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lighter

 
Adjective light has 26 senses
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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)
  8. light - easily assimilated in the alimentary canal; not rich or heavily seasoned; "a light diet"
    Antonym:
    indigestible (indirect, via digestible)
  9. friable, light, sandy - (used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency; "light sandy soil"
    Antonym: compact (indirect, via loose)
  10. 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)
  11. 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)
  12. light - demanding little effort; not burdensome; "light housework"; "light exercise"
    Antonym:
    demanding (indirect, via undemanding)
  13. light - of little intensity or power or force; "the light touch of her fingers"; "a light breeze"
    Antonyms:
    heavy, big
  14. light - (physics, chemistry) not having atomic weight greater than average; "light water is ordinary water"
    Antonym:
    heavy
  15. 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)
  16. flimsy, light - very thin and insubstantial; "thin paper"; "flimsy voile"; "light summer dresses"
    Antonym: thick (indirect, via thin)
  17. abstemious, light - marked by temperance in indulgence; "abstemious meals"; "a light eater"; "a light smoker"; "ate a light supper"
    Antonym: intemperate (indirect, via temperate)
  18. 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)
  19. light - having little importance; "losing his job was no light matter"
    Antonyms:
    significant, important (indirect, via insignificant)
  20. light - intended primarily as entertainment; not serious or profound; "light verse"; "a light comedy"
    Antonym:
    serious (indirect, via frivolous)
  21. idle, light - silly or trivial; "idle pleasure"; "light banter"; "light idle chatter"
    Antonym: serious (indirect, via frivolous)
  22. light - having a spongy or flaky texture; well-leavened; "light pastries"
    Antonym:
    unleavened (indirect, via leavened)
  23. light - designed for ease of movement or to carry little weight; "light aircraft"; "a light truck"
    Antonym:
    heavy-duty (indirect, via light-duty)
  24. 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)
  25. light, wakeful - (of sleep) easily disturbed; "in a light doze"; "a light sleeper"; "a restless wakeful night"
    Antonym: deep (indirect, via shallow)
  26. 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)
Noun lighter has 3 senses
  1. igniter, ignitor, lighter - a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire
    --1 is a kind of fuel
    --1 has particulars:
     firelighter; kindling, tinder, touchwood, spunk, punk; punk
    Derived form: verb light4
  2. lighter, light, igniter, ignitor - a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires; "do you have a light?"
    --2 is a kind of device
    --2 has particulars:
     cigar lighter, cigarette lighter, pocket lighter; fuse, fuze, fusee, fuzee, primer, priming; match, lucifer, friction match; match
    Derived form: verb light4
  3. barge, flatboat, hoy, lighter - a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)
    --3 is a kind of boat
    --3 has particulars:
     dredger; houseboat; pontoon; scow; wherry, Norfolk wherry
    Derived form: verb lighter1
Verb lighter has 1 sense
  1. lighter - transport in a flatbottom boat
    --1 is one way to
    transport
    Derived forms: noun lighter3, noun lighterage1, noun lighterage2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody PP
lighten up lightend lightened lightening lightens lighter-than-air lighter-than-air craft lighter-weight lighter lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood lighter vein lighterage lightering lighterman lightern lightest lightfine

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