light
- adjective
- /laɪt/
- Offensive
- Many people labeled her as light after seeing how she flirted at the party.
Examples
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These were the the three women that he was considering and I don't go too much for real light women as a wife.
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He warned his friends not to date her since she seemed like a light woman who had many casual relationships.
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The gossip column often mentioned her for being light and carefree during her time in the city.
Synonyms
Careless about rules and not careful about behavior
Seen by others as willing to have sex without much commitment
Having many short sexual relationships with different people
Showing strong sexual desire that makes others uncomfortable
Having many casual sexual relationships
Having very strong sexual desire
A woman who acts and looks in a way people think is sexually improper or untidy
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 Promiscuous
- NSFW
- NSFW
- Offensive
- Jargon
Surface Forms
Etymology
A helpful way to remember the old use of light for a 'sexually loose' person is to think of 'light' as 'not serious' in behaviour. In older books, a 'light' woman was someone seen as not steady or serious.