horizon, typically the eastern horizon except for extreme latitudes.
Having no diacritical mark. Used of a word, syllable, or letter.
Alternative spelling of lightheaded.
The condition of being luminous
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visible-radiation
(physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation
Not ponderable; without sensible or appreciable weight; incapable of being weighed.
Delightful in a playful way which avoids responsibility or seriousness, as if attracting through a magical charm
Brightness or shininess; splendor.
A spherical distribution of stars and star clusters extending beyond the main body of certain galaxies, as the Milky Way
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(Intransitive) To become light, to brighten.
ignite (related)
To set fire to; cause to burn
Flare is defined as to blaze into a sudden light, burst into anger to curve outward.
Of or like alabaster; esp., smooth and white
Of no importance; useless; worthless; vain; trifling; thoughtless; silly.
The condition or quality of being luminous.
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The definition of inadequate is someone or something that is lacking in something desired or required.
The definition of miniscule is something which is very small.
A too bright or dazzling display
fulgor
Splendor, splendour; dazzling brightness.
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Harsh brilliance or glare, as of color
A bright or steady light or glare:
It takes the moon 27.322 days to orbit the Earth. The orbit is almost circular.
Any rain-producing cloud
The definition of aurora borealis is a well known light display in the Northern Hemisphere created by colliding charged particles in the atmosphere.
A ring of colored light seen around a luminous body, as the sun or moon, formed by the diffraction of light caused by mist, dust, etc.
The time between sunrise and sunset.
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The place from which, or way in which, something is viewed or considered; standpoint
The definition of condition is the state something or someone is in or can also refer to a specific illness.
The act or a means of enlightening.
An instructive or enlightening experience:
To brighten; animate
To give light to; illuminate.
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furnish with light
To provide light
To produce the sparks properly
The definition of swift is something that happens quickly or something that moves at high speed.
black (antonym)
Served without milk or cream:
(Astronomy) The movement or distortion of a telescopic image as a result of turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere.
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To make active, vivacious, interesting, or cheerful; liven up or brighten
Carefree and lighthearted.
Easy and carefree in manner; jaunty; sprightly
Characterized by abstinence or moderation:
sluttish
casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
with few burdens
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light source
A source of illumination.
A person or thing, as a mechanical or electrical device, that lights something or starts it burning
A quick flash of amusement, etc. in the eye
In Quaker belief, the presence of God in each human soul, serving as a guiding influence
a divine presence believed by Quakers to enlighten and guide the soul
Attributive form of visible light
(Sports) To execute a dismount in gymnastics.
Fall is defined as to drop or come down, often unexpectedly.
(FILMS & VIDEO) Of or having to do with an animated cartoon or its preparation
Light and airy; soft:
Quietly soothing; soft.
The definition of floating is something that is buoyed up by water or air, or something that can fluctuate and change.
veil-like
Having little weight
tissuelike
Resembling tissue or some aspect of it.
Sheer is defined as a very thin, or extremely steep.
Not firm or solid; weak or flimsy:
Small in size or number
Striking or showy brilliance or attractiveness
The definition of a stream is a steady movement or flow of liquid.
The definition of a lamp is a device that produces light or a container for such a device.
(UK, dialect, chiefly Yorkshire) The growing part of a plant nearest to the roots.
give light to
To provide light
To leave a vehicle or aircraft.
dainty (related)
Delicately pretty or lovely
flash (related)
A sudden perception:
candle (related)
A cylindrical mass of tallow or wax with a wick through its center, which gives light when burned
land on
A rare colorless element in the noble gas group that occurs naturally in extremely small amounts in the atmosphere. It glows reddish orange when electricity passes through it, as in a tube in an electric neon light. Neon is also used for refrigeration. Atomic number 10; atomic weight 20.180; melting point โ248.67ยฐC; boiling point โ245.95ยฐC.
To cause to burn or undergo combustion, especially with extraordinary rapidity, force, or thoroughness.
Lacking in vigour or expression.
The definition of scant is barely sufficient or available only in very small quantities.
Containing a large amount of shortening; flaky:
Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible; striking the senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or forcible; weak; as, a faint color, or sound.
weak and likely to lose consciousness
the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light
a divine presence believed by Quakers to enlighten and guide the soul
Transmitting light, heat, or other radiation. Stars, for example, are radiant bodies.
Very productive and therefore financially profitable:
The definition of superficial is something on the surface or a person concerned only about obvious things.
Lacking strength, substance, or solidity; frail:
lighter-than-air
Designating or of an airship or a balloon designed to be aloft by means of a gas, as hydrogen or helium, that is lighter than air
light-as-air
Having little weight
floatable
That may be floated.
Lively and high-spirited; vivacious
not much
Small in quantity or number
An influence or effect:
(Chiefly Southern US) Sickly; ill.
Existing in a state of equilibrium within a fluid
Not violent or subject to extremes; mild or calm; temperate:
Limited in importance or significance; trivial:
Extremely small:
Not sufficient; inadequate.
hardly enough
Small in quantity or number
hardly any
Small in quantity or number
not many
Small in quantity or number
The definition of slender is narrow in width, thin or slim in size, or having only a little force.
Not covering a considerable amount of the body:
(Geology) Composed of the fragments of other rocks.
Very small; insignificant:
shredlike
Small in quantity or number
Relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites:
Immoderate, as in size or quantity:
Of speech, that it is crude and offensive, typically in a sexual manner.
(Physics) the flux of radiation emitted per unit solid angle in a given direction by a unit area of a source
The ratio of luminous flux at a specific wavelength to the radiant flux at the same wavelength.
Extreme brightness.
Something grand or magnificent.
The dimension of the color of an object by which the object appears to reflect or transmit more or less of the incident light, varying from black to white for surface colors and from black to colorless for transparent volume colors.
An act of being brilliant.
Shine is defined as brightness, light or luster.
The quality of being refulgent; refulgency
Something that comes forth from a source; thing emitted
lucency
(Medicine) A pale area revealed in radiography, computed tomography, or similar examination technique.
A glossy surface given to textiles.
A faint manifestation or dim perception
The property of being, or that which causes something to be, resplendent.
flood of light
The condition opposed to darkness
Radiation is the process of sending off energy in the form of light, heat, x-rays or nuclear particles.
Device made of wood or paper, at the tip coated with chemicals that ignite with the friction of being dragged (struck) against a rough dry surface.
1994, Todd A. Shallat, Structures in the Stream: Water, Science, and the Rise of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, University of Texas Press, p. 32.
(Sports) A listing of individual competitors or of teams in a league according to their record of performance.
(Archaic) To throw or spread light upon; to make light or bright; to illuminate; to illumine.
To shine brightly; flash
shine upon
To provide light
turn on the electricity
To provide light
make a light
To provide light
make visible
To provide light
provide adequate illumination
To provide light
provide adequate candlepower
To provide light
turn on a light
To provide light
switch on a light
To provide light
To illuminate with a floodlight.
throw light upon
To provide light
make bright
To provide light
flood with light
To provide light
To impart motion or the appearance of motion to.
fill with light
To provide light
To set on fire; kindle.
To become ignited
become inflamed
To become ignited
To produce flames; to burn with a flame or blaze.
To stand, sit, or rest on an elevated place or position.
To stay or settle down, as for the night
To be or continue to be; remain:
Alight means to get off or out of something or to land on something.
fly down
To come to rest from flight or travel
To decrease.
(Intransitive) To come to an end.
( reflexive) To cause to be seated or in a sitting posture; to furnish a seat to.
debus
To get off a bus (usually military)
come to rest
To come to rest from flight or travel
To throw (a rider) from a horse
heavy (antonym)
Hard to do or accomplish; arduous:
weighty (antonym)
Having great power or influence:
great (antonym)
More than ordinary in degree; very considerable.
immense (antonym)
Of great scope or consequence:
shade (antonym)
To produce (gradations of light or color) in a drawing or picture:
fly (antonym)
(Baseball) To hit a fly
soar off (antonym)
To come to rest from flight or travel
bright (related)
Clear or brilliant in color or sound; vivid or intense
unimportant (related)
Not important; insignificant or petty.
edible (related)
That can be eaten without harm; innocuous to humans; suitable for consumption.
few (related)
Not many; a small number of
lewd (related)
Preoccupied with sex and sexual desire; lustful.
sensual (related)
Of the body and the senses as distinguished from the intellect or spirit; bodily
beam (related)
A ray or collection of approximatelyly parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body
bulb (related)
The definition of a bulb is an underground bud of a plant, or something resembling its rounded or elongated shape.
day (related)
The portion of a 24-hour period that is devoted to work, school, or business:
circumstances (related)
Plural form of circumstance
data (related)
Facts that can be analyzed or used in an effort to gain knowledge or make decisions; information.
knowledge (related)
The total of what is known; all information and products of learning. [from 16th c.]
brighten (related)
To make or become bright or brighter
burn (related)
To make or produce by the application of fire or burning heat.
arrive (related)
(Archaic) To reach; to come to.
Causing action, motion, or change
catoptrical
Alternative form of catoptric.
The definition of deft is nimble, skillful or quick.
Sufficiently thin or airy as to be translucent:
Free from worry, anxiety, trouble, or pain:
Extremely light or delicate:
Characterized by erratic changeableness or instability, especially with regard to affections or attachments; capricious.
Fleeting; evanescent.
Thin and easily broken or damaged; poorly made and fragile; frail
Of a claim or assertion in litigation, that it lacks merit or substance; often a pejorative term, implying bad faith or negligence by the pleading party.
imponderous
(Obsolete) imponderable
Emitting visible light as a result of being heated.
incompact
Not compact; not having the parts firmly united; incoherent or loose.
inoppressive
Not oppressive or burdensome.
Flickering lightly:
Not compact or dense in arrangement or structure.
casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
The definition of luminescent is something or someone that glows or emits light.
luminiferous
Giving off or transmitting light
The definition of mercurial is changeable or fickle.
Moving quickly and lightly
Having the property of emitting light for a period of time after the source of excitation is taken away, e.g., in electrostatic storage tubes and cathode-ray tubes.
photic
Designating or relating to the layer of a body of water that is penetrated by sufficient sunlight for photosynthesis:
That looks or is likely to look attractive in photographs
Full of pores, through which fluids, air, or light may pass
That scintillates with brief flashes of light; sparkling.
scintillescent
casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
Thin and loosely woven; flimsy:
Resembling a sponge in elasticity, absorbency, or porousness.
Not even or regular; wavering:
The light produced in this way.
A height of achievement, enjoyment, or prosperity:
head-light
Decorative lighting.
Any giving off of light caused by the absorption of radiant or corpuscular energy and not by incandescence; any cold light; specif., fluorescence or phosphorescence occurring in various chemical, biological, electrical, etc. processes at relatively low temperatures
Persistent emission of light following exposure to and removal of incident radiation.
Public interest, notice, or notoriety generated or gained by disseminating information through various media:
public notice
(Nuclear Physics) The flash of light made by ionizing radiation upon striking a crystal detector or a phosphor
A long wax-coated wick used to light candles or gas lamps.
To shine or serve as a beacon
To begin to become light in the morning.
(--- Informal) To throw or propel with force and speed:
To tame or train (a horse or other animal)
To be bright or luminescent
To set fire to; ignite.
With energy or vigor; briskly:
lumine
(Obsolete) To illumine.
(Texas & Virginia) To diminish or decrease. Used of the wind or a storm.
To send forth light in flashes; sparkle.
(Intransitive, archaic) To gather simples, ie, medicinal herbs.
Softly; gently; quietly
(US, regional) sunny side up
untaxing
dusky (antonym)
Lacking light; dim; shadowy
serious (antonym)
The definition of serious is showing deep thought, not joking, or a situation that requires careful thought.
grave (antonym)
Fraught with danger or harm:
solemn (antonym)
Serious or grave
darkened (antonym)
illuminated
obscure (antonym)
Lacking light; dim; dark; murky
dim (antonym)
The definition of dim is not bright, somewhat dark or unclear.
weighted (antonym)
(Statistics) Adjusted to reflect value or proportion:
complicated (antonym)
dense (antonym)
Difficult to understand because of complexity or obscurity:
misunderstanding (antonym)
A failure to understand or interpret correctly.
misconception (antonym)
A mistaken thought, idea, or notion; a misunderstanding:
night (antonym)
The period of actual darkness after sunset and before sunrise; also, a part of this period before bedtime [a night at the opera] or the part between bedtime and morning [a sleepless night]
obscurity (antonym)
One that is unknown.
ignorance (antonym)
The definition of ignorance is being unaware, uneducated or unknowledgeable.
drench (antonym)
Drench is defined as to soak, or to make an animal swallow a liquid medicine.
quench (antonym)
To extinguish or put out (as a fire or light.)
extinguish (antonym)
mount (antonym)
To set on a horse:
These lights collectively
The configuration of the stars, constellations, or planets in relation to one another.
The set of ideas, experiences, and circumstances forming the basis of someone's judgments, values, etc.
A measure of how far some cyclic behavior, such as wave motion, has proceeded through its cycle, measured in degrees or radians. At the beginning of the phase, its value is zero; at one quarter of its cycle, its phase is 90 degrees (ฯ/2 radians); halfway through the cycle its value is 180 degrees (ฯ radians), and so on. &diamf3; The phase angle between two waves is a measure of their difference in phase. Two waves of the same frequency that are perfectly in phase have phase angle zero; if one wave is ahead of the other by a quarter cycle, its phase angle 90 degrees (ฯ/2 radians); waves that are perfectly out of phase have phase angle 180 degrees (ฯ radians), and so on.
Consideration; courteous regard
The left or right half of the trunk of a human or animal body:
The ability to notice what others might miss.
(--- Informal) Something unsightly or ridiculous:
Something seen by other than normal sight; something perceived in a dream, trance, etc. or supernaturally revealed, as to a prophet
To stir up; arouse; excite
Light in color, especially blond:
Resembling or having the colour of ivory.
Having no significance or influence:
The definition of frothy is someone or something that is light and bubbly.
Living in a reckless, wild, dissipated way
Morally unrestrained; dissolute.
Exciting or expressing sexual desire:
Of or characteristic of whores or a whore; lewd.
(Intransitive) To adjust differences or accounts; to come to an agreement.
(American football) To score a touchdown
set afire (or on fire)
set fire to
light-as-a-feather
light (related)
The pathway or route of such illumination to a person:
perspective (related)
The effect of relative distance and position
see (related)
The office of a bishop or archbishop; bishopric or archbishopric
start (related)
To tend in an early stage of development:
colors (related)
Of a light color or complexion
strong (related)
Persuasive, effective, and cogent:
surface (related)
Relating to or occurring on or near the surface of the earth.
careful (related)
Acting or working in a thoughtful, painstaking way
move (related)
To change posture or position; stir:
photon (related)
(Physics) The quantum of light and other electromagnetic energy, regarded as a discrete particle having zero rest mass, no electric charge, and an indefinitely long lifetime. It is a gauge boson.
Free from flaw, blemish, or impurity:
Showing little forethought or critical judgment; casual:
(used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent
Keeping awake; not sleeping
Having less weight than others of the same kind:
(Informal) Having a low caloric value
having relatively few calories
Not serious; frivolous
Moving lightly and quickly; nimble
Fit for all readers, listeners, or audiences; not ribald or obscene:
sunlight (related)
bright-light (related)
blue-light (related)
flicker (related)
headlight (related)
brilliant-light (related)
streetlamp (related)
red-light (related)
fog (related)
u-v (related)
strobing (related)
Not solid or heavy; flimsy; light
A unit of time equal to1 /60 of an hour or 60 seconds. &diamf3; A sidereal minute is1 /60 of a sidereal hour, and a mean solar minute is1 /60 of a mean solar hour.
A coruscating; sparkling
large (antonym)
Of great magnitude or intensity; grand:
Too trivial or unimportant to be worthy of attention.
well-leavened
casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
The emission of visible light by certain living organisms, such as the firefly and various fish, marine invertebrates, fungi, and bacteria. Bioluminescence is caused by chemical reactions.
cresset
A metal cup, often suspended on a pole, containing burning oil or pitch and used as a torch.
hot (related)
(Informal) To cause to increase in intensity or excitement. Often used with up :
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