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(verb) make lighter or brighter; "This lamp lightens the room a bit" |
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Synonyms: illume, illuminate, illumine, light up |
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Related Words: floodlight, lighten, lighten up, spotlight |
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(adjective) characterized by or emitting light; "a room that is light when the shutters are open"; "the inside of the house was airy and light" |
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Antonyms: dark |
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(adjective) (used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent; "light blue"; "light colors such as pastels" |
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Antonyms: dark |
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(satellite adjective) (of sleep) easily disturbed; "in a light doze"; "a light sleeper"; "a restless wakeful night" |
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Synonyms: wakeful |
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(satellite adjective) demanding little effort; not burdensome; "light housework"; "light exercise" |
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(satellite adjective) easily assimilated in the alimentary canal; not rich or heavily seasoned; "a light diet" |
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(adjective) of comparatively little physical weight or density; "a light load"; "magnesium is a light metal--having a specific gravity of 1.74 at 20 degrees C" |
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Antonyms: heavy |
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(satellite adjective) designed for ease of movement or to carry little weight; "light aircraft"; "a light truck" |
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(adjective) psychologically light; especially free from sadness or troubles; "a light heart" |
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Antonyms: heavy |
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(adjective) not great in degree or quantity or number; "a light sentence"; "a light accent"; "casualties were light"; "light snow was falling"; "light misty rain"; "light smoke from the chimney" |
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Antonyms: heavy |
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(adjective) (physics, chemistry) not having atomic weight greater than average; "light water is ordinary water" |
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Antonyms: heavy |
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(adjective) of little intensity or power or force; "the light touch of her fingers"; "a light breeze" |
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Antonyms: heavy |
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(satellite adjective) moving easily and quickly; nimble; "the dancer was light and graceful"; "a lightsome buoyant step"; "walked with a light tripping step" |
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Synonyms: lightsome, tripping |
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(adjective) of the military or industry; using (or being) relatively small or light arms or equipment; "light infantry"; "light cavalry"; "light industry"; "light weapons" |
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Antonyms: heavy |
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(satellite adjective) having a spongy or flaky texture; well-leavened; "light pastries" |
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(satellite adjective) intended primarily as entertainment; not serious or profound; "light verse"; "a light comedy" |
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(satellite adjective) having little importance; "losing his job was no light matter" |
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(satellite adjective) less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so; "a light pound"; "a scant cup of sugar"; "regularly gives short weight" |
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Synonyms: scant, short |
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(noun) any device serving as a source of visible light; "he stopped the car and turned off the lights" |
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Synonyms: light source |
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Related Words: anchor light, blinker, flood, flood lamp, floodlight, headlamp, headlight, houselights, nightlight, photoflood, riding lamp, riding light, searchlight, source of illumination, strip lighting, theater light, torch |
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(noun) the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures; "he could paint the lightest light and the darkest dark" |
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Synonyms: lightness |
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Related Words: aura, brightness, glory, halo, highlight, highlighting, nimbus, sunniness, visual property |
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(noun) public awareness; "it brought the scandal to light" |
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Related Words: general knowledge, public knowledge |
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(noun) mental understanding as an enlightening experience; "he finally saw the light"; "can you shed light on this problem?" |
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Related Words: brainstorm, brainwave, insight |
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(noun) a particular perspective or aspect of a situation; "although he saw it in a different light, he still did not understand" |
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Related Words: perspective, position, view |
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(noun) a visual warning signal; "they saw the light of the beacon"; "there was a light at every corner" |
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Related Words: stoplight, traffic light, traffic signal, visual signal |
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(noun) an illuminated area; "he stepped into the light" |
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Related Words: scene |
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(noun) a person regarded very fondly; "the light of my life" |
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Related Words: friend |
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(noun) (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation; "the light was filtered through a soft glass window" |
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Synonyms: visible light, visible radiation |
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Related Words: actinic radiation, actinic ray, beam, beam of light, candle flame, candlelight, corona, counterglow, daylight, firelight, fluorescence, friar's lantern, gaslight, gegenschein, glow, glowing, half-light, ignis fatuus, incandescence, jack-o'-lantern, lamplight, light beam, luminescence, moon, moonlight, moonshine, radiance, ray, ray of light, shaft, shaft of light, starlight, streamer, sun, sunlight, sunshine, torchlight, twilight, will-o'-the-wisp |
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(noun) having abundant light or illumination: "they played as long as it was light" or "as long as the lighting was good" |
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Synonyms: lighting |
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Related Words: illumination |
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Antonyms: dark |
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(noun) a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination; "follow God's light" |
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Synonyms: illumination |
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Related Words: condition |
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(satellite adjective) casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior; "her easy virtue"; "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women"; "wanton behavior" |
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Synonyms: easy, loose, promiscuous, sluttish, wanton |
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(adverb) with few burdens; "experienced travellers travel light" |
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Synonyms: lightly |
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(satellite adjective) (used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency; "light sandy soil" |
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Synonyms: friable, sandy |
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(satellite adjective) having relatively few calories; "diet cola"; "light (or lite) beer"; "lite (or light) mayonnaise"; "a low-cal diet" |
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Synonyms: diet, lite, low-cal |
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(verb) to come to rest, settle: "Misfortune lighted upon him." |
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Synonyms: alight, perch |
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Related Words: land, set down |
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(verb) fall to somebody by assignment or lot: "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims" |
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Synonyms: fall |
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Related Words: devolve, fall, pass, return |
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(verb) cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat; "great heat will ignite paper"; "Light a cigarette" |
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Synonyms: ignite |
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Related Words: burn, enkindle, fire up, flare up, kindle, light, light up, reignite |
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(satellite adjective) silly or trivial; "idle pleasure"; "light banter"; "light idle chatter" |
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Synonyms: idle |
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(satellite adjective) used of vowels or syllables; pronounced with little or no stress; "a syllable that ends in a short vowel is a light syllable"; "a weak stress on the second syllable" |
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Synonyms: unaccented, weak |
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(satellite adjective) marked by temperance in indulgence; "abstemious meals"; "a light eater"; "a light smoker"; "ate a light supper" |
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Synonyms: abstemious |
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(satellite adjective) very thin and insubstantial; "thin paper"; "flimsy voile"; "light summer dresses" |
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Synonyms: flimsy |
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(satellite adjective) weak and likely to lose consciousness; "suddenly felt faint from the pain"; "was sick and faint from hunger"; "felt light in the head"; "a swooning fit"; "light-headed with wine"; "light-headed from lack of sleep" |
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Synonyms: faint, light-headed, swooning |
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(noun) a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires; "do you have a light?" |
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Synonyms: igniter, ignitor, lighter |
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Related Words: cigarette lighter, device, friction match, fuse, fusee, fuze, fuzee, lucifer, match, pocket lighter, primer |
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(noun) a divine presence believed by Quakers to enlighten and guide the soul |
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Synonyms: Christ Within, Inner Light, Light Within |
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Related Words: ethical motive, ethics, morality, morals |
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(verb) begin to smoke; "After the meal, some of the diners lit up" |
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Synonyms: fire up, light up |
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Related Words: ignite, light |
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(verb) get off (a horse) |
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Synonyms: dismount, get down, get off, unhorse |
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Related Words: come down, descend, fall, go down |
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(satellite adjective) (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims; "efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings"; "clear laughter like a waterfall"; "clear reds and blues"; "a light lilting voice like a silver bell" |
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Synonyms: clean, clear, unclouded |
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(noun) brightness and animation of countenance; "he had a sparkle in his eye" |
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Synonyms: spark, sparkle |
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Related Words: aspect, expression, face, facial expression, look, verve, vitality |
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(noun) the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light; "its luminosity is measured relative to that of our sun" |
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Synonyms: brightness, luminance, luminosity, luminousness |
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Related Words: glow, illuminance, illumination, incandescence, luminescence, physical property |
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