Lighter

Quick meaning: Lighter is a noun meaning A person who lights things.

Meaning

A person who lights things.

More Meanings

1. A device used to light things, especially a reusable handheld device for creating fire to light cigarettes.
2. A flat-bottomed boat for carrying heavy loads across short distances (especially for canals or for loading or unloading larger boats).
3. To transfer (cargo or passengers) to or from a ship by means of a lighter or other small vessel.
4. To transfer cargo or fuel from (a ship), lightening it to make its draft less or to make it easier to refloat.
5. comparative form of light: more light

Example Sentences

a lighter of lamps

I prefer a lighter shade of pink.

What happened? You look 10 lbs. lighter!

I wish I'd thrown a lighter punch; he's out cold.

Word Forms

• lighters
• lightering
• lightered

Synonyms for lighter

Depending on context, synonyms include briquet, light, barge, hoy, ignitor, igniter.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include ignitor, igniter, flatboat, barge, hoy, torch.

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