Synonyms of lit

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adjective (1)

variants or lighted

1

as in illuminated

filled with much light

the coat room was just lit well enough for us to identify our jackets

Synonyms & Similar Words

• illuminated
• illumined
• light
• bright
• alight
• brightened
• lightsome
• ablaze
• ignited
• highlighted
• shiny
• kindled
• floodlit
• spotlighted
• sunny
• moonlit
• sunlit
• sunshiny

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dark
• unlit
• darkened
• blackened
• dusk
• dimmed
• dusky
• pitch-black
• lightless
• pitch-dark
• darkling
• darkish
• gloomy
• somber
• shadowy
• gray
• obscured
• cloudy
• tenebrous
• pale
• murky
• leaden
• sunless
• shadowlike
• lightproof

2

as in burning

being on fire

some lighted torches lined the path to the shrine

Synonyms & Similar Words

• burning
• blazing
• flaming
• flickering
• ignited
• smoldering
• burned
• kindled
• aflame
• alight
• glowing
• afire
• charred
• fiery
• inflamed
• combusting
• ablaze
• aglow
• conflagrant
• live
• hot
• flaring
• searing
• scorched
• scorching
• seared
• roasting
• broiling
• sizzling
• singed
• red-hot
• piping hot
• incinerated
• scalding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• extinguished
• dead
• choked
• smothered
• damped
• quenched
• stamped (out)
• snuffed (out)
• doused
• suffocated

lit

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adjective (2)

as in drunk

being under the influence of alcohol

Raucous singing could be heard coming from tents full of lit Oktoberfest revelers.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drunk
• fried
• drunken
• wet
• bombed
• plastered
• loaded
• wasted
• blind
• impaired
• gassed
• smashed
• stewed
• potted
• ripped
• blasted
• hammered
• tipsy
• pickled
• looped
• stoned
• soused
• tanked
• intoxicated
• juiced
• oiled
• under the influence
• lit up
• crocked
• inebriated
• sloshed
• tight
• under the weather
• high
• boozy
• three sheets in the wind
• blitzed
• stinking
• besotted
• wiped out
• squiffed
• inebriate
• stiff
• canned
• sozzled
• cockeyed
• blotto
• tiddly
• in the bag
• sottish
• pie-eyed
• alcoholic
• in one's cups
• strung out
• dissipated
• maudlin
• beery
• rocky
• stupefied
• befuddled
• dopey
• crapulous
• debauched
• bleary-eyed
• dissolute
• dipsomaniacal
• bibulous

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• straight
• dry
• sober
• temperate
• steady
• cool
• level
• abstemious
• abstinent
• teetotal
• clearheaded

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verb (1)

variants or lighted

past tense of light

1

as in burned

to set (something) on fire

we lit the kindling before adding the heavier logs

Synonyms & Similar Words

• burned
• ignited
• kindled
• scorched
• torched
• enkindled
• fired
• illumined
• illuminated
• inflamed
• baked
• cooked
• charred
• immolated
• brightened
• broiled
• relit
• ashed
• set off
• incinerated
• lightened
• cremated
• rekindled
• irradiated
• deflagrated
• seared
• radiated
• frizzled
• stoked
• reignited
• banked
• kilned
• scalded
• scathed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• extinguished
• put out
• quenched
• choked
• smothered
• stamped (out)
• doused
• dimmed
• obscured
• snuffed (out)
• darkened
• blackened
• suffocated
• dulled

2

as in illumined

to supply with light

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• illumined
• illuminated
• brightened
• lightened
• bathed
• irradiated
• beaconed
• shone
• glowed
• illumed
• emblazed
• beat (down)
• highlighted
• ignited
• kindled
• beamed
• glistened
• gleamed
• radiated
• blazed
• incinerated
• blinded
• spotlighted
• dazzled
• haloed
• glittered
• glared
• burned
• floodlit
• flamed
• enhaloed
• fired
• dazed
• bedazzled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• darkened
• blackened
• dimmed
• obscured
• covered
• dulled
• veiled
• extinguished
• shrouded
• obfuscated
• quenched
• put out
• doused
• snuffed (out)

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verb (2)

variants or lighted

past tense of light

1

as in perched

to come to rest after descending from the air

the bird lit on the branch and began to sing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• perched
• landed
• alighted
• touched down
• roosted
• settled
• belly-landed
• crash-landed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rose
• climbed
• arose
• ascended
• took off
• floated
• hung
• flew
• blasted off
• glided
• soared
• hovered
• winged
• planed

2

as in descended

to come down from something (as a vehicle)

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• descended
• dismounted
• disembarked
• alighted
• got down
• deplaned
• detrained

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• mounted
• embarked
• climbed (aboard)
• got in
• boarded
• entrained
• enplaned

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of lit

Verb

Flares are lit in the PSG end as the players celebrate all over the pitch. —Ben Church, CNN Money, 30 May 2026

So the first investment has to be in making sure downtown San José is clean, well-lit, and has a visible, community-friendly presence that makes residents and visitors comfortable. —Mercury News Editorial Board, Mercury News, 29 May 2026

Director-writer Kane Parsons was inspired by the creepypasta image of a dim and fluorescently lit yellow room to craft this horror. —Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 29 May 2026

The hope is sparking children’s love for reading through nonfiction and quick lit (also known as early chapter books). —Kansas City Star, 29 May 2026

The wildfires of rumour, once lit, are nigh impossible to extinguish. —Literary Hub, 28 May 2026

And the oversized candles were actually lit with propane gas. —Morgan Korn, ABC News, 28 May 2026

Keep the candle lit until the wax has melted to the jar’s edge. —Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 28 May 2026

Then Apple dropped the MacBook Neo, which lit a fire under laptop makers. —Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 28 May 2026

Phrases Containing lit

• lit up