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alight
Synonyms and Antonyms of alight
- we approached the clearing, alight with torches, and observed a reenactment of ancient rites by Druids
ablaze, bright, brightened, illuminated, illumined, light, lightsome, lit (or lighted)
floodlit (also floodlighted), highlighted, spotlighted (or spotlit)
- the pub, one of London's oldest, was completely alight by the time firefighters arrived
aglow, flaring, flickering, glowing, live, smoldering (or smouldering)
broiling, hot, piping hot, red-hot, roasting, scalding, scorching, searing, sizzling
burned (or burnt), charred, incinerated, scorched, seared, singed
choked, damped, dead, doused (also dowsed), extinguished, quenched, smothered, snuffed (out), stamped (out), suffocated
alight
Synonyms and Antonyms of alight
- a flock of eight swans circled above, then alighted on the pond
- as she alighted from the train, she momentarily lost her footing
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