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Synonyms & Antonyms of lit
(Entry 1 of 4)
- the coat room was just lit well enough for us to identify our jackets
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- floodlit
- (also floodlighted),
- highlighted,
- spotlighted
- (or spotlit)
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- some lighted torches lined the path to the shrine
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- aglow,
- flaring,
- flickering,
- glowing,
- live,
- smoldering
- (or smouldering)
Near Antonyms for lit
- choked,
- damped,
- dead,
- doused
- (also dowsed),
- extinguished,
- quenched,
- smothered,
- snuffed (out),
- stamped (out),
- suffocated
lit
adjective (2)Synonyms & Antonyms of lit (Entry 2 of 4)
- Raucous singing could be heard coming from tents full of lit Oktoberfest revelers.
Synonyms for lit
- besotted,
- blasted
- [slang],
- blind,
- blitzed
- [slang],
- blotto
- [slang],
- bombed,
- boozy,
- canned
- [slang],
- cockeyed,
- crocked,
- drunk,
- drunken,
- fried,
- gassed,
- hammered
- [slang],
- high,
- impaired,
- inebriate,
- inebriated,
- intoxicated,
- juiced
- [slang],
- lit up,
- loaded
- [slang],
- looped,
- oiled
- [slang],
- pickled,
- pie-eyed,
- plastered,
- potted
- [slang],
- ripped
- [slang],
- sloshed
- [slang],
- smashed
- [slang],
- sottish,
- soused,
- sozzled,
- squiffed
- (or squiffy),
- stewed,
- stiff,
- stinking
- [slang],
- stoned,
- tanked
- [slang],
- tiddly
- [chiefly British],
- tight,
- tipsy,
- wasted
- [slang],
- wet,
- wiped out
- [slang]
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lit
verb (1)Synonyms & Antonyms of lit (Entry 3 of 4)
- we lit the kindling before adding the heavier logs
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- doused
- (also dowsed),
- extinguished,
- put out,
- quenched,
- snuffed (out)
- the lights from the TV cameras will light this room as though it were high noon
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- beamed,
- beat (down),
- radiated,
- shone
- (or shined)
- floodlit
- (also floodlighted)
- highlighted,
- spotlighted
- (or spotlit)
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lit
verb (2)Synonyms & Antonyms of lit (Entry 4 of 4)
- the bird lit on the branch and began to sing
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- he hurriedly lighted from the bus and started walking up the street
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- alighted
- (also alit),
- descended,
- disembarked,
- dismounted,
- got down
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“Lit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lit. Accessed 16 May. 2022.
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The first known use of lit was in 1850
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