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light
adjective as in illuminated
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ablaze, aglow, brilliant, cloudless, lambent, lucent, lustrous, phosphorescent, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, scintillant, unclouded, unobscured, vivid, well-lighted, well-lit
adjective as in blond, fair
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fair-skinned, light-hued, light-skinned, light-toned, tow-headed
adjective as in not heavy
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agile, airy, buoyant, delicate, fluffy, lightweight, loose, slender, slight, small, thin
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atmospheric, downy, effervescent, ethereal, feathery, filmy, floatable, friable, frothy, gossamery, graceful, imponderous, inconsequential, insubstantial, light-footed, lithe, meager, nimble, porous, sandy, spongy, sprightly, sylphlike, tissuelike, trivial, unheavy, unsubstantial, weightless
adjective as in small in amount, content
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minor, minuscule, minute, restricted, scanty, shoestring, trifling, wee
adjective as in simple, easy
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effortless, facile, manageable, undemanding, unexacting, untaxing, untroublesome
adjective as in funny, cheery
noun as in luminescence from sun or other source
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bulb, candle, daylight, flash, glare, glow, lamp, lantern, radiation, ray, star, sun, sunshine, window
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aurora, beacon, blaze, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, coruscation, dawn, daybreak, daytime, effulgence, emanation, flare, gleam, glimmer, glint, glitter, illumination, incandescence, irradiation, lambency, lighthouse, luminosity, luster, morn, morning, phosphorescence, radiance, refulgence, scintillation, sheen, shine, sparkle, splendor, sunbeam, sunrise, taper, torch
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noun as in context, point of view; understanding
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angle, approach, attitude, awareness, comprehension, condition, education, elucidation, enlightenment, example, exemplar, explanation, illustration, insight, interpretation, knowledge, model, paragon, slant, standing, viewpoint
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verb as in illuminate
verb as in start on fire
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Example Sentences
Justice Minister Helen McEntee praised Ms Hand's bravery and said she had shown "there is light at the end of the tunnel".
Additionally, outdoor decorations included pumpkins and gourds, hay bales and string lights.
If the council green lights the proposal, staffers expect the update and recommendations will be completed in 15 months.
"You could see lots of filming with enormous cranes, great lighting stations that lit up the area. It was amazing."
The guides sweep the area with torches, illuminating the arc above us - a network of caves - and then shine the light into the narrow passages below, where a river once carved through the rock.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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