Synonyms for lightning
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : lahyt-ning |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈlaɪt nɪŋ |
Définition of lightning
Origin :- late 13c., present participle of lightnen "make bright," extended form of Old English lihting, from leht (see light (n.)). Meaning "cheap, raw whiskey" is attested from 1781, also sometimes "gin." Lightning bug is attested from 1778. Lightning rod from 1790.
- noun electrical discharge
- Often, during a thunderstorm a tree had been hit by lightning.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- Andrew went on with his lightning summary of the things he passed.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- The action is as quick as thought, and thought is as quick as lightning.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- She looked young to be a doctor, he decided, after that lightning survey.
- Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
- A change swift as lightning had come over me, a sudden exultation.
- Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
- He had seen something like a heavy flash of lightning in the fog.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- The flashes of lightning were incessant, and nearly blinded me.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- I saw him but a moment, by means of a flash of lightning, and I think he must have seen me.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- No, not all: but you overpower me with your wit; and I cannot stand the 'lightning of your eyes.'
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- It fell as lightning falls, swift, keen, dazzling the eyes of all who watched.
- Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
Words or expressions associated with your search
- afterlight
- alight
- alight up on
- alight upon
- alighted
- alightings
- be delighted
- be highlighted
- blight
- blighted
- Blighty
- bring to light
- came light
- came to light
- caution light
- crepuscular light
- dawnlight
- daylight savings time
- de-light
- de light
- de-lighted
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- de-lightful
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- de-lighting
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- de-lights
- de lights
- delight
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- delighted
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- delightedly
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- delightfully
- delightfulness
- delighting
- delights
- emergency lights
- emit light
- emits light
- emitted light
- emitting light
- enlighten
- enlightened
- enlightening
- enlightenment
- enlightens
- false light
- fanlight
- feel lightheaded
- first light
- flight
- flight attendant
- flight control
- flight of fancy
- flight of imagination
- flightiness
- flighty
- footlights
- gaslight
- get green light
- give light
- give the green light
- go like lightning
- go out like a light
- green light
- half-light
- half light
- half-lights
- halflight
- hard plight
- hazard lights
- headlight
- highlight
- idiot lights
- ill-lighted
- illlighted
- in broad daylight
- in light of
- in limelight
- in spotlight
- in the limelight
- in the twilight zone
- klieg light
- landing lights
- leading light
- let daylight in
- let sunlight in
- lets daylight in
- lets sunlight in
- letted daylight in
- letted sunlight in
- light
- light entertainment
- light-footed
- light-hearted
- light-heartedness
- light into
- light meter
- light-minded
- light of day
- Light of the World
- light rail
- light talk
- light the way
- lighten
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- lightened
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- lighter
- lightheaded
- lightheadedness
- lighthearted
- lightheartedly
- lightheartedness
- lighthouse
- lighting
- lightless
- lightly
- lightness
- lightning
- lightweight
- limelight
- make light of
- make lighter
- make see daylight
- making light
- moonlight
- neon light
- northern-lights
- Northern lights
- northern lightses
- once over lightly
- onced over lightly
- onces over lightly
- oncing over lightly
- out like a light
- pedestrian light
- pilot light
- plight
- polar lights
- re-lighted
- re lighting
- re lights
- red-light district
- relight
- rushlight
- see in a new light
- slight
- slightest
- slighting
- slightingly
- slightly
- slightness
- sunlight
- take delight
- take delight in
- take flight
- take lightly
- takes flight
- takes lightly
- taking flight
- the bright lights
- the footlights
- top-flight
- topflight
- traveling light
- trip the light fantastic
- turn spotlight on
- twilight
- unblighted
- unenlightened
- unenlightenment
- unlighted
- Very lights
- warning light
- warning lights
- yellow light
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