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

Characters come alive with desire, as if lit from within by candles. — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026

This adds together exposures taken over just 30 minutes on an early June night when, from my latitude of 51° N satellites even in low Earth orbit are lit all night by sunlight. — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026

Belieu’s poems take place in the unfailingly disappointing real world, lit by the beauty of compromises and transgressions. — Craig Morgan Teicher, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026

The journey moves through several rooms jumbling period French architecture, the first meekly lit with artificial moonlight and video monitors that flicker out from cracks in the wall. — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026

Since 1980, only two Summer Games have featured a cauldron lit by a non-Olympic or Paralympic athlete. — Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026

UCHealth recommends removing clutter and cords and keeping hallways well lit as simple starting points that don’t require any construction. — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2026

UCHealth also recommends removing clutter and cords and keeping hallways and bathrooms well lit. — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 29 Sep. 2026

The Olympic flame will be lit in Olympia, Greece, the birthplace of the Olympic Games, before beginning its journey around the United States in spring 2028. — ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026

Phrases Containing lit

• lit up