NOUN | feeling | lightness, elation, high spirits | a feeling of joy and pride |
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attribute | lightness, weightlessness | the property of being comparatively small in weight | |
attribute | lightness, agility, legerity, lightsomeness, nimbleness | the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble | |
attribute | lightness | having a light color / color | |
attribute | lightness, light | the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures / pictures | |
attribute | lightness, lightsomeness | the trait of being lighthearted and frivolous |
Sounds | lay'tnahs | |
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Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... |
Meaning | A feeling of joy and pride. | |
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Synonyms | elation, high spirits | |
Narrower | euphoria, euphory | A feeling of great (usually exaggerated) elation |
Broader | joy, joyousness, joyfulness | The emotion of great happiness |
Spanish | euforia | |
Catalan | eufòria | |
Adjectives | light | psychologically light |
Meaning | The property of being comparatively small in weight. | |
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Example | "the lightness of balsa wood" | |
Synonym | weightlessness | |
Narrower | airiness, buoyancy | The property of something weightless and insubstantial |
Broader | weight | The vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity |
Opposite | heaviness, weightiness | The property of being comparatively great in weight |
Spanish | ingravidez, ligereza, liviandad | |
Catalan | ingravidesa, levitat, lleugeresa, lleugeria | |
Adjectives | light | of comparatively little physical weight or density / density |
light | (used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency | |
light | very thin and insubstantial |
Meaning | The gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble. | |
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Synonyms | agility, legerity, lightsomeness, nimbleness | |
Broader | gracefulness | beautiful carriage |
Spanish | agilidad, ligereza | |
Catalan | agilitat, agulla, lleugeresa | |
Adjectives | light | moving easily and quickly |
Meaning | Having a light color / color. | |
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Broader | value | relative darkness or lightness of a color |
Opposite | darkness | Having a dark or somber color / color |
Spanish | claridad, palidez | |
Catalan | claredat, pal·lidesa | |
Adjectives | light | (used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent |
Meaning | The visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures / pictures. | |
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Synonym | light | |
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 | |
Adjectives | light | characterized by or emitting light |
Meaning | The trait of being lighthearted and frivolous. | |
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Synonym | lightsomeness | |
Broader | giddiness, silliness | An impulsive scatterbrained / scatterbrained manner |
Adjectives | light | silly or trivial |
light | intended primarily as entertainment |
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