💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Lightens"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| brightenverb | (transitive, figuratively) To make more cheerful and pleasant; to enliven |
| buoy upverb | (idiomatic, transitive, figurative) To uplift, hearten, inspire, or raise the spirits of. |
| lighten upverb | (idiomatic, intransitive, transitive) To make (something) or to become less serious and more cheerful or casual; to relax. |
| commutesverb | (intransitive, US, UK, Canada) To regularly travel from one's home to one's workplace or school, or vice versa. |
| easesverb | (transitive) To free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc. |
| lessensverb | (transitive) To make less; to diminish; to reduce. |
| relievesverb | (transitive) To ease (a person, person's thoughts etc.) from mental distress; to stop (someone) feeling anxious or worried, to alleviate the distress of. |
| softensverb | (transitive) To make something soft or softer. |
| lightnessnoun | The state of having little (or less) weight, or little force. |
| lightnoun | (physics, uncountable) Electromagnetic radiation in the wavelength range visible to the human eye (about 400–750 nanometers): visible light. |
| light onverb | Synonym of light upon. |
| lightfulnoun | Light; cheerful. |
| lightenoun | — |
| light upverb | (transitive) To illuminate, to bring light to something, to brighten. |
| lighted | Filled with light; illuminated. |
| lightest | Having light; bright; clear; not dark or obscure. |
| light withinnoun | a divine presence believed by quakers to enlighten and guide the soul |
| lightynoun | (South Africa, slang) A young man; a boy. |
| lightish | Somewhat light in colour. |
| light reflexnoun | reflex contraction of the sphincter muscle of the iris in response to a bright light (or certain drugs) causing the pupil to become smaller |
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