Synonyms for light
Another word for light is low-density, lighter-than-air or lightweight. Below are 53 synonyms across 12 senses, with antonyms.
Also searched as: lightest, lights.
1. adjective: of comparatively little physical weight or density
- low-density
- lighter-than-air
- lightweight synonyms
- airy synonyms
- buoyant
- floaty
Antonyms
- heavy synonyms
2. adjective: (used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent
- light-colored synonyms
- white synonyms
- pale synonyms
- pastel synonyms
- powdery
- palish
Antonyms
- dark synonyms
3. adjective: of the military or industry; using (or being) relatively small or light arms or equipment
- light-armed
- lightly-armed
Antonyms
- heavy synonyms
4. adjective: not great in degree or quantity or number
Antonyms
- heavy synonyms
5. adjective: psychologically light; especially free from sadness or troubles
- casual synonyms
- fooling
Antonyms
- heavy synonyms
6. adjective: characterized by or emitting light
- white synonyms
- bright synonyms
- lighting-up
- lit synonyms
- sunny synonyms
- illuminated
- fluorescent synonyms
- lighted synonyms
- well-lighted
- inflamed synonyms
- incandescent synonyms
- livid
- ablaze
- sunlit
- luminescent
- phosphorescent
- bioluminescent
- reddened
- floodlit
- candent
- autofluorescent
- sunstruck
- floodlighted
- candescent
- lamplit
Antonyms
- dark synonyms
7. adjective: (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress
- weak synonyms
- unaccented
- unstressed
8. adjective: easily assimilated in the alimentary canal; not rich or heavily seasoned
- digestible
9. adjective: (used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency
- loose synonyms
10. adjective: (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims
- clear synonyms
- clean synonyms
- unclouded
- pure synonyms
11. adjective: moving easily and quickly; nimble
- tripping synonyms
- lightsome
- light-footed
12. adjective: demanding little effort; not burdensome
- undemanding
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Questions people ask
What is another word for light?
You can say low-density, lighter-than-air, lightweight, airy or buoyant instead of light. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "of comparatively little physical weight or density".
What is the opposite of light?
The opposite of light is heavy or dark.
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