| Sounds | lay't | |
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| Rhymes | acolyte ... write: 181 rhymes with ayt... | |
| Meaning | Of comparatively little physical weight or density / density. | |
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| Attribute of | weight | The vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity |
| Narrower | airy | Having little or no perceptible weight |
| buoyant, floaty | tending to float on a liquid / liquid or rise in air or gas | |
| lighter-than-air | relating to a balloon or other aircraft that flies because it weighs less than the air it displaces | |
| lightweight | Weighing relatively little compared with another item or object of similar use | |
| low-density | Having low relative density or specific gravity | |
| Opposite | heavy | Of comparatively great physical weight or density / density |
| Spanish | ligero, liviano | |
| Catalan | lleuger | |
| Nouns | lightness | the property of being comparatively small in weight |
| Adverbs | lightly | with few burdens |
| Meaning | (used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent. | |
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| Synonym | light-colored | |
| Attribute of | value | relative darkness or lightness of a color |
| Narrower | pale | Very light colored |
| palish | slightly pale | |
| pastel | Delicate and pale in color | |
| powdery | As if dulled in color with a sprinkling of powder | |
| See also | white | Of the achromatic color of maximum lightness |
| Opposite | dark | (used of color) having a dark hue |
| Spanish | claro, pálido | |
| Catalan | clar, pàl·lid | |
| Nouns | lightness | having a light color / color |
| Meaning | Of the military or industry; using (or being) relatively small or light arms or equipment. | |
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| Narrower | light-armed, lightly-armed | Armed with light weapons |
| Opposite | heavy | Of the military or industry |
| Spanish | ligero | |
| Catalan | lleuger | |
| Meaning | not great in degree or quantity or number. | |
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| Opposite | heavy | unusually great in degree or quantity or number |
| Adverbs | lightly | to a slight degree |
| Meaning | psychologically light; especially free from sadness or troubles. | |
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| Example | "a light heart" | |
| Narrower | fooling, casual | Characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility |
| Opposite | heavy | marked by great psychological weight |
| Spanish | ligero | |
| Nouns | lightness | a feeling of joy and pride |
| Adverbs | lightly | with indifference or without dejection |
| lightly | without good reason | |
| Meaning | (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress. | |
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| Example | "a syllable that ends in a short vowel is a light syllable" | |
| Synonyms | unaccented, weak | |
| Broader | unstressed | not bearing a stress or accent |
| Spanish | átono | |
| Meaning | easily assimilated in the alimentary canal; not rich or heavily seasoned. | |
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| Example | "a light diet" | |
| Broader | digestible | capable of being converted into assimilable condition in the alimentary canal |
| Spanish | ligero | |
| Meaning | (used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency. | |
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| Example | "light soil" | |
| Broader | loose | not compact or dense in structure or arrangement |
| Spanish | arenoso, friable | |
| Nouns | lightness | the property of being comparatively small in weight |
| Meaning | (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls / dulls or dims. | |
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| Example | "a light lilting voice like a silver bell" | |
| Synonyms | clean, clear, unclouded | |
| Broader | pure | Free of extraneous elements of any kind |
| Spanish | claro, limpio, nítido | |
| Catalan | clar, net, nítid | |
| Meaning | Moving easily and quickly; nimble. | |
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| Synonyms | lightsome, tripping | |
| Broader | light-footed | (of movement) having a light and springy step |
| Spanish | ágil, ligero | |
| Nouns | lightness | the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble |
| Meaning | demanding little effort; not burdensome. | |
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| Broader | undemanding | requiring little if any patience or effort or skill |
| Meaning | Of little intensity or power or force. | |
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| Narrower | easy, gentle, soft | Having little impact |
| Opposite | heavy | Of great intensity or power or force |
| Meaning | (physics, chemistry) not having atomic weight greater than average. | |
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| Example | "light water is ordinary water" | |
| Category | chemistry, chemical science | The science of matter |
| Opposite | heavy | (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight |
| Meaning | Weak and likely to lose consciousness. | |
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| Synonyms | faint, swooning, light-headed, lightheaded | |
| Broader | ill, sick | Affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function |
| Spanish | débil | |
| Meaning | Very thin and insubstantial. | |
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| Example | "light summer dresses" | |
| Broader | thin | Of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section |
| Nouns | lightness | the property of being comparatively small in weight |
| Meaning | marked by temperance in indulgence. | |
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| Synonym | abstemious | |
| Broader | temperate | not extreme / extreme in behavior |
| Catalan | abstemi | |
| Adverbs | lightly | indulging with temperance |
| Meaning | less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so. | |
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| Example | "a light pound" | |
| Synonyms | scant, short | |
| Broader | insufficient, deficient | Of a quantity not able to fulfill / fulfill a need or requirement |
| Spanish | corto, escaso | |
| Meaning | Having little importance. | |
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| Example | "losing his job was no light matter" | |
| Broader | insignificant, unimportant | devoid of importance, meaning, or force |
| Meaning | Intended primarily as entertainment; not serious or profound. | |
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| Broader | frivolous | not serious in content or attitude or behavior |
| Spanish | ligero | |
| Nouns | lightness | the trait of being lighthearted and frivolous |
| Meaning | Silly or trivial. | |
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| Synonym | idle | |
| Broader | frivolous | not serious in content or attitude or behavior |
| Nouns | lightness | the trait of being lighthearted and frivolous |
| Meaning | designed for ease of movement or to carry little weight. | |
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| Broader | light-duty | not designed for heavy work |
| Meaning | Having relatively few calories. | |
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| Synonyms | lite, low-cal, calorie-free | |
| Broader | nonfat, fat-free, fatless | Without fat / fat or fat / fat solids |
| Spanish | acalórico | |
| Meaning | (of sleep) easily disturbed. | |
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| Synonym | wakeful | |
| Broader | shallow | not deep or strong |
| Meaning | casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior. | |
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| Example | "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women" | |
| Synonyms | easy, loose, promiscuous, sluttish, wanton | |
| Broader | unchaste | not chaste |
| Spanish | lascivo, libertino, licencioso, lujurioso, promiscuo | |
| Catalan | lasciu, llibertí, llicenciós, luxuriós, promiscu | |
| Meaning | A particular perspective or aspect of a situation. | |
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| Example | "although he saw it in a different light, he still did not understand" | |
| Broader | position, view, perspective | A way of regarding situations or topics etc. |
| Spanish | luz | |
| Catalan | llum | |
| Meaning | The quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light. | |
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| Synonyms | luminosity, brightness, brightness level, luminance, luminousness | |
| Attributes | bright | emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts |
| dull | emitting or reflecting very little light | |
| Narrower | illuminance, illumination | The luminous flux incident on a unit area |
| incandescence | light from heat | |
| luminescence, glow | light from nonthermal sources | |
| Broader | physical property | Any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions |
| Spanish | luminancia, luminosidad, luz | |
| Catalan | lluminositat, luminància | |
| Verbs | light | make lighter or brighter |
| Meaning | An illuminated area. | |
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| Example | "he stepped into the light" | |
| Broader | scene | The place where some action occurs |
| Verbs | light | make lighter or brighter |
| Meaning | A condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination. | |
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| Example | "follow God's light" | |
| Synonym | illumination | |
| Broader | condition, status | A state at a particular time |
| Spanish | iluminación, luz | |
| Catalan | il·luminació | |
| Meaning | The visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures / pictures. | |
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| Example | "he could paint the lightest light and the darkest dark" | |
| Synonym | lightness | |
| Attributes | dark | Devoid of or deficient in light or brightness |
| light | Characterized by or emitting light | |
| Narrower | aura, aureole, halo, nimbus, glory, gloriole | An indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint |
| brightness | The location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white | |
| highlight, highlighting | An area of lightness in a picture / picture | |
| sunniness | lightness created by sunlight | |
| Broader | visual property | An attribute of vision |
| Spanish | claridad, iluminación, luz | |
| Catalan | claredat, il·luminació, llum | |
| Verbs | light | make lighter or brighter |
| Meaning | A person regarded very fondly. | |
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| Example | "the light of my life" | |
| Broader | friend | A person you know well and regard with affection and trust |
| Meaning | Having abundant light or illumination. | |
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| Synonym | lighting | |
| Broader | illumination | The degree of visibility of your environment |
| Opposite | dark, darkness | absence of light or illumination |
| Spanish | iluminación, luminosidad, luz | |
| Catalan | llum | |
| Verbs | light | make lighter or brighter |
| Meaning | mental understanding as an enlightening experience. | |
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| Broader | insight, brainstorm, brainwave | The clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation |
| Spanish | iluminación, luz | |
| Meaning | merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance. | |
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| Synonyms | sparkle, twinkle, spark | |
| Broader | expression, look, aspect, facial expression, face | The feelings expressed on a person's face |
| vitality, verve | An energetic / energetic style | |
| Spanish | chispa | |
| Catalan | espurna, guspira | |
| Meaning | public awareness. | |
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| Example | "it brought the scandal to light" | |
| Broader | public knowledge, general knowledge | knowledge that is available to anyone |
| Meaning | A divine presence believed by Quakers to enlighten and guide the soul. | |
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| Synonyms | Inner Light, Light Within, Christ Within | |
| Broader | ethical motive, ethics, morals, morality | motivation based on ideas of right and wrong |
| Meaning | A visual warning signal. | |
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| Narrower | traffic light, traffic signal, stoplight | A visual signal to control the flow of traffic at intersections |
| Broader | visual signal | A signal that involves visual communication |
| Spanish | luz | |
| Catalan | llum | |
| Meaning | A device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires. | |
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| Example | "do you have a light?" | |
| Synonyms | lighter, igniter, ignitor | |
| Narrower | cigar lighter, cigarette lighter, pocket lighter | A lighter / lighter for cigars or cigarettes |
| fuse, fuze, fusee, fuzee, primer, priming | Any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant | |
| match, lucifer, friction match | lighter / lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical | |
| match | A burning piece of wood or cardboard | |
| Broader | device | An instrumentality invented for a particular purpose |
| Spanish | briquet, encendedor, mechero, yesquero | |
| Catalan | encenedor | |
| Verbs | light | begin to smoke |
| light | cause to start burning | |
| Meaning | With few burdens. | |
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| Example | "experienced travellers travel light" | |
| Synonym | lightly | |
| Spanish | ligeramente, ligeros | |
| Meaning | make lighter or brighter. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "This lamp lightens the room a bit" | |
| Synonyms | illume, illumine, light up, illuminate | |
| Narrower | floodlight | illuminate with floodlights |
| spotlight | illuminate with a spotlight, as in the theater | |
| Broader | lighten, lighten up | Become lighter |
| Spanish | aclarar, alumbrar, encender, iluminar | |
| Catalan | enllumenar, il·luminar | |
| Nouns | light | any device serving as a source of illumination |
| light | the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures / pictures | |
| light | the quality of being luminous | |
| light | an illuminated area | |
| light | (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation | |
| light | having abundant light or illumination | |
| Meaning | Begin to smoke. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | light up, fire up | |
| Entails | smoke | inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes |
| Broader | ignite, light | Cause to start burning |
| Spanish | encenderse, prender | |
| Catalan | calar, encendre's | |
| Nouns | light | a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires |
| Meaning | To come to rest, settle. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "Misfortune lighted upon him" | |
| Synonyms | alight, perch | |
| Broader | land, set down | reach or come to rest |
| Spanish | encaramarse, posarse | |
| Catalan | encimbellar-se, parar-se, posar | |
| Meaning | Cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "Light a cigarette" | |
| Synonym | ignite | |
| Cause to | burn, combust | Undergo combustion |
| Entailed by | set ablaze, set aflame, set on fire, set afire | Set fire to |
| Narrower | flare up | ignite quickly and suddenly, especially after having died down |
| kindle, enkindle, conflagrate, inflame | Cause to start burning | |
| light up, fire up, light | Begin to smoke | |
| light up | ignite | |
| reignite | ignite anew, as of something burning | |
| Broader | burn, combust | Cause to burn or combust |
| Opposite | snuff out, blow out, extinguish, quench | Put out, as of fires, flames, or lights |
| Spanish | encender, incendiar, prender | |
| Catalan | abrandar, encendre | |
| Nouns | lighter, light | a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires |
| lighter | a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire / fire | |
| Meaning | fall to somebody by assignment or lot. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | |
| Synonym | fall | |
| Broader | fall, return, pass, devolve | Be inherited by |
| Similar to | accrue, fall | Come into the possession of |
| fall | To be given by assignment or distribution | |
| Spanish | iluminar, recaer | |
| Meaning | Alight from (a horse) . | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | unhorse, dismount, get off, get down | |
| Category | riding, horseback riding | Travel by being carried on horseback |
| Broader | descend, fall, go down, come down | Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way |
| Spanish | agacharse, apearse, bajarse, descabalgar, desmontar, liviano | |
| Catalan | desmuntar | |
| Meaning | Start or maintain a fire in. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | fire, ignite | |
| Caused by | fire, flame up | Become ignited |
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