Lighten (Verb)

Meaning ¹

Become more cheerful; "after a glass of wine, he lightened up a bit".

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Synonyms

• Lighten Up
• Buoy Up

Hypernyms

• Cheer Up
• Chirk Up

Meaning ²

Reduce the weight on; make lighter; "she lightened the load on the tired donkey".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Hypernyms

• Disburden

Meaning ³

Alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive; "relieve the pressure and the stress"; "lighten the burden of caring for her elderly parents".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Synonyms

• Relieve

Hypernyms

• Mitigate

Meaning ⁴

Make more cheerful; "the conversation lightened me up a bit".

Classification

Verbs of feeling.

Synonyms

• Lighten Up
• Buoy Up

Antonyms

• Weigh Down

Meaning ⁵

Become lighter; "The room lightened up".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Synonyms

• Lighten Up

Antonyms

• Darken

Hyponyms

• Light Up
• Illuminate
• Illume
• Illumine

Meaning ⁶

Make more cheerful through the use of color; "The paint will brighten the room".

Classification

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Synonyms

• Lighten Up
• Brighten

Hypernyms

• Change
• Alter