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lightsome

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of lightsome

filled with much light

  • a lovely and lightsome room with huge windows
Synonyms of lightsome

ablaze, alight, bright, brightened, illuminated, illumined, light, lit (or lighted)
Words Related to lightsome

floodlit (also floodlighted), highlighted, spotlighted (or spotlit)

ignited, kindled

moonlit, shiny, sunlit, sunny, sunshiny
Near Antonyms of lightsome

gloomy, somber (or sombre), sunless

cloudy, murky, obscured, shadowlike, shadowy

gray (also grey), leaden, pale

lightproof
Antonyms of lightsome

blackened, dark, darkened, darkish, darkling, dimmed, dusk, dusky, lightless, pitch-black, pitch-dark, tenebrous, unlit

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lightsome

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of lightsome

1 having or showing a good mood or disposition

  • lighthearted lovers skipping along the beach with a lightsome gait
Synonyms of lightsome

blithe, blithesome, bright, buoyant, canty [British dialect], cheerful, cheery, chipper, eupeptic, gay, gladsome, sunny, upbeat, winsome
Words Related to lightsome

hopeful, optimistic, rosy, sanguine

animated, chirpy, jaunty, lilting, lively, perky, sprightful, sprightly, vivacious

carefree, careless, cavalier, devil-may-care, easygoing, happy-go-lucky, insouciant, lighthearted, unconcerned

boon, gleeful, jocund, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful

blissful, delighted, glad, gratified, happy, joyful, joyous, pleased, satisfied, tickled

beaming, grinning, laughing, smiling
Near Antonyms of lightsome

joyless, sad, unhappy, unsatisfied

dull, lethargic, listless, sluggish, torpid

blue, brokenhearted, crestfallen, dejected, depressed, despondent, disconsolate, disheartened, down, downcast, downhearted, droopy, forlorn, hangdog, heavyhearted, inconsolable, low, low-spirited, melancholy, mirthless, sorrowful
Antonyms of lightsome

dour, gloomy, glum, morose, saturnine, sulky, sullen

2 having or showing freedom from worries or troubles

  • set off on his grand tour of Europe with a lightsome heart
Synonyms of lightsome

blithe, carefree, debonair, devil-may-care, gay, happy-go-lucky, insouciant, lighthearted, slaphappy, unconcerned
Words Related to lightsome

blasé (also blase), breezy, cavalier, nonchalant

casual, easygoing, informal, laid-back, low-pressure, relaxed, unfussy
Near Antonyms of lightsome

earnest, grave, serious, serious-minded, somber (or sombre)

careful, cautious, heedful, wary

anxious, concerned, upset, worried

long-suffering, overburdened, sorrowful
Antonyms of lightsome

careworn

3 moving easily

  • still lightsome despite her advancing years, the cat continued to ignore orders not to leap onto the kitchen table
Synonyms of lightsome

agile, featly, feline, graceful, gracile, light, light-footed (also light-foot), lissome (also lissom), lithe, lithesome, nimble, spry
Words Related to lightsome

acrobatic, flexible, limber, loose-jointed, pliable, pliant, supple

adroit, deft, dexterous (also dextrous), light-fingered

fleet-footed, sure-footed

athletic, balletic, coordinated
Near Antonyms of lightsome

uncoordinated

inflexible, rigid, stiff

bungling, inept, maladroit
Antonyms of lightsome

awkward, clumsy, gawky, graceless, klutzy, lumbering, ungainly, ungraceful

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