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Synonyms for Light (same or very similar meaning)

WordNet sense 1 (a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination):
illumination

WordNet sense 2 (having abundant light or illumination):
lighting

WordNet sense 3 ((physics) electromagnetic radiation that can produce a visual sensation):
visible light, visible radiation

WordNet sense 4 (a divine presence believed by Quakers to enlighten and guide the soul):
Inner Light, Christ Within, Light Within

WordNet sense 5 (the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light):
brightness, luminosity, luminance, luminousness, brightness level

WordNet sense 6 (merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance):
spark, sparkle, twinkle

WordNet sense 7 (the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures):
lightness

WordNet sense 8 (a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires):
lighter, igniter, ignitor

WordNet sense 9 (any device serving as a source of illumination):
light source

WordNet sense 10 (cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat):
ignite

WordNet sense 11 (weak and likely to lose consciousness):
faint, lightheaded, light-headed, swooning

WordNet sense 12 (affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function):
ill, sick

WordNet sense 13 (very thin and insubstantial):
flimsy

WordNet sense 14 (of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section):
thin

WordNet sense 15 (marked by temperance in indulgence):
abstemious

WordNet sense 16 (not extreme in behavior):
temperate

WordNet sense 17 (less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so):
scant, short

WordNet sense 18 (of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement):
deficient, insufficient

WordNet sense 19 (used of vowels or syllables; pronounced with little or no stress):
unaccented, weak

WordNet sense 20 (not bearing a stress or accent):
unstressed

WordNet sense 21 (not important or noteworthy):
insignificant, unimportant

WordNet sense 22 (fall to somebody by assignment or lot):
fall

WordNet sense 23 (silly or trivial):
idle

WordNet sense 24 (not serious in content or attitude or behavior):
frivolous

WordNet sense 25 ((of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims):
clean, clear, unclouded

WordNet sense 26 (free of extraneous elements of any kind):
pure

WordNet sense 27 (to come to rest, settle):
alight, perch

WordNet sense 28 (get off (a horse)):
dismount, unhorse, get down, get off

WordNet sense 29 (moving easily and quickly; nimble):
lightsome, tripping

WordNet sense 30 ((of movement) having a light and springy step):
light-footed

WordNet sense 31 (having little impact):
easy, gentle, soft

WordNet sense 32 (characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility):
casual

WordNet sense 33 (not designed for heavy work):
light-duty

WordNet sense 34 (having relatively few calories):
lite, low-cal, calorie-free

WordNet sense 35 (without fat or fat solids):
fat-free, nonfat, fatless

WordNet sense 36 (tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas):
buoyant

WordNet sense 37 (having little or no perceptible weight; so light as to resemble air):
airy

WordNet sense 38 (begin to smoke):
light up, fire up

WordNet sense 39 (not demanding; requiring little if any patience or effort or skill):
undemanding

WordNet sense 40 ((of sleep) easily disturbed):
wakeful

WordNet sense 41 (not deep or strong; not affecting one deeply):
shallow

WordNet sense 42 ((used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency):
friable, sandy

WordNet sense 43 (not compact or dense in structure or arrangement):
loose

WordNet sense 44 (very light colored; highly diluted with white):
pale

WordNet sense 45 ((used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent):
light-colored

WordNet sense 46 (with few burdens):
lightly

WordNet sense 47 (casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior):
promiscuous, sluttish, wanton

WordNet sense 48 (not chaste):
unchaste

WordNet sense 49 (of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets):
white

WordNet sense 50 (having lots of light either natural or artificial):
bright

WordNet sense 51 (make lighter or brighter):
illuminate, illumine, illume


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