Thesaurus / light-footed
other words for light-footed
- agile
- airy
- buoyant
- delicate
- easy
- fluffy
- lightweight
- loose
- slender
- slight
- small
- thin
- dainty
- featherweight
- flimsy
- floating
- little
- petty
- portable
- sheer
- trifling
- atmospheric
- crumbly
- downy
- effervescent
- ethereal
- feathery
- filmy
- floatable
- friable
- frothy
- gossamery
- graceful
- imponderous
- inconsequential
- insubstantial
- lithe
- meager
- nimble
- porous
- sandy
- spongy
- sprightly
- sylphlike
- tissuelike
- trivial
- unheavy
- unsubstantial
- weightless
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opposites of light-footed
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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In shape she was straight and tall and rounded, light-footed as a buck, delicate in limb, wide-breasted and slender-necked.
SWALLOWH. RIDER HAGGARD
But it seemed to them all that an exceedingly bulky object had passed as guardian of the light-footed damsels preceding him.
SANDRA BELLONI, COMPLETEGEORGE MEREDITH
Then she fled over it light-footed, balancing the sword, but he couldn't.
ENGLISH FAIRY TALESFLORA ANNIE STEEL
Nimbly the light-footed Blaise threaded his way among trees and undergrowth, and sprang down the open slopes.
THE SECRET CACHEE. C. [ETHEL CLAIRE] BRILL
The light-footed Caribs were swiftly gliding to their tasks at the waterside.
CABBAGES AND KINGSO. HENRY
Hal took his leave, returning, light-footed, to bachelor quarters.
UNCLE SAM'S BOYS AS LIEUTENANTSH. IRVING HANCOCK
I have rubbed shoulders with red-crossed knights, and followed in the wake of bare-headed monks and light-footed priests.
GHOSTLY PHENOMENAELLIOT O'DONNELL.
The wood-born people are all light-footed and cautious in their stirring.
THE SPRING OF THE YEARDALLAS LORE SHARP
She was so graceful and light-footed that she seemed to float rather than to walk.
'ROUND THE YEAR IN MYTH AND SONGFLORENCE HOLBROOK
Soon the light-footed clansmen got ahead of the Lowland and French and Irish regiments unused to such heavy walking.
THE RED TRUE STORY BOOKVARIOUS
WORDS RELATED TO LIGHT-FOOTED
- 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
- 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
- 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
- accelerated
- active
- agile
- breakneck
- brisk
- double time
- expeditious
- expeditive
- express
- fast
- fleet
- fleet of foot
- flying
- hasty
- hurried
- in nothing flat
- light-footed
- like a house on fire
- lively
- mercurial
- nimble
- on the double
- precipitate
- prompt
- quick as a wink
- ready
- really rolling
- screaming
- speedy
- spry
- swift
- winged
- 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 as a feather
- 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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.