Confused words. 2014.
blithe / lithe — Blithe, an adjective, means lighthearted and carefree : A blithe mood overcomes us in the spring. Lithe is also an adjective but it means flexible, graceful, and supple : The lithe movements of the yoga instructor impressed us all … Confused words
arts, East Asian — Introduction music and visual and performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. The literatures of these countries are covered in the articles Chinese literature, Korean literature, and Japanese literature. Some studies of East Asia… … Universalium
airy — a. 1. Unsubstantial, aerial, ethereal, aeriform, thin, rare. 2. Light, subtile, sublimated. 3. Sprightly, buoyant, vivacious, volatile, jocund, jolly, jovial, lively, gay, wanton, merry, blithe, light, light hearted, light of heart, in spirits,… … New dictionary of synonyms
light — I 1. noun 1) the light of candles Syn: illumination, brightness, luminescence, luminosity, shining, gleaming, gleam, brilliance, radiance, luster, glowing, glow, blaze, glare, dazzle; sunlight, moonlig … Thesaurus of popular words
airy — adj 1. breezy, windy, drafty; ventilated, open, exposed, alfresco. 2. immaterial, incorporeal, bodiless, weightless; unsubstantial, ethereal, tenuous; illusory, unreal, imaginary, visionary, phantasmal, spectral. 3. delicate, flimsy, thin; gauzy … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
light — I n 1. illumination, luminescence, luminosity, radiation, shining, beaming, gleaming; luminousness, brilliance, radiance, lambency, luster, shine, effulgence; irradiation, glow, glowing, fluorescence, in candescence, phosphorescence; brightness,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
lightsome — I adj 1. airy, immaterial, incorporeal, bodiless, light, weightless, vaporous, vapory; visionary, phantasmal, chimeral, ethereal, otherworldly, dreamlike; feathery, fluffy, gossamery, gossamer, light as a feather; Ariel like; buoyant, resilient,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
light — [adj1] illuminated ablaze, aglow, bright, brilliant, burnished, clear, cloudless, flashing, fluorescent, glossy, glowing, lambent, lucent, luminous, lustrous, phosphorescent, polished, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, rich, scintillant, shining,… … New thesaurus
