| VERB | emotion | lighten, lighten up, buoy up | make more cheerful |
|---|---|---|---|
| contact | lighten | reduce the weight on | |
| communication | lighten, lighten up, buoy up | become more cheerful | |
| change | lighten, brighten, lighten up | make lighter or brighter / brighter | |
| change | lighten, lighten up | become lighter | |
| change | lighten, relieve | alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive |
| Sounds | lay'tahn | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | make more cheerful. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Example | "the conversation lightened me up a bit" | |
| Synonyms | lighten up, buoy up | |
| Cause to | lighten, lighten up, buoy up | Become more cheerful |
| Broader | cheer | show approval or good wishes by shouting |
| Opposite | weigh down, weigh on | Be oppressive or disheartening to |
| Spanish | dar aliento, dar ánimos | |
| Meaning | Reduce the weight on; make lighter. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "she lightened the load on the tired donkey" | |
| Broader | unburden, disburden | Take the burden off |
| Spanish | aligerar | |
| Meaning | Become more cheerful. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "after a glass of wine, he lightened up a bit" | |
| Synonyms | lighten up, buoy up | |
| Caused by | lighten, lighten up, buoy up | make more cheerful |
| Broader | cheer, cheer up, chirk up | Become cheerful |
| Spanish | flotar | |
| Meaning | make lighter or brighter / brighter. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | brighten, lighten up | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Opposite | darken | make dark or darker |
| Spanish | abrillantar, avivar, clarear, enlustrecer | |
| Catalan | abrillantar, avivar, clarejar, enllustrar | |
| Meaning | Become lighter. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "The room lightened up" | |
| Synonym | lighten up | |
| Narrower | irradiate | cast rays of light upon |
| light, illume, illumine, light up, illuminate | make lighter or brighter | |
| Broader | change | Undergo a change |
| Opposite | darken | Become dark or darker |
| Spanish | iluminarse | |
| Catalan | il·luminar-se | |
| Meaning | alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "lighten the burden of caring for her elderly parents" | |
| Synonym | relieve | |
| Broader | mitigate | make less severe or harsh |
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