Synonyms of lighting

lighting 1 of 3

noun

as in candle

Related Words

• candle
• lantern
• headlight
• flashlight
• chandelier
• floodlight
• streetlight
• lighthouse
• candelabra
• spotlight
• light bulb
• sconce
• lamp
• arc lamp
• gaslight
• candelabrum
• incandescent lamp
• fluorescent lamp
• flashbulb
• flare
• flash
• dark lantern
• sun lamp
• illuminant
• flashcube
• klieg light
• beacon
• gasolier
• girandole

lighting

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verb (1)

present participle of light

1

as in burning

to set (something) on fire

we lit the kindling before adding the heavier logs

Synonyms & Similar Words

• burning
• scorching
• igniting
• kindling
• firing
• torching
• illuminating
• baking
• illumining
• cooking
• inflaming
• enkindling
• lightening
• brightening
• charring
• broiling
• relighting
• setting off
• ashing
• incinerating
• immolating
• deflagrating
• radiating
• irradiating
• searing
• banking
• frizzling
• rekindling
• stoking
• kilning
• cremating
• scathing
• scalding
• reigniting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• extinguishing
• quenching
• putting out
• choking
• suffocating
• smothering
• stamping (out)
• darkening
• dousing
• dimming
• snuffing (out)
• obscuring
• blackening
• dulling

2

as in illumining

to supply with light

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• illumining
• illuminating
• lightening
• brightening
• bathing
• irradiating
• beaconing
• illuming
• shining
• emblazing
• glowing
• beating (down)
• highlighting
• glistening
• floodlighting
• beaming
• radiating
• gleaming
• blinding
• dazzling
• kindling
• igniting
• glittering
• spotlighting
• glaring
• haloing
• blazing
• incinerating
• burning
• enhaloing
• flaming
• firing
• bedazzling
• dazing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• darkening
• dimming
• blackening
• obscuring
• covering
• dulling
• obfuscating
• extinguishing
• quenching
• putting out
• veiling
• shrouding
• dousing
• snuffing (out)

lighting

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verb (2)

present participle of light

1

as in perching

to come to rest after descending from the air

the bird lit on the branch and began to sing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• perching
• landing
• touching down
• alighting
• roosting
• settling
• belly-landing
• crash-landing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rising
• taking off
• climbing
• arising
• ascending
• floating
• flying
• blasting off
• hanging
• soaring
• gliding
• hovering
• planing
• winging

2

as in descending

to come down from something (as a vehicle)

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• descending
• dismounting
• disembarking
• alighting
• getting down
• deplaning
• detraining

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• mounting
• embarking
• climbing (aboard)
• getting in
• boarding
• entraining
• enplaning

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of lighting

Noun

Some cities have experimented with related measures—keeping parks open and staffed at night, say, or improving street lighting and urban design. — Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026

But lighting effects continue throughout Celestial Park, past two other lagoon sections and up to the main entrance. — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2026

Verb

Ship 40 conducted its first-ever static fire last week, lighting a single Raptor for about 15 seconds. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 2 July 2026

As the heat dome in the East will be losing strength, Mother Nature will be lighting some fireworks of her own — in the form of thunderstorms. — Ben Noll, Washington Post, 2 July 2026

Phrases Containing lighting

• lighting out