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

The East Room, where the dinner was held, featured low lighting and place settings with elegant red and gold decor. — Will Weissert, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026

Cinelease, a Los Angeles lighting and grip rental company founded in 1977, has been expanding in recent months. — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

Verb

Hedge is riding shotgun and navigating, neck bent over two iPhones, the glow lighting his face from below. — Jack Crosbie, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2026

Since Harald's death Friday morning, tens of thousands of Norwegians have expressed their grief by laying flowers, writing cards and lighting candles in front of the royal palace in Oslo, where the coffin arrived late Friday from the hospital. — ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026

Phrases Containing lighting

• lighting out