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
• blind
• loaded
• wasted
• gassed
• impaired
• stewed
• potted
• smashed
• hammered
• tipsy
• blasted
• pickled
• ripped
• looped
• stoned
• soused
• tanked
• intoxicated
• under the influence
• oiled
• lit up
• crocked
• juiced
• inebriated
• sloshed
• under the weather
• boozy
• three sheets in the wind
• blitzed
• besotted
• stinking
• wiped out
• tight
• high
• squiffed
• inebriate
• canned
• sozzled
• cockeyed
• blotto
• stiff
• 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

Amenities and experiences Dimly lit, the ground floor feels like a cozy living room with Texas limestone, reclaimed wood, and comfy seating by a fireplace—a nice contrast to Austin’s persistently bright outdoors. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Oct. 2026

The whale’s gullet is flickeringly lit by a bioluminescent jellyfish that Jay sort of befriends. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026

Rihanna’s response lit the fuse as fans continued to gas their feud on social media. — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 12 Oct. 2026

Judy lit his cigarette and sucked on it as if gasping for air. — Ben Taub, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

People who live in the area told CBS News Sacramento that the section of Coffee Road where the crash happened is not well lit, and that the crosswalk the teens were struck in does not have reflectors. — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026

But in 1857, a full-size cast of the David went on view at London’s new South Kensington Museum, which soon lit its galleries with gas so working people could see it after their shifts. — Christopher Koopman, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026

The Milky Way paints the sky with dark, looming clouds lit by the galaxy's many stars. — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 9 Oct. 2026

Office of President Herzog At the president’s residence in Jerusalem, President Isaac Herzog and first lady Michal Herzog lit a memorial candle to open the day’s commemorative events. — Charlene Gubash, NBC news, 7 Oct. 2026

Phrases Containing lit

• lit up