light
Adjective
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tells us about: weight - the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravitysimilar to:
- lightweight - weighing relatively little compared with another item or object of similar use
- airy - having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to resemble air
- buoyant, floaty - tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas
- lighter-than-air - relating to a balloon or other aircraft that flies because it weighs less than the air it displaces
- low-density - having low relative density or specific gravity
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also: white - being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident lighttells us about: value - relative darkness or lightness of a colorsimilar to:same as: light-colored
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similar to: light-armed, lightly-armed - armed with light weapons
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tells us about: light, lightness - the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in picturessimilar to:
- ablaze, inflamed, reddened - lighted with red light as if with flames
- autofluorescent - emitting light via self-induced fluorescence
- bioluminescent - (of living organisms) emitting light
- bright - having lots of light either natural or artificial
- candescent - glowing from great heat
- floodlighted, floodlit - illuminated by means of floodlights
- fluorescent - emitting light during exposure to radiation from an external source
- illuminated, lighted, lit, well-lighted - provided with artificial light
- candent, incandescent - emitting light as a result of being heated
- lamplit - lighted by a lamp
- lighting-up - turning lights on
- livid - (of a light) imparting a deathlike luminosity
- luminescent - emitting light not caused by heat
- phosphorescent - emitting light without appreciable heat as by slow oxidation of phosphorous
- sunlit, sunstruck - lighted by sunlight
- white - of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets
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similar to: unstressed - not bearing a stress or accentsame as: unaccented, weak
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similar to: digestible - capable of being converted into assimilable condition in the alimentary canal
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similar to: loose - not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
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similar to: pure - free of extraneous elements of any kind
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similar to: light-footed - (of movement) having a light and springy step
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similar to: undemanding - requiring little if any patience or effort or skill
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referred to in: chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
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similar to: thin - of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section
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similar to: temperate - not extreme in behaviorsame as: abstemious
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similar to: deficient, insufficient - of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement
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similar to: insignificant, unimportant - devoid of importance, meaning, or force
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similar to: frivolous - not serious in content or attitude or behavior
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similar to: frivolous - not serious in content or attitude or behaviorsame as: idle
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similar to: light-duty - not designed for heavy work
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similar to: shallow - not deep or strong; not affecting one deeplysame as: wakeful
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similar to: unchaste - not chaste
Noun
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referred to in: natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactionsis a type of: actinic radiation, actinic ray - electromagnetic radiation that can produce photochemical reactionssubtypes:
- beam, beam of light, irradiation, light beam, ray, ray of light, shaft, shaft of light - a column of light (as from a beacon)
- candle flame, candlelight - the light provided by a burning candle
- corona - one or more circles of light seen around a luminous object
- counterglow, gegenschein - a faint spot of light in the night sky that appears directly opposite the position of the sun; a reflection of sunlight by micrometeoric material in space
- daylight - light during the daytime
- firelight - the light of a fire (especially in a fireplace)
- fluorescence - light emitted during absorption of radiation of some other (invisible) wavelength
- friar's lantern, ignis fatuus, jack-o'-lantern, will-o'-the-wisp - a pale light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground
- gaslight - light yielded by the combustion of illuminating gas
- glow, glowing, radiance - the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface
- glow - a steady even light without flames
- half-light - a greyish light (as at dawn or dusk or in dim interiors)
- glow, incandescence - the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised
- lamplight - light from a lamp
- luminescence - light not due to incandescence; occurs at low temperatures
- meteor, shooting star - a streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode
- moon, moonlight, moonshine - the light of the Moon
- starlight - the light of the stars
- sun, sunlight, sunshine - the rays of the sun
- scintillation - (physics) a flash of light that is produced in a phosphor when it absorbs a photon or ionizing particle
- streamer - light that streams
- torchlight - light from a torch or torches
- twilight - the diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth
is a part of: electromagnetic spectrum - the entire frequency range of electromagnetic wavessame as: visible light, visible radiation -
is a type of: source of illumination - any device serving as a source of visible electromagnetic radiationsubtypes:
- anchor light, riding lamp, riding light - a light in the rigging of a ship that is riding at anchor
- blinker, flasher - a light that flashes on and off; used as a signal or to send messages
- fairy light - a small colored light used for decoration (especially at Christmas)
- flood, flood lamp, floodlight, photoflood - light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography
- headlamp, headlight - a powerful light with reflector; attached to the front of an automobile or locomotive
- houselights - lights that illuminate the audience's part of a theater or other auditorium
- jacklight - a light used as a lure in hunting or fishing at night
- navigation light - light on an airplane that indicates the plane's position and orientation; red light on the left (port) wing tip and green light on the right (starboard) wing tip
- night-light - light (as a candle or small bulb) that burns in a bedroom at night (as for children or invalids)
- panel light - a light to illuminate an instrument panel
- room light - light that provides general illumination for a room
- sconce - a candle or flaming torch secured in a sconce
- searchlight - a light source with reflectors that projects a beam of light in a particular direction
- running light, sidelight - light carried by a boat that indicates the boat's direction; vessels at night carry a red light on the port bow and a green light on the starboard bow
- strip lighting - light consisting of long tubes (instead of bulbs) that provide the illumination
- theater light - any of various lights used in a theater
- torch - a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance
same as: light source -
tells us about:is a type of: physical property - any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactionssubtypes:
- illuminance, illumination - the luminous flux incident on a unit area
- incandescence - light from heat
- glow, luminescence - light from nonthermal sources
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is a type of: scene - the place where some action occurs
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same as: illumination
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tells us about:is a type of: visual property - an attribute of visionsubtypes:
- aura, aureole, gloriole, glory, halo, nimbus - an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint
- sunniness - lightness created by sunlight
- highlight, highlighting - an area of lightness in a picture
- brightness - the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white
same as: lightness -
is a type of: friend - a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
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is a type of: illumination - the degree of visibility of your environmentsame as: lighting
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is a type of: brainstorm, brainwave, insight - the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation
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is a type of:
- verve, vitality - an energetic style
- aspect, expression, face, facial expression, look - the feelings expressed on a person's face
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is a type of: general knowledge, public knowledge - knowledge that is available to anyone
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is a type of: ethical motive, ethics, morality, morals - motivation based on ideas of right and wrong
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is a type of: visual signal - a signal that involves visual communicationsubtypes: stoplight, traffic light, traffic signal - a visual signal to control the flow of traffic at intersections
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is a type of: device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purposesubtypes:
- cigar lighter, cigarette lighter, pocket lighter - a lighter for cigars or cigarettes
- fuse, fusee, fuze, fuzee, primer, priming - any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant
- friction match, lucifer, match - lighter consisting of a thin piece of wood or cardboard tipped with combustible chemical; ignites with friction
- match - a burning piece of wood or cardboard
Adverb
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same as: lightly
Verb
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is a type of: lighten, lighten up - become lightersubtypes:
- floodlight - illuminate with floodlights
- spotlight - illuminate with a spotlight, as in the theater
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entail: smoke - inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes
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subtypes:same as: ignite
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same as: fall
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referred to in: horseback riding, riding - travel by being carried on horseback
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