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

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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