FLOODLIGHT Synonyms: 78 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

Definition of floodlight

as in lighting

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verb

as in to light

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Recent Examples of floodlight

Noun

Wearing only a watch, a headlamp and flip-flops, he's accused of removing a malfunctioning floodlight and Ring camera. — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2026 But as night came on, the search continued with a handful of airboats equipped with floodlights and generators. — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026

Verb

That year, the top 30 floors of the Empire State Building were floodlighted for the first time, to mark the opening of the New York World’s Fair in Queens. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 26 July 2024 An intense 6000-lumen bulb and a wide-angle beam (320 degrees) make the Sansi floodlight the best outdoor lighting option for large yards, garages, staircases, and more. — Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 June 2024 See All Example Sentences for floodlight

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Noun

The creative team members are puppetry and movement designers Nick Barnes and Finn Caldwell (of Lume), set designer Chloe Lamford, costume designer Georgia McGuinness, lighting designer Jon Clark, composer Will Stuart and sound designer Tom Gibbons.

— Greg Evans, Deadline, 25 July 2026
Connecticut is putting better lighting, new surveillance cameras and more private security along CTfastrak, where complaints of drug use, crime and loitering have been going up along with bus ridership.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2026

Definition of lighting

Verb

Strobe lights zigzag across the room and confetti rains down as Ruffin blasts a smoke cannon into the roaring crowd.

— Olivia Wakim, AJC.com, 27 July 2026
Deer Park’s screen is just a standard rectangle, lit by a single laser digital projector that can’t display the film’s full aspect ratio.

— Lane Brown, Vulture, 25 July 2026

Definition of light

Noun

The suspect shined a strobe flashlight in the victim’s eyes and forced her way in.

— Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 July 2026
On its website, the government recommends a kit that contains water, food, ID, a flashlight, a radio and clothes, among other things.

— Andrei Popoviciu, The Dial, 21 July 2026

Definition of flashlight

Noun

At times, district administrators would pull out their cellphones to take video or to wave like electronic lanterns at a rock concert.

— Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026
Blue paper lanterns swayed in the wind, and people wore traditional Japanese garments to complete the atmosphere.

— Meredith Nierman, NPR, 17 July 2026

Definition of lantern

Verb

And then there’s Marty Supreme, which has been beaconing Jewish pride since Christmas Day, its title character competing not just with the Jewish stereotype of smarts but with stamina and skill, a ferocious athleticism.

— Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 18 Feb. 2026
Rising above the tents and flags of surrounding Indy 500 revelers, orange man beaconed to all in the area.

— Shari Rudavsky, IndyStar, 2 July 2025

Definition of beacon

Noun

And what remains is all blacked out, except for the lower rocker covers and pushrod tubes – from the fork covers, the controls, the handlebar, the turn signals, the headlight bucket, the engine, exhaust, and even the rear fender struts.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 July 2026
That matters because pedestrians are harder to see at night, especially outside the brightest part of a vehicle’s headlight beam or while a driver is turning.

— Chris Hardesty, AJC.com, 23 July 2026

Definition of headlight

Verb

Streaming service costs are up across the board, but so are prices for the devices that beam your favorite shows to the TV.

— Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 25 July 2026
Best Bohemian Design For a hallway beamed straight out of Marrakech, this mosaic piece combines woods and neutrals to a trippy effect.

— Nora Taylor, Architectural Digest, 23 July 2026

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