wight

¹wight

noun \ˈwīt\

Definition of WIGHT

: a living being : creature; especially : a human being

Examples of WIGHT

1. <what unfortunate wight would be out and about in such foul weather?>

Origin of WIGHT

Middle English, creature, thing, from Old English wiht; akin to Old High German wiht creature, thing, Old Church Slavic veštĭ thing

First Known Use: before 12th century

Related to WIGHT

Synonyms

baby, being, bird, bod [British], body, character, cookie (or cooky), creature, customer, devil, duck, egg, face, fish, guy, head, human being, individual, life, man, mortal, party, person, personage, scout, slob, sort, soul, specimen, stiff, thing, human

Related Words

hominid, homo, humanoid; brother, fellow, fellowman, neighbor; celebrity, personality, self, somebody

Near Antonyms

animal, beast, beastie, brute, critter

Rhymes with WIGHT

bight, bite, blight, bright, byte, cite, dight, dite, fight, flight, fright, height, hight, kite, knight, krait, kyte, light, lite, might, mite, night, plight, quite, right, rite, sight, site, sleight, slight, smite, spite, sprite, tight, trite, white, wite, wright, write

²wight

adjective

Definition of WIGHT

archaic

: valiant, stalwart

Origin of WIGHT

Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse vīgr skilled in fighting (neuter vīgt); akin to Old English wīgan to fight — more at victor

First Known Use: 13th century