Lighten Up (Verb)

Meaning ¹

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

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Synonyms

• Buoy Up
• Lighten

Hypernyms

• Cheer
• Chirk Up

Meaning ²

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

Classification

Verbs of feeling.

Synonyms

• Buoy Up
• Lighten

Hypernyms

• Cheer

Meaning ³

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

Classification

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

Synonyms

• Brighten
• Lighten

Hypernyms

• Change
• Modify

Meaning ⁴

Become lighter; "The room lightened up".

Classification

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

Synonyms

• Lighten

Hypernyms

• Change

Hyponyms

• Light
• Light Up
• Irradiate
• Illuminate
• Illumine