Synonyms of lit

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adjective (1)

variants or lighted

1

as in illuminated

filled with much light

the coat room was just lit well enough for us to identify our jackets

Synonyms & Similar Words

• illuminated
• illumined
• light
• bright
• alight
• brightened
• lightsome
• ablaze
• ignited
• highlighted
• shiny
• kindled
• floodlit
• spotlighted
• sunny
• moonlit
• sunlit
• sunshiny

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dark
• unlit
• darkened
• blackened
• dusk
• dimmed
• dusky
• pitch-black
• lightless
• pitch-dark
• darkling
• darkish
• gloomy
• somber
• shadowy
• gray
• obscured
• cloudy
• tenebrous
• pale
• murky
• leaden
• sunless
• shadowlike
• lightproof

2

as in burning

being on fire

some lighted torches lined the path to the shrine

Synonyms & Similar Words

• burning
• blazing
• flaming
• flickering
• ignited
• smoldering
• burned
• kindled
• aflame
• alight
• glowing
• afire
• charred
• fiery
• inflamed
• combusting
• ablaze
• aglow
• conflagrant
• live
• hot
• flaring
• searing
• scorched
• scorching
• seared
• roasting
• broiling
• sizzling
• singed
• red-hot
• piping hot
• incinerated
• scalding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• extinguished
• dead
• choked
• smothered
• damped
• quenched
• stamped (out)
• snuffed (out)
• doused
• suffocated

lit

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adjective (2)

as in drunk

being under the influence of alcohol

Raucous singing could be heard coming from tents full of lit Oktoberfest revelers.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drunk
• fried
• drunken
• wet
• bombed
• plastered
• blind
• loaded
• wasted
• gassed
• impaired
• stewed
• potted
• smashed
• hammered
• tipsy
• blasted
• pickled
• ripped
• looped
• stoned
• soused
• tanked
• intoxicated
• under the influence
• oiled
• lit up
• crocked
• juiced
• inebriated
• sloshed
• under the weather
• boozy
• three sheets in the wind
• blitzed
• besotted
• stinking
• wiped out
• tight
• high
• squiffed
• inebriate
• canned
• sozzled
• cockeyed
• blotto
• stiff
• tiddly
• in the bag
• sottish
• pie-eyed
• alcoholic
• in one's cups
• strung out
• dissipated
• maudlin
• beery
• rocky
• stupefied
• befuddled
• dopey
• crapulous
• debauched
• bleary-eyed
• dissolute
• dipsomaniacal
• bibulous

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• straight
• dry
• sober
• temperate
• steady
• cool
• level
• abstemious
• abstinent
• teetotal
• clearheaded

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verb (1)

variants or lighted

past tense of light

1

as in burned

to set (something) on fire

we lit the kindling before adding the heavier logs

Synonyms & Similar Words

• burned
• ignited
• kindled
• scorched
• torched
• enkindled
• fired
• illumined
• illuminated
• inflamed
• baked
• cooked
• charred
• immolated
• brightened
• broiled
• relit
• ashed
• set off
• incinerated
• lightened
• cremated
• rekindled
• irradiated
• deflagrated
• seared
• radiated
• frizzled
• stoked
• reignited
• banked
• kilned
• scalded
• scathed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• extinguished
• put out
• quenched
• choked
• smothered
• stamped (out)
• doused
• dimmed
• obscured
• snuffed (out)
• darkened
• blackened
• suffocated
• dulled

2

as in illumined

to supply with light

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• illumined
• illuminated
• brightened
• lightened
• bathed
• irradiated
• beaconed
• shone
• glowed
• illumed
• emblazed
• beat (down)
• highlighted
• ignited
• kindled
• beamed
• glistened
• gleamed
• radiated
• blazed
• incinerated
• blinded
• spotlighted
• dazzled
• haloed
• glittered
• glared
• burned
• floodlit
• flamed
• enhaloed
• fired
• dazed
• bedazzled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• darkened
• blackened
• dimmed
• obscured
• covered
• dulled
• veiled
• extinguished
• shrouded
• obfuscated
• quenched
• put out
• doused
• snuffed (out)

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verb (2)

variants or lighted

past tense of light

1

as in perched

to come to rest after descending from the air

the bird lit on the branch and began to sing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• perched
• landed
• alighted
• touched down
• roosted
• settled
• belly-landed
• crash-landed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rose
• climbed
• arose
• ascended
• took off
• floated
• hung
• flew
• blasted off
• glided
• soared
• hovered
• winged
• planed

2

as in descended

to come down from something (as a vehicle)

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• descended
• dismounted
• disembarked
• alighted
• got down
• deplaned
• detrained

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• mounted
• embarked
• climbed (aboard)
• got in
• boarded
• entrained
• enplaned

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of lit

Verb

As the music intensifies, so does the questioning, as Fielder continues to push Holmes and Evans about what’s real and what’s being hidden from him as moodily lighted close-up shots flash. — Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026

Campers were beginning to gather; here or there a phone lit a face out of the night like a pilgrim in a tenebrist tableau. — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

Seeing the houses fully-lit gives you a better idea of the layout and where the scares might come from, leaving you feeling more prepared to step inside at night for the full experience. — Tarah Chieffi, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026

Logitech Webcam Deal No one needs to look cinematic on a Monday morning Zoom call, but looking well-lit would be nice. — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 18 Sep. 2026

At night this is lit by strung lights and lanterns, perfect for an al fresco dip above the urban buzz, while inside lamps cast a soft glow, and thick Roman blinds and bedroom curtains block out all light. — Adrienne Wyper, TheWeek, 17 Sep. 2026

The ball is painterly and lit by candlelight, so the dresses were designed to work in that light. — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2026

Bathrooms have soaking tubs and separate shower areas, rainforest shower heads, lighted make-up mirrors, and plush robes. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Sep. 2026

Even on the sidewalk dog-friendly patio, by night, lit by tall, tiny tabletop lights. — Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026

Phrases Containing lit

• lit up