candlelight

can·dle·light

noun \ˈkan-d^əl-ˌ(l)īt\

Definition of CANDLELIGHT

1

a : the light of a candle b : a soft artificial light

2

: the time for lighting candles : twilight

Examples of CANDLELIGHT

1. <at candlelight carolers would gather in the village green before beginning their stroll>

First Known Use of CANDLELIGHT

before 12th century

Related to CANDLELIGHT

Synonyms: black, blackness, dark, darkness, dusk, gloaming, gloom, murk, night, semidarkness, shade, shadows, twilight, umbra

Antonyms: blaze, brightness, brilliance, day, daylight, glare, glow, light, lightness

Related Words: midnight; blackout, brownout, dimout; shadiness, umbrage; dullness (also dulness), somberness; cloudiness, fogginess, haziness, mistiness, murkiness; dimness, faintness, gloominess, grayness, paleness; half-light

Near Antonyms: moonlight, starlight, sunlight; effulgence, radiance, radiancy, shine, sunshine; incandescence, luminance, luminescence, luminosity, luminousness

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Rhymes with CANDLELIGHT

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