What is the opposite word for Light?
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dark
brightness, pale
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heavy
insubstantial, simple
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extinguish
ignite, land
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gloomy
bright, simple
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darkness
brightness, context
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put out
ignite, land
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dusky
bright, simple
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black
simple, dark
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dim
bright, simple
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quench
ignite, land
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dull
illuminate, land
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darkened
blond, funny
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clumsy
nimble, not heavy
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strong
weak, crumbly
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oppressive
not heavy
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harsh
content
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darken
illuminate, land
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cloudy
illuminated
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obscure
blond, funny
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difficult
blond, funny
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laborious
blond, funny
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serious
insignificant, light-hearted
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big
content, not heavy
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fat
content, not heavy
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thick
content, not heavy
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coarse
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rough
content
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violent
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rich
digestible
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hard
crumbly
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lightness, lighten, lighthouse, lightsome, lighted, lightly, lighter, lighting, lightweight, lightening, lightning, lightened, lightship, lightish
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- kill
- squelch
- extinguish
- illuminate
- murder
- smother
- suppress
- put out a fire
- step down; land
- extinguish; cover, hide
- suppress, restrain
- restrain, hold in check
- concealment
- ghost
- shade
- dark
- blackness
- darkness
- covering
- dimness
- outline
- cloud
- secrecy
- night
- intimation
- mourning
- nuance
- secretiveness
- setting
- dusk
- gloom
- illusion
- phantom
- shelter
- shroud
- trace
- phantasma
- mass of water particles in air
- place, time that is unlit
- silhouette
- melancholy, depression
- clue, hint
- luminescence from sun or other source
- context, point of view; understanding
- sadness, time of sadness
- part of day after sundown and before sunrise
- slight difference; shading
- ghost; figment of the imagination
- scene, background
- protection, habitat
- hint, trace
- evidence; small bit
- severe
- sober
- deep
- colorless
- dull
- secret
- intelligent
- depressing
- sullen
- dim
- blind
- brave
- resolute
- limited
- strong
- thick
- hard
- opaque
- shady
- serious
- heavy
- blank
- bold
- burly
- cloudy
- darkish
- drab
- dreary
- expressionless
- funereal
- gloomy
- hefty
- laden
- monotonous
- murky
- out of focus
- overcast
- pervasive
- ponderous
- rich
- roaring
- solemn
- spirited
- stern
- tenebrous
- unwieldy
- upsetting
- bleak
- cumbersome
- dire
- discouraging
- dismal
- dusky
- extensive
- faded
- fuzzy
- glum
- grave
- grim
- hazy
- hollow
- husky
- illuminated
- joyless
- muddy
- muffled
- ominous
- onerous
- pale
- profound
- retarded
- sad
- shadowy
- smart
- somber
- swarthy
- tiresome
- turbid
- unhappy
- unintelligent
- urgent
- weighty
- all
- huge
- hidden or covered
- sunny, clear (weather)
- hazy; darkened
- unlively, uninteresting
- clumsy, awkward
- lack of light
- determined, strong-willed
- extending very far, usually down
- discouraging, upsetting
- terrible, ominous
- bleak, dreary, gloomy
- gloomy, lifeless
- dark-hued; murky
- bleached; used
- serious; gloomy
- hopeless, horrible in manner, appearance
- difficult, exhausting
- having great weight
- big, bulky
- empty, hollowed out
- bulky
- loaded down
- not heavy
- small in amount, content
- funny, cheery
- all the same, remaining the same
- dark and cloudy
- quietened
- gloomy, obscure
- menacing, foreboding
- difficult; requiring hard labor
- light in color or effect
- intellectual, thoughtful
- full in color or sound
- unfortunate, distressing
- hidden, unrevealed
- somber, humorless
- calm, peaceful; dull
- quiet, serious
- lively, vivacious
- forceful on the senses
- dark-complexioned
- dark, ominous
- concentrated, dense
- irritating, exasperating
- dangerous, threatening
- awkward, bulky
- needing immediate attention
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Etymology
2. light
noun. [‘ˈlaɪt’] any device serving as a source of illumination.
Etymology
- light (English)
- leoht (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- light (Middle English (1100-1500))
- lighten (Middle English (1100-1500))
- lihtan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
3. light
adjective. [‘ˈlaɪt’] of comparatively little physical weight or density.
Etymology
- light (English)
- leoht (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- light (Middle English (1100-1500))
- lighten (Middle English (1100-1500))
- lihtan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
4. light
noun. [‘ˈlaɪt’] a particular perspective or aspect of a situation.
Etymology
- light (English)
- leoht (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- light (Middle English (1100-1500))
- lighten (Middle English (1100-1500))
- lihtan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
5. light
verb. [‘ˈlaɪt’] make lighter or brighter.
Etymology
- light (English)
- leoht (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- light (Middle English (1100-1500))
- lighten (Middle English (1100-1500))
- lihtan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
6. light
noun. [‘ˈlaɪt’] the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light.
Etymology
- light (English)
- leoht (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- light (Middle English (1100-1500))
- lighten (Middle English (1100-1500))
- lihtan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
7. light
verb. [‘ˈlaɪt’] begin to smoke.
Etymology
- light (English)
- leoht (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- light (Middle English (1100-1500))
- lighten (Middle English (1100-1500))
- lihtan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
8. light
adjective. [‘ˈlaɪt’] (used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent.
Etymology
- light (English)
- leoht (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- light (Middle English (1100-1500))
- lighten (Middle English (1100-1500))
- lihtan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
9. light
noun. [‘ˈlaɪt’] an illuminated area.
Etymology
- light (English)
- leoht (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- light (Middle English (1100-1500))
- lighten (Middle English (1100-1500))
- lihtan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
10. light
noun. [‘ˈlaɪt’] a condition of spiritual awareness; divine illumination.
Etymology
- light (English)
- leoht (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- light (Middle English (1100-1500))
- lighten (Middle English (1100-1500))
- lihtan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
Antonyms for (noun) light
Main entry: light, lighting
Definition: having abundant light or illumination
Usage: they played as long as it was light; as long as the lighting was good
Antonyms: dark, darkness
Definition: absence of light or illumination
Antonyms for (verb) light
Main entry: light, ignite
Definition: cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat
Usage: Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter; Light a cigarette
Antonyms for (adj) light
Main entry: light
Definition: characterized by or emitting light
Usage: a room that is light when the shutters are open; the inside of the house was airy and light
Antonyms: dark
Definition: devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black
Antonyms: black
Definition: (board games) the darker pieces
Antonyms: black, blackness, inkiness
Definition: the quality or state of the achromatic color of least lightness (bearing the least resemblance to white)
Antonyms: black
Definition: of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin
Antonyms: black
Definition: being of the achromatic color of maximum darkness; having little or no hue owing to absorption of almost all incident light
Antonyms: dull
Definition: emitting or reflecting very little light
Antonyms: unlighted, unlit
Definition: not set afire or burning
Main entry: light, light-colored
Definition: (used of color) having a relatively small amount of coloring agent
Usage: light blue; light colors such as pastels; a light-colored powder
Antonyms: dark
Definition: (used of color) having a dark hue
Main entry: light
Definition: of comparatively little physical weight or density
Usage: a light load; magnesium is a light metal—having a specific gravity of 1.74 at 20 degrees C
Antonyms: heavy
Definition: of comparatively great physical weight or density
Main entry: light
Definition: psychologically light; especially free from sadness or troubles
Usage: a light heart
Antonyms: heavy
Definition: marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness
Main entry: light
Definition: not great in degree or quantity or number
Usage: a light sentence; a light accent; casualties were light; light snow was falling; light misty rain; light smoke from the chimney
Antonyms: heavy
Definition: unusually great in degree or quantity or number
Main entry: light
Definition: (physics, chemistry) not having atomic weight greater than average
Usage: light water is ordinary water
Antonyms: heavy
Definition: (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight
Main entry: light
Definition: of little intensity or power or force
Usage: the light touch of her fingers; a light breeze
Antonyms: heavy
Definition: of great intensity or power or force
Antonyms: difficult, hard
Definition: not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
Antonyms: uneasy
Definition: lacking a sense of security or affording no ease or reassurance
Antonyms: hard
Definition: resisting weight or pressure
Antonyms: hard
Definition: dispassionate
Antonyms: hard
Definition: (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum
Antonyms: hard, concentrated
Definition: (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source
Antonyms: loud
Definition: characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity
Antonyms: hardened
Definition: protected against attack (especially by nuclear weapons)
Main entry: light
Definition: of the military or industry; using (or being) relatively small or light arms or equipment
Usage: light infantry; light cavalry; light industry; light weapons
Antonyms: heavy
Definition: of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment
Main entry: wakeful, light
Definition: (of sleep) easily disturbed
Usage: in a light doze; a light sleeper; a restless wakeful night
Antonyms: deep
Definition: having great spatial extension or penetration downward or inward from an outer surface or backward or laterally or outward from a center; sometimes used in combination
Antonyms: deep
Definition: relatively deep or strong; affecting one deeply
Main entry: swooning, faint, light, light-headed, lightheaded
Definition: weak and likely to lose consciousness
Usage: suddenly felt faint from the pain; was sick and faint from hunger; felt light in the head; a swooning fit; light-headed with wine; light-headed from lack of sleep
Antonyms: well
Definition: in good health especially after having suffered illness or injury
Antonyms: good, well
Definition: (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good’ is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well’)
Antonyms: well
Definition: favorably; with approval
Main entry: light
Definition: very thin and insubstantial
Usage: thin paper; light summer dresses
Antonyms: inspissate, thicken
Definition: make thick or thicker
Antonyms: thicken, inspissate
Definition: become thick or thicker
Antonyms: fat
Definition: having an (over)abundance of flesh
Antonyms: full
Definition: (of sound) having marked deepness and body
Antonyms: thick
Definition: not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
Antonyms: thick
Definition: relatively dense in consistency
Main entry: light
Definition: (used of soil) loose and large-grained in consistency
Usage: light soil
Antonyms: compact
Definition: closely and firmly united or packed together
Antonyms: tight
Definition: closely constrained or constricted or constricting
Main entry: unclouded, clean, clear, light
Definition: (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims
Usage: efforts to obtain a clean bass in orchestral recordings; clear laughter like a waterfall; clear reds and blues; a light lilting voice like a silver bell
Antonyms: impure
Definition: (used of persons or behaviors) immoral or obscene
Antonyms: impure
Definition: combined with extraneous elements
Main entry: easy, promiscuous, light, loose, wanton, sluttish
Definition: casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
Usage: her easy virtue; he was told to avoid loose (or light) women; wanton behavior
Antonyms: chaste
Definition: morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse)
Main entry: light
Definition: demanding little effort; not burdensome
Usage: light housework; light exercise
Antonyms: demanding
Definition: requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill
Main entry: light, lite, low-cal, calorie-free
Definition: having relatively few calories
Usage: diet cola; light (or lite) beer; lite (or light) mayonnaise; a low-cal diet
Antonyms: fat, fatty
Definition: containing or composed of fat
Main entry: light
Definition: easily assimilated in the alimentary canal; not rich or heavily seasoned
Usage: a light diet
Main entry: light
Definition: designed for ease of movement or to carry little weight
Usage: light aircraft; a light truck
Antonyms: heavy-duty
Definition: designed for heavy work
Main entry: light, lightsome, tripping
Definition: moving easily and quickly; nimble
Usage: the dancer was light and graceful; a lightsome buoyant step; walked with a light tripping step
Antonyms: heavy-footed
Definition: (of movement) lacking ease or lightness
Main entry: light
Definition: having little importance
Usage: losing his job was no light matter
Main entry: abstemious, light
Definition: marked by temperance in indulgence
Usage: abstemious with the use of adverbs; a light eater; a light smoker; ate a light supper
Antonyms: intemperate
Definition: excessive in behavior
Antonyms: intemperate
Definition: (of weather or climate) not mild; subject to extremes
Main entry: light, idle
Definition: silly or trivial
Usage: idle pleasure; light banter; light idle chatter
Antonyms: serious
Definition: concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities
Main entry: light
Definition: intended primarily as entertainment; not serious or profound
Usage: light verse; a light comedy
Antonyms: serious
Definition: concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities
Main entry: weak, light, unaccented
Definition: (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress
Usage: a syllable that ends in a short vowel is a light syllable; a weak stress on the second syllable
Main entry: light, scant, short
Definition: less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
Usage: a light pound; a scant cup of sugar; regularly gives short weight
Antonyms: sufficient
Definition: of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant