Meaning of 'light'

adjective

marked by temperance in indulgence

Synonyms: abstemious

adverb

with few burdens

Example: "experienced travellers travel light"

Synonyms: lightly

adjective

characterized by or emitting light

Example: "a room that is light when the shutters are open"

adjective

casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior

Synonyms: easy

adjective

with regard to color, having a relatively small amount of coloring agent

Example: "Light blue is a color associated with the University of North Carolina. "

Synonyms: light-colored

adjective

(used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency

Example: "light soil"

adjective

(of sleep) easily disturbed

Example: "in a light doze"

Synonyms: wakeful

adjective

demanding little effort

adjective

having relatively few calories

Synonyms: lite low-cal calorie-free

adjective

easily assimilated in the alimentary canal

adjective

of comparatively little physical weight or density

Example: "a light load"

adjective

designed for ease of movement or to carry little weight

Example: "light aircraft"

adjective

psychologically light

adjective

not great in degree or quantity or number

Example: "a light sentence"

adjective

(physics, chemistry) not having atomic weight greater than average

Example: "light water is ordinary water"

adjective

of little intensity or power or force

Example: "The light touch of their fingers was exhilirating."

adjective

moving easily and quickly

Synonyms: lightsome tripping

adjective

of the military or industry

Example: "using (or being) relatively small or light arms or equipment"

Synonyms: heavy

adjective

(of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims

Synonyms: clear

adjective

silly or trivial

Synonyms: idle

adjective

intended primarily as entertainment

adjective

having little importance

Example: "Losing a job is no light matter."

adjective

(used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress

Example: "a syllable that ends in a short vowel is a light syllable"

Synonyms: weak unaccented

adjective

less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so

Example: "a light pound"

Synonyms: short

adjective

very thin and insubstantial

adjective

weak and likely to lose consciousness

Synonyms: faint light-headed lightheaded swooning

noun

any device serving as a source of illumination

Example: "I stopped the car and turned off the lights."

Synonyms: light source

noun

a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires

Example: "do you have a light?"

Synonyms: lighter

noun

the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures

Example: "The director was excellent at making the light part add to the drama of the play."

Synonyms: lightness

noun

merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance

Synonyms: sparkle twinkle spark

noun

the quality of being luminous

Example: "emitting or reflecting light"

Synonyms: brightness luminosity brightness level luminance luminousness

noun

public awareness

Example: "it brought the scandal to light"

noun

mental understanding as an enlightening experience

Example: "They finally saw the light."

noun

a particular perspective or aspect of a situation

Example: "Although they saw it in a different light, they still did not understand."

noun

a visual warning signal

Example: "they saw the light of the beacon"

noun

an illuminated area

Example: "I stepped into the light."

noun

a person regarded very fondly

Example: "the light of my life"

noun

(physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation

Example: "the light was filtered through a soft glass window"

Synonyms: visible radiation

noun

having abundant light or illumination

Example: "they played as long as it was light"

Synonyms: lighting

noun

a condition of spiritual awareness

Synonyms: illumination

verb

make lighter or brighter

Example: "This lamp lightens the room a bit"

Synonyms: lighten illume illumine light up illuminate lighten up brighten

verb

begin to smoke

Synonyms: light up fire up

verb

alight from (a horse)

Synonyms: dismount

verb

to come to rest, settle

Example: "Misfortune lighted upon him"

Synonyms: perch alight

verb

fall to somebody by assignment or lot

Synonyms: fall

verb

cause to start burning

Synonyms: inflame enkindle kindle ignite conflagrate