Related Words for lighten up

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brighten
/x
Verb, Verb
lighten
/x
Verb, Verb
loosen up
/x/
Phrase, Verb
make light of
///
Phrase, Verb
take it easy
///x
Phrase, Verb
take lightly
//x
Phrase, Verb
let oneself go
/x//
Phrase, Verb
cheer up
//
Phrase, Verb
take a load off
/x//
Phrase, Verb
rest easy
//x
Phrase, Verb
live it up
///
Phrase, Verb
give someone a break
//xx/
Phrase, Verb
crack a smile
/x/
Phrase, Verb
breathe easy
//x
Phrase, Verb
get down
//
Phrase, Verb
play around
/x/
Phrase, Verb
hang loose
//
Phrase, Verb
let it all hang out
/////
Phrase, Verb
mess around
/x/
Phrase, Verb
breathe a sigh of relief
/x//x/
Phrase, Verb
come off
//
Phrase, Verb
make fun of
///
Phrase, Verb
slack off
//
Phrase, Verb
play fast and loose
////
Phrase, Verb
sit back
//
Phrase, Verb
cool it
//
Phrase, Verb
throw away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
bool
/
Noun
make light work of
////
Phrase, Verb
take a joke
/x/
Phrase, Verb
take a breath
/x/
Phrase, Verb
play the fool
/x/
Phrase, Verb
lose it
//
Phrase, Verb
lamp
/
Noun
get off
//
Phrase, Verb
soften the blow
/xx/
Phrase, Verb
go with the flow
//x/
Phrase, Verb
crack up
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
joke
/
Noun
kick back
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
blow off steam
///
Phrase, Verb
goof around
/x/
Phrase, Verb
cut loose
//
Phrase, Verb
get a kick out of
/x///
Phrase, Verb
delight in
x/x
Phrase, Verb
lie back
//
Phrase, Verb
let someone down gently
//x//x
Phrase, Verb
take delight in
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
live and let live
////
Phrase, Verb
get a life
/x/
Phrase, Verb
fool around
/x/
Phrase, Verb
stand down
//
Phrase, Verb
kid around
/x/
Phrase, Verb
catch a break
/x/
Phrase, Verb
see the light
/x/
Phrase, Verb
feel free
//
Phrase, Verb
take something in stride
//xx/
Phrase, Verb
back off
//
Phrase, Verb
die laughing
//x
Phrase, Verb
play at
//
Phrase, Verb
play it cool
///
Phrase, Verb
leave off
//
Phrase, Verb
get away with
/x//
Phrase, Verb
goof off
/x
Phrase, Verb
break the ice
/x/
Phrase, Verb
cut someone some slack
//x//
Phrase, Verb
come out
//
Phrase, Verb
jest
/
Noun
toy with
//
Phrase, Verb
hang out
//
Phrase, Verb
muck about
/x/
Phrase, Verb
nod off
//
Phrase, Verb
bust out
//
Phrase, Verb
blow off
//
Phrase, Verb
laugh all the way to the bank
//x//x/
Phrase, Verb
make game of
///
Phrase, Verb
live a little
/x/x
Phrase, Verb
let fly
//
Phrase, Verb
take a turn for the better
/x//x/x
Phrase, Verb
take liberties
//xx
Phrase, Verb
lime
/
Noun
lose the plot
/xx
Phrase, Verb
mess with
//
Phrase, Verb
have a ball
/x/
Phrase, Verb
back down
//
Phrase, Verb
let on
//
Phrase, Verb
light a fire under
/x/x/x
Phrase, Verb
put down
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
step down
//
Phrase, Verb
snap out of
///
Phrase, Verb
slay
/
Verb
shoot the breeze
/x/
Phrase, Verb
get about
/x/
Phrase, Verb
brush off
/x
Phrase, Verb, Noun
burst out laughing
///x
Phrase, Verb
come around
/x/
Phrase, Verb
switch off
//
Phrase, Verb
abate
x/
Verb, Noun
add
/
Verb, Noun
adriatic
xx/x
Name, Adjective
ahead
x/
Adverb
ail
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
air
/
Noun, Verb
allay
x/
Verb, Noun
alleviate
x/xx
Verb
allowable
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
ameliorate
x/xx
Verb
apply
x/
Verb, Adjective
around
x/
Adverb, Adjective
ascending
x/x
Adjective, Noun
assumed
x/
Adjective
attenuate
x/xx
Verb, Adjective
average
/xx
Adjective, Noun, Verb
awake
x/
Adjective, Verb
axial
/xx
Adjective, Noun
back
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective, Verb
baltic
/x
Name, Adjective
banked
/
Adjective
bay
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bearable
/xx
Adjective
beat
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
benchmarking
/xx
Noun
bordering
/xx
Noun, Adjective
capacitive
x/xx
Adjective
cape
/
Noun, Verb
clamp
/
Noun, Verb
corner
/x
Noun, Verb
corridor
/xx
Noun
course
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
cut
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
darken
/x
Verb
decrease
x/
Noun, Verb
defuse
x/
Verb
diagnostic
xx/x
Adjective, Name
diminish
x/x
Verb
doorway
/x
Noun
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
downward
/x
Adjective, Adverb
drab
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
dun
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
ease
/
Noun, Verb
elevator
/xxx
Noun, Verb
enlighten
x/x
Verb
erection
x/x
Noun
exam
x/
Noun, Verb
exploratory
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
facilitate
x/xx
Verb
fill
/
Verb, Noun
finding
/x
Noun
finished
/x
Adjective
focus
/x
Noun, Verb
functioning
/xx
Noun, Adjective
galilee
/xx
Name
gathering
/xx
Noun, Adjective
half
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb, Verb
heavens
/x
Noun
heavenward
/xx
Adverb, Adjective
high
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
illuminate
x/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
illumine
x/x
Verb
improving
x/x
Adjective
in the lead
xx/
Phrase, Adverb, Adjective
inclining
x/x
Noun
indoors
/x
Noun, Adverb
initial
x/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
interior
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
internship
/xx
Noun
leading
/x
Adjective, Noun
lessen
/x
Verb
lift
/
Verb, Noun
light
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
light up
//
Phrase, Verb
loosen
/x
Verb
marketing
/xx
Noun
me
/
Noun
minimise
/xx
Verb
minimize
/xx
Verb
mitigate
/xx
Verb
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
out
/
Adverb, Noun, Verb, Adjective
outpatient
/xx
Noun, Adjective
overhaul
/xx
Noun, Verb
preparatory
x/xxx
Adjective
prepared
x/
Adjective
project
/x
Noun, Verb
raised
/
Adjective
reduce
x/
Verb
relax
x/
Verb
relief
x/
Noun, Adjective
relieve
x/
Verb
review
x/
Noun, Verb
risen
/x
Adjective, Noun
round
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
routine
x/
Adjective, Noun
run
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
score
/
Noun, Verb
sell
/
Verb, Noun
shore
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
side
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
simplify
/xx
Verb
site
/
Noun, Verb
sky
/
Noun, Verb
skyward
/x
Adverb, Adjective
soften
/x
Verb
sprouted
/x
Adjective
stair
/
Noun
start
/
Verb, Noun, Adverb
streamline
/x
Verb, Noun
swing
/
Noun, Verb
sync
/
Noun, Verb
testing
/x
Noun, Adjective
touch
/
Noun, Verb
trial
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
unwind
x/
Verb, Noun
upped
/
Verb
upward
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
weigh down
//
Phrase, Verb
weigh on
//
Phrase, Verb
writing
/x
Noun