'Lightness' definitions:
Definition of 'lightness'
(from WordNet)
noun
A feeling of joy and pride [syn: elation, high spirits, lightness]
noun
The property of being comparatively small in weight; "the lightness of balsa wood" [syn: lightness, weightlessness] [ant: heaviness, weightiness]
noun
The gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble [syn: agility, legerity, lightness, lightsomeness, nimbleness]
noun
Having a light color [ant: darkness]
noun
The visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures; "he could paint the lightest light and the darkest dark" [syn: light, lightness]
noun
The trait of being lighthearted and frivolous [syn: lightsomeness, lightness]
Definition of 'Lightness'
From: GCIDE
- Lightness \Light"ness\, n. [From Light not heavy.] The state, condition, or quality, of being light or not heavy; buoyancy; levity; fickleness; nimbleness; delicacy; grace. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Levity; volatility; instability; inconstancy; unsteadiness; giddiness; flightiness; airiness; gayety; liveliness; agility; nimbleness; sprightliness; briskness; swiftness; ease; facility. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Lightness'
From: GCIDE
- Lightness \Light"ness\, n. [From Light bright.]
- 1. Illumination, or degree of illumination; as, the lightness of a room. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Absence of depth or of duskiness in color; as, the lightness of a tint; lightness of complexion. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'lightness'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- achroma,
- achromasia,
- achromatosis,
- agility,
- airiness,
- airy texture,
- albescence,
- albinism,
- albino,
- albinoism,
- amiable weakness,
- anemia,
- ashiness,
- attenuation,
- big deal,
- blondness,
- bloodlessness,
- bounce,
- breakability,
- breeziness,
- brightness,
- brittleness,
- buoyancy,
- cadaverousness,
- canescence,
- carefreeness,
- chalkiness,
- chambering,
- changeableness,
- cheerfulness,
- chirpiness,
- chloranemia,
- chroma,
- chromatic color,
- chromaticity,
- collapse,
- color quality,
- colorimetric quality,
- cool color,
- coquettishness,
- creaminess,
- daintiness,
- deathly hue,
- deathly pallor,
- debonairness,
- delicacy,
- destructibility,
- diaphanousness,
- dilutedness,
- dilution,
- dimness,
- disintegration,
- dullness,
- easy virtue,
- effeminacy,
- effervescence,
- elasticity,
- emptiness,
- ethereality,
- exiguity,
- exility,
- expansiveness,
- exsanguination,
- faddishness,
- faddism,
- fadedness,
- faintness,
- fairness,
- featliness,
- fickleness,
- fineness,
- flightiness,
- flimsiness,
- flippancy,
- fluffiness,
- foolishness,
- fragility,
- frailty,
- frangibility,
- frivolity,
- frivolousness,
- frostiness,
- frothiness,
- futility,
- gaiety,
- gauziness,
- ghastliness,
- glaucescence,
- glaucousness,
- gossameriness,
- gracility,
- grizzliness,
- haggardness,
- hoariness,
- hue,
- human frailty,
- hypochromia,
- hypochromic anemia,
- idleness,
- inanity,
- inconstancy,
- indecisiveness,
- infirmity of will,
- inherent vice,
- insubstantiality,
- irresolution,
- jauntiness,
- laciness,
- lack of depth,
- lactescence,
- laxity,
- leukoderma,
- levity,
- light heart,
- lightheartedness,
- lightsomeness,
- liveliness,
- lividness,
- loose morals,
- looseness,
- lucence,
- lucency,
- lucidity,
- luminosity,
- luminousness,
- mercuriality,
- mercurialness,
- milkiness,
- mistiness,
- moral weakness,
- muddiness,
- Munsell chroma,
- neutral color,
- nimbleness,
- nugacity,
- paleness,
- pallidity,
- pallidness,
- pallor,
- paperiness,
- pastiness,
- pearliness,
- perkiness,
- pertness,
- prison pallor,
- promiscuity,
- purity,
- rarity,
- resilience,
- resiliency,
- sallowness,
- saturation,
- shallow-wittedness,
- shallowness,
- sickliness,
- sickly hue,
- silliness,
- silver,
- silveriness,
- skittishness,
- sleaziness,
- sleeping around,
- slenderness,
- slightness,
- slimness,
- snowiness,
- spryness,
- subtility,
- superficiality,
- swinging,
- tenuity,
- thinness,
- tint,
- tone,
- translucence,
- translucency,
- triflingness,
- triteness,
- triviality,
- trivialness,
- undependability,
- unpredictability,
- unprofoundness,
- unprofundity,
- unreliability,
- unsubstantiality,
- vacuity,
- vagueness,
- value,
- vanity,
- vapidity,
- velleity,
- vitiligo,
- vivacity,
- volatility,
- wanness,
- wantonness,
- warm color,
- wateriness,
- waywardness,
- weakness,
- white,
- white race,
- whiteness,
- whitishness,
- whorishness,
- wispiness,
- womanishness
Words containing 'Lightness'
- Light,
- Lighte,
- Lighted,
- Lightful,
- Lighting,
- Lightly,
- light into,
- light out,
- light up,
- lights,
- very light,
- Ancient lights,
- Barnegat Light,
- Batement light,
- Bengal light,
- Blue light,
- Bracket light,
- Bude light,
- Calcium light,
- Carbon light,
- Catoptric light,
- Cockshut light,
- Coston lights,
- Decomposition of light,
- Depolarization of light,
- Drummond light,
- Dry light,
- Earth light,
- Electrical light,
- Fan light,
- Finsen light,
- Fixed light,
- Flash light,
- Flashing light,
- Floating light,
- Floor light,
- Incandescent light,
- Light Oak,
- Light ball,
- Light barrel,
- Light cavalry,
- Light dues,
- Light eater,
- Light hand,
- Light horse,
- Light infantry,
- Light iron,
- Light keeper,
- Light metals,
- Light money,
- Light of foot,
- Light of heart,
- Light oil,
- Light purse,
- Light sails,
- Light sleeper,
- Light weight,
- Light year,
- New light,
- Northern lights,
- Pilot light,
- Polar lights,
- Red light,
- Revolving light,
- Stage lights,
- The light of the countenance,
- To bring to light,
- To come to light,
- To light a fire,
- To make light of,
- To see the light,
- To set light by,
- To walk in the light,
- Vault light,
- Watch light,
- Wax light,
- White light,
- Zircon light,
- Zodiacal light,
- anchor light,
- arc light,
- beacon light,
- beam of light,
- brake light,
- bring to light,
- city of light,
- coherent light,
- come to light,
- electric light,
- fairy light,
- feast of lights,
- festival of lights,
- first light,
- green light,
- guiding light,
- idiot light,
- indirect lighting,
- infrared light,
- inner light,
- klieg light,
- laser light,
- leading light,
- light adaptation,
- light air,
- light arm,
- light ballast,
- light beam,
- light beer,
- light bread,
- light breeze,
- light brown,
- light bulb,
- light circuit,
- light colonel,
- light company,
- light cream,
- light diet,
- light filter,
- light flyweight,
- light footed,
- light heavyweight,
- light hour,
- light intensity,
- light meter,
- light microscope,
- light middleweight,
- light minute,
- light opera,
- light pen,
- light reaction,
- light reflex,
- light second,
- light show,
- light source,
- light speed,
- light time,
- light touch,
- light unit,
- light upon,
- light welterweight,
- light within,
- lighting circuit,
- lighting fixture,
- lighting industry,
- lighting-up,
- lightly armored,
- lightly armoured,
- lights-out,
- lime light,
- make light of,
- navigation light,
- oxycalcium light,
- panel light,
- ray of light,
- rear light,
- riding light,
- room light,
- running light,
- see the light,
- shaft of light,
- shed light on,
- sheet lighting,
- signal light,
- southern lights,
- speed of light,
- stop light,
- strip lighting,
- strobe light,
- sweetness and light,
- theater light,
- traffic light,
- ultraviolet light,
- very-light,
- vigil light,
- visible light,
- warning light,
- yellow light,
- Barnegat Light, NJ,
- Incandescent light bulb,
- Light Oak, NC,
- Light carbureted hydrogen,
- Light-armed,
- Light-boat,
- Light-fingered,
- Light-foot,
- Light-footed,
- Light-handed,
- Light-headed,
- Light-headedness,
- Light-hearted,
- Light-heartedly,
- Light-heartedness,
- Light-heeled,
- Light-horseman,
- Light-legged,
- Light-minded,
- Light-mindedness,
- Light-ship,
- Light-struck,
- Light-winged,
- Light-year,
- Newtonian theory of light,
- Thorough-lighted,
- To stand in one's own light,
- Top-light,
- corpuscular theory of light,
- half-light,
- light machine gun,
- light water line,
- light whipping cream,
- light-blue,
- light-boned,
- light-colored,
- light-coloured,
- light-duty,
- light-green,
- light-haired,
- light-handedly,
- light-headedly,
- light-of-love,
- light-sensitive,
- light-skinned,
- light-tight,
- lightly-armed,
- night-light,
- primary color for light,
- primary colour for light,
- red light district,
- saint elmo's light,
- saint ulmo's light,
- trip the light fantastic,
- wave theory of light,
- well-lighted,
- Light-o'-love,
- Red-light district,
- electric-light bulb,
- light-emitting diode,
- primary subtractive color for light,
- primary subtractive colour for light,
- trip the light fantastic toe,
- Electro-magnetic theory of light,
- one-way light time,
- organic light-emitting diode,
- round-trip light time,
- blue bluish light-blue dark-blue,
- green greenish light-green dark-green