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adjective (1)

Definition of lightsomenext
as in illumined
filled with much light a lovely and lightsome room with huge windows

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adjective (2)

ˈlīt-səm How to pronounce lightsome (audio)
1
as in cheerful
having or showing a good mood or disposition lighthearted lovers skipping along the beach with a lightsome gait

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2
as in nonchalant
having or showing freedom from worries or troubles set off on his grand tour of Europe with a lightsome heart

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3
as in graceful
moving easily still lightsome despite her advancing years, the cat continued to ignore orders not to leap onto the kitchen table

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lightsome
  1. illumined
  2. cheerful
  3. nonchalant
  4. graceful
  5. illuminated
  6. bright
  7. carefree
  8. light
Adjective
  • The backdrop is brightly illumined screens that hurt your eyes.
    — Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of illumined
Adjective
  • Even as a brutal heat wave threatened to smother the energy, the fest felt like a cheerful coming-out party—an announcement of the political commitments of a generation of mainstream artists more famous for singing about the self than about society.
    — Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The cheerful voice of a guide on a mic booms through the open-air cab of each old-timey bus.
    — Sonjirose Chin, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of cheerful
Adjective
  • Then Gurov takes that famous bite of watermelon, a metaphor for what has just happened and his nonchalant reaction to it.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Zizou Bergs Zizou Bergs served nonchalant-cool boy vibes upon his arrival to New York City for the US Open, rocking an oversized charcoal graphic tee from Golden Goose paired with voluminous black trousers and his personalized Golden Goose shoes.
    — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of nonchalant
Adjective
  • Urbanie Lucero’s choreography and movement direction maintain the production’s graceful poise.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • From curved pulls to squiggly handles, and even a style finished off with a metal tassel, these operate as graceful accessories to enhance old and new furnishings.
    — Lori Keong, Architectural Digest, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of graceful
Adjective
  • The show then transitioned from the runway space into the show's official anniversary celebration, where the festivities continued through the night on the pink-illuminated dance floor equipped with a giant disco ball and resident DJs.
    — Morgan Evans, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Guests including Colman Domingo, Leslie Bibb and Lisa Rinna mingled as the garden shifted from daylight to the glow of its illuminated pergola.
    — Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of illuminated
Adjective
  • De Zerbi will take encouragement from Savio’s bright debut, with the £85million recruit from Manchester City looking bright and threatening, without executing on the final action.
    — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The Casita looks good enough to sit on a desk and those super bright RGB LED’s really glow.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of bright
Adjective
  • Their bouncy attitudes inevitably mold the vast open country in their own carefree image.
    — Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026
  • From spatulas, spoons, and salad forks to tongs, ladles, and measuring cups, shop our favorite plastic-free kitchen utensils below for carefree cooking.
    — Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of carefree
Adjective
  • Some need only light intelligence—converting structured output into natural language, organizing OCR results or classifying simple requests.
    — Nitin Gupta, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Our partial Bosphorus view room is flooded with light thanks to lofty ceilings and large windows framing water, woodland and the city skyline.
    — Vicki Power, TheWeek, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of light
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“Lightsome.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lightsome. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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