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Adjective light has 26 senses

light - 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"
Antonyms: heavy, dense, doughy, soggy, heavyweight, hefty, heavier-than-air, massive, middleweight, ponderous
light, light-colored - (used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent; "light blue"; "light colors such as pastels"; "a light-colored powder"
Antonyms: dark, darkish
light - of the military or industry; using (or being) relatively small or light arms or equipment; "light infantry"; "light cavalry"; "light industry"; "light weapons"
Antonym: heavy
light - 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"
Antonyms: heavy, harsh, thick
light - psychologically light; especially free from sadness or troubles; "a light heart"
Antonyms: heavy, burdensome, onerous, taxing, distressing, distressful, disturbing, perturbing, troubling, worrisome, worrying, leaden, weighted, oppressive, weighty
light - characterized by or emitting light; "a room that is light when the shutters are open"; "the inside of the house was airy and light"
Antonyms: dark, Acheronian, Acherontic, Stygian, aphotic, black, pitch-black, pitch-dark, caliginous, Cimmerian, crepuscular, darkened, darkening, darkling, dim, subdued, glooming, gloomy, gloomful, lightless, unilluminated, unlighted, unlit, lightproof, light-tight, dusky, twilight, twilit, tenebrous, tenebrific, tenebrious
unaccented, light, weak - used of vowels or syllables; pronounced with little or no stress; "a syllable that ends in a short vowel is a light syllable"; "a weak stress on the second syllable"
Antonym: stressed (indirect, via unstressed)
light - easily assimilated in the alimentary canal; not rich or heavily seasoned; "a light diet"
Antonym: indigestible (indirect, via digestible)
friable, light, sandy - (used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency; "light sandy soil"
Antonym: compact (indirect, via loose)
clean, clear, light, unclouded - (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims; "efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings"; "clear laughter like a waterfall"; "clear reds and blues"; "a light lilting voice like a silver bell"
Antonym: impure (indirect, via pure)
light, lightsome, tripping - moving easily and quickly; nimble; "the dancer was light and graceful"; "a lightsome buoyant step"; "walked with a light tripping step"
Antonym: heavy-footed (indirect, via light-footed)
light - demanding little effort; not burdensome; "light housework"; "light exercise"
Antonym: demanding (indirect, via undemanding)
light - of little intensity or power or force; "the light touch of her fingers"; "a light breeze"
Antonyms: heavy, big
light - (physics, chemistry) not having atomic weight greater than average; "light water is ordinary water"
Antonym: heavy
faint, light, swooning, light-headed, lightheaded - weak and likely to lose consciousness; "suddenly felt faint from the pain"; "was sick and faint from hunger"; "felt light in the head"; "a swooning fit"; "light-headed with wine"; "light-headed from lack of sleep"
Antonym: well (indirect, via ill)
flimsy, light - very thin and insubstantial; "thin paper"; "flimsy voile"; "light summer dresses"
Antonym: thick (indirect, via thin)
abstemious, light - marked by temperance in indulgence; "abstemious meals"; "a light eater"; "a light smoker"; "ate a light supper"
Antonym: intemperate (indirect, via temperate)
light, scant, short - less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so; "a light pound"; "a scant cup of sugar"; "regularly gives short weight"
Antonym: sufficient (indirect, via insufficient)
light - having little importance; "losing his job was no light matter"
Antonyms: significant, important (indirect, via insignificant)
light - intended primarily as entertainment; not serious or profound; "light verse"; "a light comedy"
Antonym: serious (indirect, via frivolous)
idle, light - silly or trivial; "idle pleasure"; "light banter"; "light idle chatter"
Antonym: serious (indirect, via frivolous)
light - having a spongy or flaky texture; well-leavened; "light pastries"
Antonym: unleavened (indirect, via leavened)
light - designed for ease of movement or to carry little weight; "light aircraft"; "a light truck"
Antonym: heavy-duty (indirect, via light-duty)
light, lite, low-cal - having relatively few calories; "diet cola"; "light (or lite) beer"; "lite (or light) mayonnaise"; "a low-cal diet"
Antonyms: fatty, fat (indirect, via nonfat)
light, wakeful - (of sleep) easily disturbed; "in a light doze"; "a light sleeper"; "a restless wakeful night"
Antonym: deep (indirect, via shallow)
easy, light, loose, promiscuous, sluttish, wanton - casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior; "her easy virtue"; "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women"; "wanton behavior"
Antonym: chaste (indirect, via unchaste)

Adverbial light has 1 sense

lightly, light - with few burdens; "experienced travellers travel light"

Noun light has 15 senses

light, visible light, visible radiation - (physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation; "the light was filtered through a soft glass window"
--₁ is a kind of actinic radiation, actinic ray
--₁ is a part of electromagnetic spectrum
--₁ has particulars:

Derived form: verb light₁

light, light source - any device serving as a source of illumination; "he stopped the car and turned off the lights"
--₂ is a kind of source of illumination
--₂ has particulars:

Derived form: verb light₁

light - a particular perspective or aspect of a situation; "although he saw it in a different light, he still did not understand"
--₃ is a kind of position, view, perspective
luminosity, brightness, brightness level, luminance, luminousness, light - the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light; "its luminosity is measured relative to that of our sun"
--₄ is a kind of physical property
--₄ has particulars:
illuminance, illumination; incandescence; luminescence, glow

Derived form: verb light₁
light - an illuminated area; "he stepped into the light"
--₅ is a kind of scene

Derived form: verb light₁
light, illumination - a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination; "follow God's light"
--₆ is a kind of condition, status
light, lightness - the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures; "he could paint the lightest light and the darkest dark"
--₇ is a kind of visual property
--₇ has particulars:
aura, aureole, halo, nimbus, glory, gloriole; sunniness; highlight, highlighting; brightness

Derived form: verb light₁
light - a person regarded very fondly; "the light of my life"
--₈ is a kind of friend
light - mental understanding as an enlightening experience; "he finally saw the light"; "can you shed light on this problem?"
--₉ is a kind of insight, brainstorm, brainwave
light, lighting - having abundant light or illumination; "they played as long as it was light"; "as long as the lighting was good"
--₁₀ is a kind of illumination
Antonyms: dark, darkness

Derived form: verb light₁
light - public awareness; "it brought the scandal to light"
--₁₁ is a kind of public knowledge, general knowledge
sparkle, spark, light - brightness and animation of countenance; "he had a sparkle in his eye"
--₁₂ is a kind of vitality, verve; expression, look, aspect, facial expression, face
Inner Light, Light, Light Within, Christ Within - a divine presence believed by Quakers to enlighten and guide the soul
--₁₃ is a kind of ethical motive, ethics, morals, morality
light - a visual warning signal; "they saw the light of the beacon"; "there was a light at every corner"
--₁₄ is a kind of visual signal
--₁₄ has particulars: traffic light, traffic signal, stoplight
lighter, light, igniter, ignitor - a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires; "do you have a light?"
--₁₅ is a kind of device
--₁₅ has particulars:
cigar lighter, cigarette lighter, pocket lighter; fuse, fuze, fusee, fuzee, primer, priming; match, lucifer, friction match; match

Derived forms: verb light₄, verb light₂

Verb light has 6 senses

light, illume, illumine, light up, illuminate - make lighter or brighter; "This lamp lightens the room a bit"
--₁ is one way to lighten, lighten up

Derived forms: noun light₁₀, noun light₇, noun light₅, noun light₄, noun light₂, noun light₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
light up, fire up, light - begin to smoke; "After the meal, some of the diners lit up"
--₂ is one way to ignite, light

Derived form: noun light₁₅
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
=> Somebody ----s something
alight, light, perch - to come to rest, settle; "Misfortune lighted upon him"
--₃ is one way to land, set down
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
ignite, light - cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat; "Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter"; "Light a cigarette"
--₄ is one way to burn, combust

Derived forms: noun light₁₅, noun lighter₁, noun lighter₂
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
fall, light - fall to somebody by assignment or lot; "The task fell to me"; "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims"
--₅ is one way to fall, return, pass, devolve
Sample sentences:
Something ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
unhorse, dismount, light, get off, get down - get off (a horse)
--₆ is one way to descend, fall, go down, come down
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s