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light
adjective as in illuminated
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ablaze, aglow, brilliant, cloudless, lambent, lucent, lustrous, phosphorescent, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, scintillant, unclouded, unobscured, vivid, well-lighted, well-lit
adjective as in blond, fair
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fair-skinned, light-hued, light-skinned, light-toned, tow-headed
adjective as in not heavy
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agile, airy, buoyant, delicate, fluffy, lightweight, loose, slender, slight, small, thin
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atmospheric, downy, effervescent, ethereal, feathery, filmy, floatable, friable, frothy, gossamery, graceful, imponderous, inconsequential, insubstantial, light-footed, lithe, meager, nimble, porous, sandy, spongy, sprightly, sylphlike, tissuelike, trivial, unheavy, unsubstantial, weightless
adjective as in small in amount, content
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minor, minuscule, minute, restricted, scanty, shoestring, trifling, wee
adjective as in simple, easy
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effortless, facile, manageable, undemanding, unexacting, untaxing, untroublesome
adjective as in funny, cheery
noun as in luminescence from sun or other source
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bulb, candle, daylight, flash, glare, glow, lamp, lantern, radiation, ray, star, sun, sunshine, window
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aurora, beacon, blaze, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, coruscation, dawn, daybreak, daytime, effulgence, emanation, flare, gleam, glimmer, glint, glitter, illumination, incandescence, irradiation, lambency, lighthouse, luminosity, luster, morn, morning, phosphorescence, radiance, refulgence, scintillation, sheen, shine, sparkle, splendor, sunbeam, sunrise, taper, torch
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noun as in context, point of view; understanding
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angle, approach, attitude, awareness, comprehension, condition, education, elucidation, enlightenment, example, exemplar, explanation, illustration, insight, interpretation, knowledge, model, paragon, slant, standing, viewpoint
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verb as in illuminate
verb as in start on fire
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Example Sentences
They moved without speaking or lights to avoid detection.
There are light, fond echoes of François Truffaut’s frolicking ode to cinematic fakery “Day for Night” and Ingmar Bergman’s bumpy ride on memory road “Wild Strawberries.”
Much like Riesling, it can be made in various ways, from sweet to dry to sparkling, light- or full-bodied.
We walked into the Loop, Chicago’s main business district—brimming with all the neon lights, the honking cars, the famous stores.
The company reduced its outlook for fourth-quarter revenue in light of the delay.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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