Synonyms for lighter
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : lahy-ter |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈlaɪ tər |
Top 10 synonyms for lighter Other synonyms for the word lighter
- ablaze
- aglow
- amusing
- animated
- atmospheric
- bleached
- blithe
- brilliant
- burnished
- carefree
- cheerful
- chipper
- chirpy
- clear
- cloudless
- crumbly
- dainty
- digestible
- diverting
- dizzy
- downy
- effervescent
- effortless
- entertaining
- ethereal
- facile
- faded
- fair-skinned
- featherweight
- feathery
- fickle
- filmy
- flashing
- flighty
- flimsy
- floatable
- floating
- fluorescent
- fractional
- fragmentary
- friable
- frivolous
- frothy
- frugal
- gay
- giddy
- glossy
- glowing
- gossamery
- graceful
- hardly any
- hardly enough
- high
- humorous
- imponderous
- inadequate
- inconsequential
- inconsiderable
- indistinct
- insignificant
- insubstantial
- insufficient
- lambent
- light-footed
- light-hued
- light-skinned
- light-toned
- lighthearted
- lightweight
- lithe
- little
- lively
- loose
- lucent
- luminous
- lustrous
- manageable
- meager
- merry
- mild
- minor
- minuscule
- minute
- moderate
- modest
- nimble
- not many
- not much
- not rich
- pale
- pastel
- perky
- petty
- phosphorescent
- pleasing
- polished
- porous
- portable
- puny
- radiant
- refulgent
- resplendent
- restricted
- rich
- sandy
- scanty
- scintillant
- sheer
- shining
- shiny
- shoestring
- slender
- slight
- small
- smooth
- soft
- sparse
- spongy
- sprightly
- sunny
- sunny-side up
- superficial
- sylphlike
- thin
- tiny
- tissuelike
- tow-headed
- trifling
- trivial
- unclouded
- undemanding
- unexacting
- unheavy
- unimportant
- unobscured
- unsubstantial
- untaxing
- untroublesome
- up
- upbeat
- vivid
- weak
- wee
- weightless
- well-lighted
- well-lit
- witty
Définition of lighter
Origin :- "barge," late 15c., agent noun from light (adj.1), with a sense of lightening a load, or else from Dutch lichter, from lichten "to lighten, unload," on the same notion. They are used in loading or unloading ships that cannot approach a wharf.
- adj illuminated
- adj blond, fair
- adj not heavy
- adj small in amount, content
- adj simple, easy
- adj funny, cheery
- Perhaps it was some law of opposites, and she needed some one of lighter nature than her own.
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- Both hearts were heavy, but Mr. Brunton's was the lighter of the two.
- Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
- It will be lighter now; I sha'n't mind what anybody says if you're with me, mother.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- The room was dark, but the street was lighter, because of its lamps.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- If you had, the meeting on Wednesday would have been a lighter trial to you.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- But he at once remembered that it was lighter because the moon had risen.
- Extract from : « Master and Man » by Leo Tolstoy
- He studied the little movie-maker over the flame of his lighter.
- Extract from : « Reel Life Films » by Samuel Kimball Merwin
- The lighter grey of the horizon is mirrored in the clearer blue of the sea.
- Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
- Every schoolboy knows that a stone is lighter in water than in air.
- Extract from : « The Monkey That Would Not Kill » by Henry Drummond
- But it was all a dream, lighter than thistle-down; he knew it could never, never be.
- Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
Antonyms for lighter
- big
- black
- bold
- boring
- brave
- brunette
- cloudy
- clumsy
- coarse
- concentrated
- dark
- darkened
- depressed
- difficult
- dim
- down
- dull
- dusky
- fat
- firm
- gloomy
- grave
- great
- harsh
- heavy
- huge
- important
- laborious
- large
- loud
- obscure
- oppressive
- rough
- sad
- serious
- significant
- solemn
- strict
- strong
- thick
- tiring
- unfunny
- unhappy
- upset
- useful
- violent
- weighted
- wild
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