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Noun: lighter lItu(r)- A substance used to ignite or kindle a fire
- igniter, ignitor - A device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires
- light, igniter, ignitor - A flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)
- barge, flatboat, hoy
Verb: lighter lItu(r)- Transport in a flatbottom boat
Adjective: light (lighter,lightest) lIt- Of comparatively little physical weight or density
"a light load"; "magnesium is a light metal--having a specific gravity of 1.74 at 20 degrees C" - (used of colour) having a relatively small amount of colouring agent
"light blue"; "light colours such as pastels"; "a light-coloured powder"
- light-colored [US], light-coloured [Brit, Cdn] - Of the military or industry; using (or being) relatively small or light arms or equipment
"light infantry"; "light cavalry"; "light industry"; "light weapons" - Not great in degree or quantity or number
"a light sentence"; "a light accent"; "casualties were light"; "light snow was falling"; "light misty rain"; "light smoke from the chimney" - Psychologically light; especially free from sadness or troubles
"a light heart" - Characterized by or emitting light
"a room that is light when the shutters are open"; "the inside of the house was airy and light" - (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress
"a syllable that ends in a short vowel is a light syllable"
- unaccented, weak - Easily assimilated in the alimentary canal; not rich or heavily seasoned
"a light diet" - (used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency
"light soil" - (of sound or colour) free from anything that dulls or dims
"a light lilting voice like a silver bell"
- clean, clear, unclouded - Moving easily and quickly; nimble
"the dancer was light and graceful"; "walked with a light tripping step"
- lightsome, tripping - Demanding little effort; not burdensome
"light housework"; "light exercise" - Of little intensity or power or force
"the light touch of her fingers"; "a light breeze" - (physics, chemistry) not having atomic weight greater than average
"light water is ordinary water" - Weak and likely to lose consciousness
"felt light in the head"; "light-headed with wine"; "light-headed from lack of sleep"
- faint, swooning, light-headed, lightheaded - Very thin and insubstantial
"light summer dresses" - Marked by temperance in indulgence
"a light eater"; "a light smoker"; "ate a light supper"
- abstemious - Less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
"a light pound"
- scant, short - Having little importance
"losing his job was no light matter" - Intended primarily as entertainment; not serious or profound
"light verse"; "a light comedy" - Silly or trivial
"light banter"; "light idle chatter"
- idle - Designed for ease of movement or to carry little weight
"light aircraft"; "a light truck" - Having relatively few calories
"light beer"; "light mayonnaise"
- lite, low-cal, calorie-free - (of sleep) easily disturbed
"in a light doze"; "a light sleeper"
- wakeful - Casual and unrestrained in sexual behaviour
"he was told to avoid loose (or light) women"
- easy, loose, promiscuous, sluttish, wanton
Derived forms: lightered, lighters, lightering See also: ablaze, airy, autofluorescent, bioluminescent, bright, buoyant, candent, candescent, casual, deficient, digestible, easy, fat-free, fatless, floaty, floodlighted, floodlit, fluorescent, fooling, frivolous, gentle, ill, illuminated, incandescent, inflamed, insignificant, insufficient, lamplit, light, light-armed, light-duty, lighted, lighterage, lighter-than-air, light-footed, lighting-up, lightly, lightly-armed, lightness, lightweight, lit, livid, loose, low-density, luminescent, nonfat, pale, palish, pastel, phosphorescent, powdery, pure, reddened, shallow, sick, soft, sunlit, sunstruck, temperate, thin, unchaste, undemanding, unimportant, unstressed, value, weight, well-lighted, white Type of: boat, device, fuel, transport Antonym: dark, heavy Encyclopedia: Light Light, Francis Light, Rapid, Comfortable Light, John Lighter |