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2. beam, ray, shaft of light; lamplight, gaslight, firelight; lamp, chandelier, electrolier, beacon, illuminant, bulb, candle, taper, candelabrum; star, shining star, blaze, fire.
3. daylight, dayshine, sunshine, sunbeam, sun; daylight hours, daytime, day, Poetic, daytide; dawn, Aurora, crack of dawn, daybreak, Archaic, dayspring; sunrise, sunup, morning.
4. enlightenment, edification, awareness, insight, understanding.
5. luminary, beau ideal, model, paragon, exemplar, example, guide.
6. bring to light
reveal, expose, disclose; uncover, unmask, unveil, show; unearth, dig up, discover.
7. in light of
considering, taking into account, paying attention to, keeping in mind.
8. shed
or

throw light on elucidate, clarify, clear up, explain, simplify.
-adj.
9. illuminated, lit, well-lit, floodlit, alight, well-lighted; sunny, bright, shining, vivid, glaring; gleaming, radiant, effulgent, fulgid, lambent, lucifer-ous; resplendent, brilliant, beaming, beamy, beamish; sparkling, scintillating, scintillant, blazing, con-flagrant, afire; glowing, rutilant, luminous, lucid, incandescent, phosphorescent; clear, transparent, translucent.
10. pale, bleached, whitened, whitish; creamy, ivory, pearly, blond, fair; faded, duli, drab, colorless, washed out.
-v. 11. set burning, set fire to, fire, set a match to,
ignite, inflame, kindle.
12.
Often

light up illuminate, brighten, lighten; 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.
13. conduct with a light, direct, guide, pilot, usher, escort.

light2, adj. 1. unheavy, weightless, levitative; floaty, ethereal, gossamer, feathery, delicate; slender, thin, skinny, slight, small, minute, tiny.
2. faint, obscure, dim, pale, faded, dull; unclear, indistinct, imperceptible.
3. easy, facile, simple,
SI. cushy, soft, slight, manageable.
4. amusing, entertaining, pleasing, pleasurable; humorous, witty, comical; diverting, distracting, recreative, sportive; trivial, inconsiderable, unimportant, inconsequential, trifling, petty, superficial.
5. digestible, peptic;
(all of a meat) skimpy, scanty, modest, moderate.
6. airy, buoyant, flitting, winged, tripping,
Brit. Inf. nippy, spry, lightsome, light-footed; deft, dexterous; agile, nimble, supple, sprightly, Dial, gainly, lithe, quick, yare.
7. cheerful, cheery, gay, sunny, in good
or high spirits; blithe, blithesome, optimistic, positive, Inf upbeat, beamish; debonair, free and easy, easygoing, breezy, happy-go-lucky, untroubled; jovial, merry, jocund, jolly, mirthful, riant, laughing, smiling, happy, happy as a lark, glad; joyful, jubilant, gleeful, elated, delighted.
8. frivolous, light-hearted, carefree, insouciant, irresponsible; impulsive, fickle, erratic, changeable, inconstant; mercurial, volatile, flyaway, skittish; whimsical, capricious, flighty, bird-witted, scatterbrained,
SI. out to lunch, SI. out in left field.

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