adj. 1 lightweight, portable I bought some light garden furniture 2 underweight, skinny, slight Isn't Ted a bit light for his height? 3 faint, dim, obscure, indistinct, unclear, faded, imperceptible There is a very light pencil mark on the paper 4 faint, gentle, mild, slight, delicate, insignificant A light breeze rippled the surface of the pool 5 dainty, graceful, delicate, gentle, slight He felt the light brush of her lips on his 6 not weighty, frivolous, unimportant, insignificant, inconsequential, inconsiderable, trivial, trifling, evanescent, unsubstantial, slight, superficial The party was a very light affair 7 nimble, agile, active, swift, spry, lithe, sprightly, lightsome, light-footed, limber, lissom or lissome When dancing, he may be light on his feet, but he's not very light on mine 8 simple-minded, light-headed, scatterbrained, rattle-brained, bird-brained, feather-brained, hare-brained, flighty, giddy, dizzy, silly, inane, foolish, frivolous, empty-headed, vacant, vacuous, shallow, superficial Featherstone is a bit too light in the head to be a good manager 9 cheerful, happy, gay, sunny, merry, light-hearted, happy-go-lucky, easygoing, joyful, jovial, jolly Nol has written another light drawing-room comedy 10 easy, not burdensome, endurable, bearable, tolerable, supportable, undemanding, effortless, untaxing, moderate After my surgery, I was able to resume light duties at the office The tax on such a small income is very light. You should take some light exercise every day. 11 amusing, entertaining, witty, diverting The book hasn't much substance, but it makes good light reading 12 make light of. dismiss, write off, shrug off; trivialize; ridicule The teacher made light of my attempts to play the concerto
v. 13 alight, land, come or go down, descend, settle; deplane, disembark or debark, detrain, dismount The bird was so tame it lighted on my finger 14 light into. attack, assail, lambaste, assault, pounce or fall on or upon, beat, belabour; abuse, tongue-lash, harangue, upbraid, scold, berate, Colloq lace into; Slang clobber He really lit into the challenger in the third round Her mother lit into her for not doing her homework. 15 light on or upon. chance or happen or stumble or hit on or upon, come across, encounter, find, meet up with She claimed she lit upon the formula when reading some ancient hieroglyphics