| 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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