light
- adjective
- /laɪt/
- Okasan moved through the rooms as if a ballet dancer: fluid, careful, light on her feet, concentrated in her expression.
- light on one's feet
- light and quick
- a light step
Her sisters beamed, beckoning her to join, and Nesta smiled back, her steps light as she hurried down the hill to meet them.
- Her sisters beamed, beckoning her to join, and Nesta smiled back, her steps light as she hurried down the hill to meet them.
Examples
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Wow, Uncle Max, you sure are light on your feet.
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I feel pretty light on my feet.
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Perhaps the suspect was light on his feet, sir.
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Ross, on the other hand, moved toward his own office with a light step.
Fiction book (1991) -
Boy, you're light on your feet for a big man.
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For a man your size, you're surprisingly light on your feet.
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Hobbits are remarkably light on their feet.
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Her sisters beamed, beckoning her to join, and Nesta smiled back, her steps light as she hurried down the hill to meet them.
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They’ve been pretty light on their feet—a far cry from the sluggish, lumbering brutes we would have expected.
Fiction book (1993) -
At the dance recital, she moved light on her feet, impressing everyone with her grace.
Synonyms
Able to move fast and lightly
Quick to think and find clever answers
Can move quickly and lightly like a dancer
A person or animal that moves easily with a thin, flexible body
Moving easily and gracefully like a dancer
Antonyms
Idioms
To keep your talents or good work hidden instead of showing them to others
To start something that quickly becomes exciting or causes strong debate
Compounds
- Specialized
A constant speed at which light travels in empty space, about 300,000 kilometres per second
A device with red, yellow and green lights that controls cars and people at street intersections
- Specialized
The distance light travels in one year in space, about 9.46 trillion kilometers
A light that flashes to warn people, for example on ambulances or at crossings
- Specialized
A fighter in the weight class between middleweight and heavyweight
- Specialized
A type of light from the sun that you cannot see and that can burn your skin
- Specialized
A red light at the back of a car that comes on when you press the pedal to stop
A red, yellow and green sign on a report or screen that shows a project's status
- Jargon
A quiet feeling of God's presence inside a person that guides their choices
A glass bulb with a thin wire that makes light when electricity passes through it
- Specialized
A small device that makes light when electricity flows through it, for example in traffic lights and screens
- Archaic
A lamp that makes very bright light when electricity jumps between two metal rods
A piece of clear material, like a camera lens, that reduces light passing through it
- Specialized
A tool that uses light and lenses to make tiny things like cells look larger
- Specialized
The amount of light you can see coming from a lamp or the sun in one direction
How Agile
Surface Forms
Etymology
Light meaning quick and graceful movement comes from being 'not heavy' and easy to move. That's why dancers who move well are 'light on their feet'.