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Synonyms for light
adj illuminated

sunny
bright
shiny
luminous
rich
polished
clear
glowing

glossy
shining
ablaze
brilliant
cloudless
lambent
lustrous
radiant

refulgent
resplendent
vivid
lucent
unclouded
burnished
fluorescent
flashing

aglow
phosphorescent
scintillant
unobscured
well-lighted
well-lit

Antonyms for light

cloudy
dusky
gloomy
unhappy
dark
dull

obscure
black
darkened
dim
brunette
heavy

weighted
difficult
laborious
grave
serious
solemn

Synonyms
adj blond, fair

pastel
pale
faded

bleached
fair-skinned
light-hued

light-skinned
light-toned
tow-headed

Antonyms

dusky
black
dark
darkened
dim

gloomy
obscure
brunette
heavy
weighted

difficult
laborious
grave
serious
solemn

Synonyms
adj not heavy

agile
slight
buoyant
fluffy
loose
slender
delicate
easy
lightweight
small
airy
thin
sheer

petty
portable
little
flimsy
dainty
floating
trifling
atmospheric
crumbly
downy
effervescent
ethereal
feathery

filmy
friable
frothy
graceful
inconsequential
insubstantial
lithe
meager
nimble
porous
sandy
spongy
sprightly

trivial
unsubstantial
weightless
featherweight
floatable
gossamery
imponderous
light-footed
sylphlike
tissuelike
unheavy

Antonyms

large
useful
clumsy
dusky
big
important
fat
thick
heavy
coarse

rough
strict
strong
oppressive
significant
black
dark
darkened
dim
gloomy

obscure
brunette
weighted
difficult
laborious
grave
serious
solemn

Synonyms
adj small in amount, content

slight
faint
weak
tiny
gentle
mild
thin
sparse
moderate
soft
casual

wee
scanty
restricted
minute
minuscule
minor
trifling
digestible
fractional
fragmentary
frivolous

frugal
inadequate
inconsequential
indistinct
insignificant
insufficient
modest
puny
superficial
trivial
unimportant

unsubstantial
inconsiderable
shoestring
hardly any
hardly enough
not many
not much
not rich

Antonyms

large
brave
huge
dusky
big
great
significant
fat
thick
heavy
loud

strong
bold
firm
concentrated
rough
violent
wild
harsh
important
black
dark

darkened
dim
gloomy
obscure
brunette
weighted
difficult
laborious
grave
serious
solemn

Synonyms
adj simple, easy

moderate
smooth
effortless

facile
manageable
undemanding

unexacting
untaxing
untroublesome

Antonyms

dusky
black
dark
darkened
dim

gloomy
obscure
brunette
heavy
weighted

difficult
laborious
grave
serious
solemn

Synonyms
adj funny, cheery

airy
sunny
lively
lighthearted
pleasing
diverting
gay
high

dizzy
amusing
upbeat
entertaining
animated
trifling
blithe
carefree

cheerful
chipper
fickle
flighty
frivolous
giddy
humorous
merry

perky
superficial
trivial
witty
up
chirpy
sunny-side up

Antonyms

upset
boring
tiring
dusky
depressed
sad
dull
down

black
dark
darkened
dim
gloomy
obscure
brunette
heavy

weighted
difficult
laborious
grave
serious
solemn
unfunny

Synonyms
noun luminescence from sun or other source

flash
glare
sun
radiation
window
lamp
ray
daylight
candle
bulb
glow
star
lantern
radiance

emanation
torch
brilliance
brilliancy
daybreak
illumination
dawn
glitter
sunrise
gleam
sparkle
morn
blaze
glimmer

sheen
luster
effulgence
aurora
glint
beacon
shine
brightness
luminosity
taper
morning
coruscation
splendor
flare

scintillation
sunshine
irradiation
phosphorescence
refulgence
lighthouse
sunbeam
daytime
incandescence
lambency
fulgor

Antonyms

dimness
eventide
sundown
sunset

night
obscurity
misconception
dullness

darkness
dark
misunderstanding

Synonyms
noun context, point of view; understanding

information
aspect
standing
enlightenment
angle
knowledge

viewpoint
elucidation
explanation
insight
condition
slant

illustration
paragon
attitude
exemplar
comprehension
interpretation

model
education
approach
example
awareness
vantage point

Antonyms

ignorance
night
obscurity

misconception
dark
darkness

misunderstanding

Synonyms
verb illuminate

ignite
shine
brighten
kindle
put on
turn on
limelight

illumine
irradiate
animate
inflame
fire
lighten
spot

cast
flood
illume
highlight
spotlight
light up
floodlight

furnish with light
make bright
make visible
switch on

Antonyms

darken
obscure
drench
extinguish

put out
dull
disenchant
turn off

quench
mount

Synonyms
verb start on fire

ignite
kindle
burn

fire
inflame
spark

flame
enkindle
set fire to

set on fire
strike a match

Antonyms

darken
obscure
drench

extinguish
put out
dull

quench
mount

Synonyms
verb step down; land

sit
perch
alight
drop
stop

rest
settle
disembark
arrive
come down

get down
roost
deplane
detrain
fly down

set down
settle down
sit down
touch down

Antonyms

darken
obscure
drench
continue
do

go
move
depart
leave
dull

extinguish
put out
quench
mount

Concept Thesaurus for word light
2. Sensation; special sensation; light; light in general
Synonyms – noun

light
gleam
moonbeam
light of day
broad daylight
glow
flood of light
halo
spark
emication
coruscation
levin
sheen
gloss
brilliancy
fulgor
transplendency
renitency
irradiation
Roentgen-ray
photometer
dioptrics
clear obscure
tonality.
refractivity.

ray
streak
aurora.
light of heaven
noontide light
glimmering
phosphorescence
glory
scintilla
scintillation
fulguration
ignis fatuus
shimmer
tinsel
splendor
fulgidity
luminousness
nitency
illumination.
X-ray
[Science of light] optics
catoptrics.
breadth
reflection

beam
pencil
day
sun (luminary) light
noontide
glint
lambent flame.
nimbus
facula
flash
flame (fire)
(luminary) [more]
reflexion
spangle
effulgence
dazzlement
luminosity
radiance
actinic rays
photography
photology
[Distribution of light] chiaroscuro
light and shade
refraction

stream
sunbeam
sunshine
daylight
noonday.
play of light
flush
aureola.
sparkling
blaze
lightning
luster
reflection
brightness
refulgence
resplendence
lucidity
radiation
actinism
heliography
photometry
clairobscur
black and white
dispersion

Synonyms – verbs

shine
glisten
flare up
glimmer
coruscate
reflect light
radiate
brighten.
light
give out a light
throw light upon
illume
strike a light

glow
twinkle
glare
flicker
flash
daze
shoot out beams
lighten
light up
hang out a light
throw light in
illumine
kindle (set fire to)

glitter
gleam
beam
sparkle
blaze
dazzle
fulgurate.
enlighten
irradiate
cast light upon
shed light upon
illuminate

glister
flare
shimmer
scintillate
be bright
bedazzle
clear up
levin
shine upon
cast light in
shed luster upon
relume

Synonyms – adjectives

shining
lucent
light
splendent
beamy
sheen
glassy
noonday
unclouded
resplendent
fulgid
blazing
meteoric
bright as day
actinic
heliophagous.

luminous
luculent
lightsome
nitid
scintillant
sheeny
sunny
tide
unobscured.
transplendent
fulgent
in a blaze
phosphorescent
light as noonday
photogenic

luminiferous
lucific
bright
lustrous
radiant
glossy
orient
cloudless
gairish
refulgent
relucent
ablaze
aglow. bright as silver
bright as noonday
photographic

lucid
luciferous
vivid
shiny
lambent
burnished
meridian
clear
garish
effulgent
splendid
rutilant
light as day
bright as the sun at noonday.
heliographic

Synonyms – phrases
“a day for gods to stoop and men to soar” [Tennyson]; “dark with excessive bright” [Milton].
Antonyms

darkness

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Other adjectives related to light

ablaze
beamy
bright as noonday
circumfulgent
epipolic
fulgid
garish
heliographic
interlucent
light as day
lucent
luculent
meridian
noontide
photoelastic
radiant
rutilant
shining
stroboscopic
unobscured

actinic
blazing
bright as silver
clear
flimmering
fulgurant
glassy
in a blaze
irradiated
light as noonday
lucid
luminiferous
meteoric
orient
photogenic
refractive
scintillant
shiny
sunny
vivid

anacamptic
bright
bright as the sun at noonday
cloudless
fluorescent
fulgurous
glossy
incandescent
lambent
light as the sun at noonday
luciferous
luminous
nitid
phosphorescent
photographic
refulgent
self
splendent
transplendent

beaming
bright as day
burnished
effulgent
fulgent
gairish
guttering
inenubilable
light
lightsome
lucific
lustrous
noonday
photic
plenilunar
resplendent
sheeny
splendid
unclouded

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