light
- adjective (adj)
- adjective (adj)
Meaning: not heavy
Synonyms:
agile
airy
atmospheric
buoyant
crumbly
dainty
delicate
downy
easy
effervescent
ethereal
featherweight
feathery
filmy
flimsy
floatable
floating
fluffy
friable
frothy
gossamery
graceful
imponderous
inconsequential
insubstantial
light-footed
lightweight
lithe
little
loose
meager
nimble
petty
porous
portable
sandy
sheer
slender
slight
small
spongy
sprightly
sylphlike
thin
tissuelike
trifling
trivial
unheavy
unsubstantial
weightless
- adjective (adj)
Meaning: small in amount, content
Synonyms:
casual
digestible
faint
fractional
fragmentary
frivolous
frugal
gentle
hardly any
hardly enough
inadequate
inconsequential
inconsiderable
indistinct
insignificant
insufficient
mild
minor
minuscule
minute
moderate
modest
not many
not much
not rich
puny
restricted
scanty
shoestring
slight
soft
sparse
superficial
thin
tiny
trifling
trivial
unimportant
unsubstantial
weak
wee
Antonyms:
heavy
- adjective (adj)
Meaning: simple, easy
Synonyms:
effortless
facile
manageable
moderate
smooth
undemanding
unexacting
untaxing
untroublesome
- noun (n)
Meaning: luminescence from sun or other source
Synonyms:
aurora
beacon
blaze
brightness
brilliance
brilliancy
bulb
candle
coruscation
dawn
daybreak
daylight
daytime
effulgence
emanation
flare
flash
fulgor
glare
gleam
glimmer
glint
glitter
glow
illumination
incandescence
irradiation
lambency
lamp
lantern
lighthouse
luminosity
luster
morn
morning
phosphorescence
radiance
radiation
ray
refulgence
scintillation
sheen
shine
sparkle
splendor
star
sun
sunbeam
sunrise
sunshine
taper
torch
window
- noun (n)
Meaning: context, point of view understanding
Synonyms:
angle
approach
aspect
attitude
awareness
comprehension
condition
education
elucidation
enlightenment
example
exemplar
explanation
illustration
information
insight
interpretation
knowledge
model
paragon
slant
standing
vantage point
viewpoint
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