Another word for lighter

lighter Synonyms

lighter

Boat
craft, barge, keel; see boat.
Mechanical igniter
cigarette lighter, cigar lighter, pipe lighter, igniter, flame; see also light 3, match 1.

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It is slightly lighter than air.
Although they were the same shape, they were lighter, like comparing plastic beads to glass ones.
It was getting lighter and lighter, but the mist still hid distant objects.
A structure loomed darkly against the lighter horizon.
The closing of the traffic made the labour of the slaves more severe, and led to the employment on the plantations of many who before had been engaged in domestic work; but the slavery of Brazil had always been lighter than that of the United States.

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