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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)
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