alight2, adj. 1. lighted, lit, bright, shining, illuminated, well-lighted; radiant, lambent, resplendent, brilliant, dazzling, ablaze, aflame, afire; fulgent, effulgent, refulgent; lustrous, lucid, lucent, Rare, relu-cent; glowing, aglow, luminescent, luminiferous, incandescent, phosphorescent; sparkling, glittering, twinkling, shimmering; glimmering, glistening, Archaic. glistering; gleaming, glaring, rutilant, fulgid; flashing, flickering,
align, v. 1. straighten, collinate, parallel, range, rank, line up; adjust, arrange, regulate, sight, even, match up, fine-tune, calibrate; get in line, fall in, get in order.
2. Usu.
align with affiliate, associate, ally, join; become one of, cast one's lot with, go along with, SI. string along with; sympathize, believe in, have faith or confidence in; advocate, support, back, countenance, favor.
alike, adv. 1. similarly, equally, in common; just the same, all the same, the same, in like manner, as one.
-adj. 2. similar, akin, like, kindred, related, allied; correspondent, responding, resemblant, resembling, homologous; analogous, comparable, conformable; correlative, complementary, parallel, agreeing; synonymous, paronymous, cognate; equivalent, tantamount, equal, corresponding, matching; same, uniform, interchangeable; congeneric, consanguineous, homogeneous, consubstantial.
aliment, n. 1. food, nourishment, nutriment, nurture; victuals, vittles, comestibles, eatables, edibles; commons, Inf. grub, SI. eats, SI. chow; bread, manna, staff of life, meat, viands, foodstuff; diet, fare, regimen; cheer, rations, provisions; repast, meal, board, keep; fodder, feed, forage, provender, pabulum; pasturage, pasture, herbage; pap, cereal, Trademark. Pablum.
2. sustenance, subsistence, alimentation, sustena-tion; support, maintenance, Law. necessaries; livelihood, living, Inf. bread and butter,
alimentary, adj. 1. nourishing, nutritive, nutritious, wholesome; salutary, salubrious, healthful, good; sustenative, supportive, strengthening; eutroph-ic, eupeptic; digestive, peptic.
2. comestible, gustable, gustatory, alimental; eatable, edible, esculent, digestible; dietetic, dietary,
alimentation, n. food, nourishment, nutriment; sustenance, maintenance, support. See - aliment, alimony, n. 1. Law. allowance, support payment, divorce settlement, child support.
2. maintenance, livelihood, keep, support, means; sustenance, subsistence, sustenation, aliment,
alive, adj. 1. living, live, animate, breathing, respiring, undeceased, unexpired, unextinguished, alive and kicking, this side of the grave, above ground, with us, here, Archaic, quick; under the sun, on the face of the earth, in the world; corporeal, incarnate, embodied, bodily, fleshly, in the flesh, physical, palpable, tangible, material, substantial.
2. extant, existent, existing, in existence, unextinct; about, happening, going, going on, in the air or wind, prevalent.
3. operative, in operation or motion, effective, in effect or force, functioning, working, acting.
4. active, vigorous, robust, energetic, strenuous, dynamic, busy; astir, stirring, bustling, moving; lively, full of life, vital, vibrant; spirited, animated, brisk, frisky, sprightly, spry, Inf peppy, Inf. snappy.