LIGHTNESS

Pronunciation (US):

• LIGHTNESS (noun)
  The noun LIGHTNESS has 6 senses:

1. a feeling of joy and pride
2. the property of being comparatively small in weight
3. the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble
4. having a light color
5. the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures
6. the trait of being lighthearted and frivolous

  Familiarity information: LIGHTNESS used as a noun is common.

• LIGHTNESS (noun)

Meaning:

A feeling of joy and pride

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

high spirits; lightness; elation

Hypernyms ("lightness" is a kind of...):

joy; joyfulness; joyousness (the emotion of great happiness)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lightness"):

euphoria; euphory (a feeling of great (usually exaggerated) elation)

Meaning:

The property of being comparatively small in weight

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

weightlessness; lightness

Context example:

the lightness of balsa wood

Hypernyms ("lightness" is a kind of...):

weight (the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lightness"):

airiness; buoyancy (the property of something weightless and insubstantial)

Antonym:

heaviness (the property of being comparatively great in weight)

Meaning:

The gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

agility; legerity; nimbleness; lightsomeness; lightness

Hypernyms ("lightness" is a kind of...):

gracefulness (beautiful carriage)

Meaning:

Having a light color

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("lightness" is a kind of...):

value (relative darkness or lightness of a color)

Antonym:

darkness (having a dark or somber color)

Meaning:

The visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

lightness; light

Context example:

he could paint the lightest light and the darkest dark

Hypernyms ("lightness" is a kind of...):

visual property (an attribute of vision)

Attribute:

light (characterized by or emitting light)

dark (devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lightness"):

aura; aureole; gloriole; glory; halo; nimbus (an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint)

sunniness (lightness created by sunlight)

highlight; highlighting (an area of lightness in a picture)

brightness (the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white)

Meaning:

The trait of being lighthearted and frivolous

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

lightsomeness; lightness

Hypernyms ("lightness" is a kind of...):

giddiness; silliness (an impulsive scatterbrained manner)