9. giddy, dizzy, faint, light-headed; unsteady, reellight³, v. 1. get down, drop down, descend, dismount, unmount, unhorse; detrain, disembark.
2. settle, sit down; perch, land, alight.
3. light on or upon discover, find, come across, meet up with, encounter; happen upon, stumble upon, hit upon; make out, distinguish, detect, Inf spot.
4. light into Informal, pounce upon, Inf. lace into, barrage, assail, lash, lambaste, attack. See attack (defs. 1, 2). lighten¹, v. 1. illuminate, brighten, light up; illumine, Archaic, illume, Obs. enlumine; irradiate, radiate, shine, beam, cast light upon; blaze, burn, glow, luminesce, incandesce, phosphoresce; shimmer, sparkle, scintillate, glitter, gleam; flash, flicker, fulgurate, coruscate.
2. whiten, bleach, blanch, blench, pale.
lighten², v. 1. disencumber, disburden, unburden, unload, lessen the load; mitigate, ease, ease up, lessen, reduce, mollify, temper; alleviate, allay, relieve, assuage; facilitate, help.
2. cheer, gladden, brighten, perk up; uplift, buoy up, hearten, encourage, comfort, reassure, warm; refresh, restore, revivify, revive; invigorate, inspirit, animate, exhilarate, enliven, quicken.
lighter¹, n. 1. igniter, ignition, sparker, spark, spark coil, flint, two sticks, match, friction match, fusee, lucifer, fuze, squib, vesuvian, Trademark. Bic; fuse, detonator, exploder, blasting cap, percussion cap, cap; kindler, firer, fire-setter, burner, incendiary, pyromaniac, arsonist, Inf. firebug, SI. torch.
2. flare, torch, spill, flame, candle, taper; switch, bulb, light bulb, light, lamp, flashlight, illuminator, illuminant.
lighter², n. barge, boat, vessel, raft, float, dinghy, tender, ship's boat, rowboat, Naut. hoy, Naut. catamaran; lightener, hauler, carrier. light-fingered, adj. 1. pilfering, filching, thievish, thieving, stealing; slick, foxy, cunning, wily, crafty, sly, shifty, furtive, underhanded, dishonest, Inf crooked.
2. dexterous, nimble, agile, deft, adroit, facile, neat, Brit. Dial, feat; prestidigitatory, fleet, quick, rapid, fast. light-footed, adj. spry, sprightly, tripping, flitting, winged, buoyant, airy, bouncy, light on one's feet, light of foot, lightsome, Brit. Inf. nippy; nimble, agile, supply, lithe, yare, Dial, gainly; fleet-footed, fleet of foot, fleet, swift, quick, speedy, mercurial. light-headed, adj. 1. frivolous, flyaway, fanciful, trifling, trivial, petty; scatterbrained, featherheaded, featherbrained, rattlebrained, harebrained, birdbrained; inane, silly, foolish, kiddish, childish, immature, irresponsible; shallow, superficial, light-minded, empty-headed, vacuous, thoughtless.
2. flighty, mercurial, volatile, capricious, whimsical, impulsive; fickle, skittish, moonish, faddish, variable, changeable, changeful, vacillating, erratic, fitful, inconstant, irregular, unsteady, unstable, undependable, unreliable.
3. dizzy, vertiginous, Inf. woozy, Pathol, giddy; foggy, hazy, dazed, befuddled, muddled, bewildered, confused, distraught; delirious, phrenetic, raving, wild, babbling, incoherent, Inf out of it, mad, crazy, Inf. out of one's mind. light-hearted, adj. cheerful, cheery, gay, sunny, bright, in good or high spirits, Chiefly U.S. Inf. chipper, lightsome; blithe, blithesome, buoyant, optimistic, positive, Inf. upbeat, beamish; debonair, free and easy, carefree, Fr. sans souci, insouciant, devil-may-care, breezy, happy-go-lucky, untroubled; jovial, merry, jocund, jolly, mirthful, riant, laughing, smiling; happy, happy as a lark, glad, gladsome; joyful, jubilant, gleeful, elated, delighted.