Synonyms for light up
Most common
fire up set on fire kindle torch illuminate enlighten cheer up glow
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Fire — to ignite
fire, fire up, set on fire, kindle, torch, ignite, incense, inflame, enkindle dated, conflagrate rare
2. Illuminate — to illuminate, to bring light to something, to brighten
illuminate, enlighten, light, irradiate formal, lighten, illumine rare, illume formal dated
3. Cheer up — to make happy
cheer up, make someone's day, perk up, exhilarate, happify rare
Definitions
- v. 1
To illuminate, to bring light to something, to brighten.
- v. 2
To ignite.
- v. 3
To make happy.
"It lights me up, make me happy. Sometimes I go home, go in my room and cry with joy,"said Hudson smiling
- v. 4
To start to emit light; to become activated as a light source.
When we cranked up the engine, the fire warning light lit up.
Example sentences
- kindle Will you buy a Kindle, a Nook or a Kobo eReader?
- torch Tom asked Mary if she had a torch he could borrow.
- illuminate The sun started to come out and illuminate the sky.
- enlighten The ray of wisdom must enlighten new horizons.
By length
- 4 letters
- fire2, glow1, tase
- 5 letters
- light1, clear1, torch1, gleam1
- 6 letters
- kindle2, ignite2, illume
- 7 letters
- lighten2, incense2, inflame2, happify
- 8 letters
- brighten2, illumine, enkindle
- 9 letters
- enlighten3, irradiate4
- 10 letters
- illuminate4, exhilarate4
- 11 letters
- conflagrate
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fire2 = 2 syllables).