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Defenition of the word alight

    • Defenition of the word alight

      • To get down from or out of a vehicle.
      • To settle or stay after descending.
      • Lighted up by or as by fire or flame.
      • lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were aflame"; "a night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight on the tables"; "blazing logs in the fireplace"; "a burning cigarette"; "a flaming crackling fire"; "houses on fire"
      • come down, as of a bird
      • to come to rest, settle: "Misfortune lighted upon him."
      • come down; "the birds alighted"
      • to come to rest, settle; "Misfortune lighted upon him"
      • come down
      • to come to rest, settle
      • lighted up by or as by fire or flame

    Synonyms for the word alight

      • ablaze
      • afire
      • aflame
      • aflare
      • blazing
      • burning
      • climb down
      • descend
      • dismount
      • flaming
      • get off
      • get out of
      • in flames
      • land
      • light
      • on fire
      • perch
      • rest
      • settle
      • stop

    Similar words in the alight

      • alight
      • alighted
      • alighting
      • alights
      • lighted
      • lit

    Hypernyms for the word alight

      • come down
      • descend
      • fall
      • go down
      • land
      • set down

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