candlelit

Examples

• All

• The couple has just finished a candlelit dinner.

  Fiction book (1993)

• We'll have a nice, romantic, candlelit dinner.

  Alpha Wolf (2018)

• "I suggest a candlelit dinner once a week...

  Panic (2000)

• Still there was a candlelit dinner set for two- which he just happened to have prepared.

  Insane (2010)

• All of us sit quietly in a candlelit room.

  Blog text (21)

• A beautiful, candlelit, food-laden table has been set up in the middle of the room.

  Fiction book (1990)

• "And now, John," said Harry, "what would you like to drink?" They ate indoors, sitting around the long, candlelit table.

  Fiction book (1998)

• As Glenn Miller plays softly in a candlelit room, I watch as she gradually gives in to the feelings inside her.

  Fiction book (1996)

• In a candlelit dining room, Meyer Lansky sits opposite Anna, a girl of curiously old-fashioned appearance.

  Fiction book (1991)

• They enjoyed a romantic candlelit dinner by the fireplace on their anniversary.

Synonyms

F

firelit

vscandlelit

1 4.6

Lit by the light of a fire

is bright specifically from small wax flames rather than large fires

L

lighted

vscandlelit

1.0

Burning and producing a flame

is bright specifically from small wax flames rather than any ignition source

L

lit

vscandlelit

1.0

Having enough light to see easily

is bright because of small wax flames rather than any light source

I

illuminated

vscandlelit

4.2

Lit up by electric lights so it can be seen at night

is bright because of small wax flames rather than artificial lighting

Antonyms

D

dark

∞ 1.0

With little or no light and not bright

How Bright

bright

459 1.0

well-lighted

7 2.6

lamplit

7.9

candlelit

5 3.3

dim

62 1.0

dark

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology