lightsome

lightsome
I
adj
1. airy, immaterial, incorporeal, bodiless, light, weightless, vaporous, vapory; visionary, phantasmal, chimeral, ethereal, otherworldly, dreamlike; feathery, fluffy, gossamery, gossamer, light as a feather; Ariel-like; buoyant, resilient, floating, bouncy, bubbly.
2. agile, nimble, light-footed, nimble-footed, spry, graceful, with winged feet; lithe, lissome, supple, flexible, pliant; skipping, springing, like a mountain goat.
3. cheery, cheerful, glad, gladsome, gleeful; happy, happy as a lark, happy as a clam at high tide, euphoric; merry, blithe, joyful, joyous, jubilant, jolly, jovial, jocund, laughing, smiling; gay, light-hearted, debonair, breezy, carefree; in high spirits, spirited, expansive, lively, animated, jaunty, perky, sprightly; frisky, coltish, playful, frolicsome, sportive, rollicking, rompish, capering; exuberant, effervescent, ebullient, vivacious; chipper, full of life, peppy, zestful.
4. frivolous, flippant, trifling, silly, foolish, giddy, flighty; changeable, mercurial, volatile, capricious, fickle; wavering, vacillatory, vacillating, irresolute, fluctuating, swaying, swaying with the wind, constant as the inconstant moon, like the shifting sands.
II
adj
1. luminous, glowing, lambent, radiant, lustrous, gleaming, shining.
2. well-lighted, well-lit, illuminated, bright, glaring, blazing, bright as the noonday sun.

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  • Lightsome — Light some (l[imac]t s[u^]m), a. 1. Having light; lighted; not dark or gloomy; bright. [1913 Webster] White walls make rooms more lightsome than black. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. Gay; airy; cheering; exhilarating. [1913 Webster] That lightsome… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • lightsome — lightsome1 [līt′səm] adj. [ME lihtsum: see LIGHT2 & SOME1] 1. nimble, buoyant, graceful, or lively 2. lighthearted; cheerful or merry 3. not serious; frivolous lightsome2 [līt′səm] …   English World dictionary

  • lightsome — adjective /ˈlʌɪtsəm/ a) Having light; luminous, radiant. There came a day when he remembered the moment, when he regretted that he had not ridden off into the buoyant midst of these lightsome elements. b) Upbeat, cheery …   Wiktionary

  • lightsome — I. adjective Date: 14th century 1. free from care ; lighthearted 2. airy, nimble • lightsomely adverb • lightsomeness noun II. adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • lightsome — lightsome1 lightsomely, adv. lightsomeness, n. /luyt seuhm/, adj. 1. light, esp. in form, appearance, or movement; airy; buoyant; agile; nimble; graceful. 2. cheerful; gay; lighthearted. 3. frivolous; changeable. [1350 1400; ME lyghtesum (c. MHG… …   Universalium

  • lightsome — Synonyms and related words: airy, blithe, breezy, buoyant, carefree, cheery, chirk, chirpy, chirrupy, clear, cloudless, corky, debonair, diaphanous, free and easy, insouciant, jaunty, light, lighthearted, lightish, lucent, lucid, luculent,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • lightsome — adj. agile, quick; airy; cheerful; frivolous; providing light; full of light …   English contemporary dictionary

  • lightsome — adjective chiefly literary 1》 carefree. 2》 gracefully nimble. Derivatives lightsomely adverb lightsomeness noun …   English new terms dictionary

  • lightsome — a. 1. Luminous, full of light. 2. Gay, buoyant, lively, cheerful, blithesome, blithe, merry. See light hearted …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • lightsome — light·some …   English syllables

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