Synonyms of lighting

lighting 1 of 3

noun

as in candle

Synonyms & Similar Words

• candle
• lantern
• headlight
• flashlight
• chandelier
• floodlight
• streetlight
• lighthouse
• candelabra
• arc light
• spotlight
• light bulb
• sconce
• arc lamp
• candelabrum
• gaslight
• lamp
• flashbulb
• fluorescent lamp
• incandescent lamp
• flare
• dark lantern
• sun lamp
• flash
• flashcube
• illuminant
• klieg light
• gasolier
• girandole
• kleig light
• beacon

lighting

2 of 3

verb (1)

present participle of light

1

as in burning

to set (something) on fire

we lit the kindling before adding the heavier logs

Synonyms & Similar Words

• burning
• scorching
• igniting
• kindling
• firing
• torching
• illuminating
• baking
• illumining
• cooking
• inflaming
• enflaming
• enkindling
• lightening
• brightening
• charring
• broiling
• relighting
• setting off
• ashing
• incinerating
• immolating
• deflagrating
• radiating
• irradiating
• searing
• banking
• frizzling
• rekindling
• stoking
• kilning
• cremating
• scathing
• scalding
• reigniting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• extinguishing
• quenching
• putting out
• choking
• suffocating
• smothering
• stamping (out)
• dousing
• darkening
• dimming
• dowsing
• snuffing (out)
• obscuring
• blackening
• dulling

2

as in illumining

to supply with light

the lights from the TV cameras will light this room as though it were high noon

Synonyms & Similar Words

• illumining
• illuminating
• lightening
• brightening
• bathing
• irradiating
• beaconing
• illuming
• shining
• emblazing
• glowing
• beating (down)
• highlighting
• glistening
• floodlighting
• beaming
• radiating
• gleaming
• blinding
• dazzling
• kindling
• igniting
• glittering
• spotlighting
• glaring
• haloing
• blazing
• incinerating
• burning
• enhaloing
• flaming
• firing
• bedazzling
• dazing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• darkening
• dimming
• blackening
• obscuring
• dulling
• covering
• obfuscating
• extinguishing
• veiling
• shrouding
• quenching
• putting out
• dousing
• snuffing (out)
• dowsing

lighting

3 of 3

verb (2)

present participle of light

1

as in perching

to come to rest after descending from the air

the bird lit on the branch and began to sing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• perching
• landing
• touching down
• alighting
• roosting
• settling
• belly-landing
• crash-landing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rising
• taking off
• climbing
• arising
• ascending
• floating
• flying
• blasting off
• hanging
• soaring
• gliding
• hovering
• planing
• winging

2

as in descending

to come down from something (as a vehicle)

he hurriedly lighted from the bus and started walking up the street

Synonyms & Similar Words

• descending
• dismounting
• disembarking
• alighting
• getting down
• deplaning
• detraining

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• mounting
• embarking
• climbing (aboard)
• getting in
• boarding
• emplaning
• entraining
• enplaning

Examples of lighting in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Backs of chairs could not face sight lines and interior lighting was chosen to be minimally disturbing when viewed from outside. —Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 4 Sep. 2024

Those renderings came in handy during collaborations with the art department, the lighting crew, the virtual production team and other creative colleagues on set to get the gentle, rosy glow of planet Rigel VII just right. —Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2024

There were sound issues, lighting issues, drug issues, ego issues. —David Fear, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2024

City workers have spent months beautifying downtown and making preparations across the city, from sidewalk repairs to new signs and better lighting. —Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2024

Phrases Containing lighting

• lighting out