| Main Entry: | light |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | illuminated |
Synonyms: |
ablaze, aglow, bright, brilliant, burnished, clear, cloudless, flashing, fluorescent, glossy, glowing, lambent, lucent, luminous, lustrous, phosphorescent, polished, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, rich, scintillant, shining, shiny, sunny, unclouded, unobscured, vivid, well-lighted, well-lit |
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black, dark, darkened, dim, gloomy, obscure |
| Main Entry: | light |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | blond, fair |
Synonyms: |
bleached, faded, fair-skinned, light-hued, light-skinned, light-toned, pale, pastel, tow-headed |
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brunette, dark, dusky |
| Main Entry: | light |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not heavy |
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agile, airy, atmospheric, buoyant, crumbly, dainty, delicate, downy, easy, effervescent, ethereal, featherweight, feathery, filmy, flimsy, floatable, floating, fluffy, friable, frothy, gossamery, graceful, imponderous, inconsequential, insubstantial, light-footed, lightweight, lithe, little, loose, meager, nimble, petty, porous, portable, sandy, sheer, slender, slight, small, spongy, sprightly, sylphlike, thin, tissuelike, trifling, trivial, unheavy, unsubstantial, weightless |
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heavy, weighted |
| Main Entry: | light |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | small in amount, content |
Synonyms: |
casual, digestible, faint, fractional, fragmentary, frivolous, frugal, gentle, hardly any, hardly enough, inadequate, inconsequential, inconsiderable, indistinct, insignificant, insufficient, mild, minor, minuscule, minute, moderate, modest, not many, not much, not rich, puny, restricted, scanty, shoestring, slight, soft, sparse, superficial, thin, tiny, trifling, trivial, unimportant, unsubstantial, weak, wee |
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heavy |
| Main Entry: | light |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | simple, easy |
Synonyms: |
effortless, facile, manageable, moderate, smooth, undemanding, unexacting, untaxing, untroublesome |
Antonyms: |
difficult, heavy, laborious |
| Main Entry: | light |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | funny, cheery |
Synonyms: |
airy, amusing, animated, blithe, carefree, cheerful, chipper, chirpy, diverting, dizzy, entertaining, fickle, flighty, frivolous, gay, giddy, high, humorous, lighthearted, lively, merry, perky, pleasing, sunny, sunny-side up, superficial, trifling, trivial, up, upbeat, witty |
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grave, serious, solemn |
| Main Entry: | light |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | luminescence from sun or other source |
Synonyms: |
aurora, beacon, blaze, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, bulb, candle, coruscation, dawn, daybreak, daylight, daytime, effulgence, emanation, flare, flash, fulgor, glare, gleam, glimmer, glint, glitter, glow, illumination, incandescence, irradiation, lambency, lamp, lantern, lighthouse, luminosity, luster, morn, morning, phosphorescence, radiance, radiation, ray, refulgence, scintillation, sheen, shine, sparkle, splendor, star, sun, sunbeam, sunrise, sunshine, taper, torch, window |
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dark, darkness, night, obscurity |
| Main Entry: | light |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | context, point of view; understanding |
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angle, approach, aspect, attitude, awareness, comprehension, condition, education, elucidation, enlightenment, example, exemplar, explanation, illustration, information, insight, interpretation, knowledge, model, paragon, slant, standing, vantage point, viewpoint |
Antonyms: |
misconception, misunderstanding |
| Main Entry: | light |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | illuminate |
Synonyms: |
animate, brighten, cast, fire, flood, floodlight, furnish with light, highlight, ignite, illume, illumine, inflame, irradiate, kindle, light up, lighten, limelight, make bright, make visible, put on, shine, spot, spotlight, switch on, turn on |
Antonyms: |
darken, dull, obscure |
| Main Entry: | light |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start on fire |
Synonyms: |
burn, enkindle, fire, flame, ignite, inflame, kindle, set fire to, set on fire, spark, strike a match |
Antonyms: |
drench, extinguish, put out, quench |