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Light   /laɪt/   Listen
Light

noun
1.
(physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation.  Synonyms: visible light, visible radiation.
2.
Any device serving as a source of illumination.  Synonym: light source.
3.
A particular perspective or aspect of a situation.
4.
The quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light.  Synonyms: brightness, brightness level, luminance, luminosity, luminousness.
5.
An illuminated area.
6.
A condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination.  Synonym: illumination.
7.
The visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures.  Synonym: lightness.
8.
A person regarded very fondly.
9.
Having abundant light or illumination.  Synonym: lighting.  "As long as the lighting was good"
10.
Mental understanding as an enlightening experience.  "Can you shed light on this problem?"
11.
Merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance.  Synonyms: spark, sparkle, twinkle.  "There's a perpetual twinkle in his eyes"
12.
Public awareness.
13.
A divine presence believed by Quakers to enlighten and guide the soul.  Synonyms: Christ Within, Inner Light, Light Within.
14.
A visual warning signal.  "There was a light at every corner"
15.
A device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires.  Synonyms: igniter, ignitor, lighter.
adjective
(compar. lighter; superl. lightest)
1.
Of comparatively little physical weight or density.  "Magnesium is a light metal--having a specific gravity of 1.74 at 20 degrees C"
2.
(used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent.  Synonym: light-colored.  "Light colors such as pastels" , "A light-colored powder"
3.
Of the military or industry; using (or being) relatively small or light arms or equipment.  "Light cavalry" , "Light industry" , "Light weapons"
4.
Not great in degree or quantity or number.  "A light accent" , "Casualties were light" , "Light snow was falling" , "Light misty rain" , "Light smoke from the chimney"
5.
Psychologically light; especially free from sadness or troubles.
6.
Characterized by or emitting light.  "The inside of the house was airy and light"
7.
(used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress.  Synonyms: unaccented, weak.  "A weak stress on the second syllable"
8.
Easily assimilated in the alimentary canal; not rich or heavily seasoned.
9.
(used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency.
10.
(of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims.  Synonyms: clean, clear, unclouded.  "Clear laughter like a waterfall" , "Clear reds and blues" , "A light lilting voice like a silver bell"
11.
Moving easily and quickly; nimble.  Synonyms: lightsome, tripping.  "A lightsome buoyant step" , "Walked with a light tripping step"
12.
Demanding little effort; not burdensome.  "Light exercise"
13.
Of little intensity or power or force.  "A light breeze"
14.
(physics, chemistry) not having atomic weight greater than average.
15.
Weak and likely to lose consciousness.  Synonyms: faint, light-headed, lightheaded, swooning.  "Was sick and faint from hunger" , "Felt light in the head" , "A swooning fit" , "Light-headed with wine" , "Light-headed from lack of sleep"
16.
Very thin and insubstantial.  "Light summer dresses"
17.
Marked by temperance in indulgence.  Synonym: abstemious.  "A light eater" , "A light smoker" , "Ate a light supper"
18.
Less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so.  Synonyms: scant, short.  "A scant cup of sugar" , "Regularly gives short weight"
19.
Having little importance.
20.
Intended primarily as entertainment; not serious or profound.  "A light comedy"
21.
Silly or trivial.  Synonym: idle.  "Light banter" , "Light idle chatter"
22.
Designed for ease of movement or to carry little weight.  "A light truck"
23.
Having relatively few calories.  Synonyms: calorie-free, lite, low-cal.  "Light (or lite) beer" , "Lite (or light) mayonnaise" , "A low-cal diet"
24.
(of sleep) easily disturbed.  Synonym: wakeful.  "A light sleeper" , "A restless wakeful night"
25.
Casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior.  Synonyms: easy, loose, promiscuous, sluttish, wanton.  "He was told to avoid loose (or light) women" , "Wanton behavior"
verb
(past & past part. lit or lighted; pres. part. lighting)
1.
Make lighter or brighter.  Synonyms: illume, illuminate, illumine, light up.
2.
Begin to smoke.  Synonyms: fire up, light up.
3.
To come to rest, settle.  Synonyms: alight, perch.
4.
Cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat.  Synonym: ignite.  "Light a cigarette"
5.
Fall to somebody by assignment or lot.  Synonym: fall.  "It fell to me to notify the parents of the victims"
6.
Alight from (a horse).  Synonyms: dismount, get down, get off, unhorse.
adverb
1.
With few burdens.  Synonym: lightly.



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"Light" Quotes from Famous Books



... as a Virtue, and have therefore described it in its full Extent; not only as it is conversant about worldly Affairs, but as it regards our whole Existence; not only as it is the Guide of a mortal Creature, but as it is in general the Director of a reasonable Being. It is in this Light that Discretion is represented by the Wise Man, who sometimes mentions it under the Name of Discretion, and sometimes under that of Wisdom. It is indeed (as described in the latter Part of this Paper) the greatest Wisdom, but at the same time ...
— The Spectator, Volumes 1, 2 and 3 - With Translations and Index for the Series • Joseph Addison and Richard Steele
... underlies life, the enlightenment will come not by the study of the complex man, but through the simpler plant. It is the unsuspected forces, hidden to the eyes of men,—the forces imprisoned in the soil and the stimuli of alternating flash of light and the gloomings of darkness these and many others will be found to maintain the ceaseless activity which we know as the fulness ...
— Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose - His Life and Speeches • Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose
... partly as a result of this, we have arrived at a certain tacit depreciation of the greatest emotional master of fiction. There are other and more cogent reasons for the temporary obscuration of that brilliant light. It may aid our present purpose to discover what ...
— My Contemporaries In Fiction • David Christie Murray
... vividly described by Mr. Froude: 'Elizabeth knew not which way to turn. Force, treachery, conciliation had been tried successively, and the Irish problem was more hopeless than ever. In the dense darkness of the prospects of Ulster there was a solitary gleam of light. Grown insolent with prosperity, Shane had been dealing too peremptorily with the Scots; his countess, though compelled to live with him, and to be the mother of his children, had felt his brutality and ...
— The Land-War In Ireland (1870) - A History For The Times • James Godkin
... the blind can tell colors by feeling. This is absolutely impossible. I have heard of men who could tell the difference of color in horses, but, upon questioning them closely, I found that the texture of the hair varied in light and dark colored animals. Of course, there is an odor about some colored dyes, such as black and indigo blue. Some of the blind are themselves responsible for fostering this belief, but they do it to test the credulity of the public, and ...
— Five Lectures on Blindness • Kate M. Foley


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