Synonyms of the word lighter


LIGHTERBARGE - BOAT - DEVICE - FLATBOAT - FUEL - HOY - IGNITER - IGNITOR - LIGHT - TRANSPORT

lighter

  • adj. comparative form of light: more light.
  • n. One who, or that which, lights.
  • n. A small, reusable handheld device for creating fire, especially for lighting cigarettes.
  • n. A flat-bottomed boat for carrying heavy loads across short distances (especially for canals or for loading…
  • v. To transfer cargo or fuel from a ship, lightening it to make its draft less or to make it easier to refloat.
  • adj. comparative form of light: more light.

barge

  • n. A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy…
  • n. A richly decorated ceremonial state vessel propelled by rowers for river processions.
  • n. A large flat-bottomed coastal trading vessel having a large spritsail and jib-headed topsail, a fore staysail…
  • n. One of the boats of a warship having fourteen oars.
  • n. The wooden disk in which bread or biscuit is placed on a mess table.
  • n. (US) A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat.
  • n. (US, dialect, dated) A large omnibus used for excursions.
  • v. To intrude or break through, particularly in an unwelcome or clumsy manner.
  • v. (transitive) To push someone.

boat

  • n. A craft used for transportation of goods, fishing, racing, recreational cruising, or military use on or…
  • n. (poker slang) A full house.
  • n. A vehicle, utensil, or dish somewhat resembling a boat in shape.
  • n. (chemistry) One of two possible conformations of cyclohexane rings (the other being chair), shaped roughly…
  • n. (Australia, politics, informal) The refugee boats arriving in Australian waters, and by extension, refugees…
  • v. (intransitive) To travel by boat.
  • v. (transitive) To transport in a boat.
  • v. (transitive) To place in a boat.

device

  • n. Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.
  • n. (computing) A peripheral device; an item of hardware.
  • n. A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
  • n. (Ireland) An improvised explosive device, home-made bomb.
  • n. (rhetoric) A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience;…
  • n. (heraldry) A motto, emblem, or other mark used to distinguish the bearer from others. A device differs…
  • n. (archaic) Power of devising; invention; contrivance.
  • n. (law) An image used in whole or in part as a trademark or service mark.
  • n. (printing) An image or logo denoting official or proprietary authority or provenience.
  • n. (obsolete) A spectacle or show.
  • n. (obsolete) Opinion; decision.

flatboat

  • n. A boxy, flat-bottomed boat used for carrying livestock, freight, and people on rivers.

fuel

  • n. Substance consumed to provide energy through combustion, or through chemical or nuclear reaction.
  • n. Substance that provides nourishment for a living organism; food.
  • n. (figuratively) Something that stimulates, encourages or maintains an action.
  • v. To provide with fuel.
  • v. To exacerbate, to cause to grow or become greater.

hoy

  • n. A small coaster vessel, usually sloop-rigged, used in conveying passengers and goods, or as a tender to…
  • interj. Ho!, hallo!, stop!
  • v. (Geordie) To throw.

igniter

  • n. Any device that is used to ignite something, especially a fuel mixture, or a charge of explosive.

ignitor

  • n. Alternative spelling of igniter.

light

  • n. (physics, uncountable) Visible electromagnetic radiation. The human eye can typically detect radiation…
  • n. A source of illumination.
  • n. Spiritual or mental illumination; enlightenment, useful information.
  • n. (in the plural, now rare) Facts; pieces of information; ideas, concepts.
  • n. A notable person within a specific field or discipline.
  • n. (painting) The manner in which the light strikes a picture; that part of a picture which represents those…
  • n. A point of view, or aspect from which a concept, person or thing is regarded.
  • n. A flame or something used to create fire.
  • n. A firework made by filling a case with a substance which burns brilliantly with a white or coloured flame.
  • n. A window, or space for a window in architecture.
  • n. The series of squares reserved for the answer to a crossword clue.
  • n. (informal) A cross-light in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
  • n. Open view; a visible state or condition; public observation; publicity.
  • n. The power of perception by vision.
  • n. The brightness of the eye or eyes.
  • n. A traffic light, or, by extension, an intersection controlled by one or more that will face a traveler…
  • v. (transitive) To start (a fire).
  • v. (transitive) To set fire to; to set burning; to kindle.
  • v. (transitive) To illuminate.
  • v. (intransitive) To become ignited; to take fire.
  • v. To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.
  • adj. Having light.
  • adj. Pale in colour.
  • adj. (of coffee) Served with extra milk or cream.
  • adj. Of low weight; not heavy.
  • adj. Lightly-built; designed for speed or small loads.
  • adj. Gentle; having little force or momentum.
  • adj. Easy to endure or perform.
  • adj. Low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
  • adj. Unimportant, trivial, having little value or significance.
  • adj. (rail transport, of a locomotive, usually with "run") travelling with no carriages, wagons attached.
  • adj. (obsolete) Unchaste, wanton.
  • adj. Not heavily armed; armed with light weapons.
  • adj. Not encumbered; unembarrassed; clear of impediments; hence, active; nimble; swift.
  • adj. (dated) Easily influenced by trifling considerations; unsteady; unsettled; volatile.
  • adj. Indulging in, or inclined to, levity; lacking dignity or solemnity; frivolous; airy.
  • adj. Not quite sound or normal; somewhat impaired or deranged; dizzy; giddy.
  • adj. Not of the legal, standard, or usual weight; clipped; diminished.
  • adj. Easily interrupted by stimulation.
  • adv. Carrying little.
  • n. (curling) A stone that is not thrown hard enough.
  • v. (nautical) To unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter.
  • v. To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.
  • v. To find by chance.
  • v. To stop upon (of eyes or a glance); to notice.
  • v. (archaic) To alight; to land or come down.

transport

  • v. To carry or bear from one place to another; to remove; to convey.
  • v. (historical) To deport to a penal colony.
  • v. (figuratively) To move (someone) to strong emotion; to carry away.
  • n. An act of transporting; conveyance.
  • n. The state of being transported by emotion; rapture.
  • n. A vehicle used to transport (passengers, mail, freight, troops etc.).
  • n. (Canada) A tractor-trailer.
  • n. The system of transporting passengers, etc. in a particular region; the vehicles used in such a system.
  • n. A device that moves recording tape across the read/write heads of a tape recorder or video recorder etc.
  • n. (historical) A deported convict.

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