alight
Meaning of alight
- descend from a train, bus, or other form of transport.
he was the only passenger to alight from the train
visitors should alight at the Fort Road stop
the conductor alights to push the cable car completely around
Old English ālīhtan, from ā- (as an intensifier) + līhtan ‘descend’ (see light3).
adjective- on fire; burning.
the house was alight when the firemen arrived
flammable liquid was set alight
late Middle English: probably from the phrase on a light (= lighted) fire .
Information about alight
- The plural form of alight is: alights.
- Languages in which alight is used:
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Hyphenation of alight
alight
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- alight is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
alight synonyms
Meaning ablaze:
ablaze, afire, aflame, aflare, blazing, burning, flaming
Meaning light:
Meaning get off a horse, bicycle, or anything that one is riding:
Meaning leave a ship, aircraft, or train:
Meaning move or fall downwards:
Meaning go out of or leave a place:
Meaning leave or cause to leave a train:
Meaning disembark from an aircraft:
Meaning showing rage:
Meaning consisting of fire or burning strongly and brightly:
Meaning provided with light or lighting; illuminated:
Meaning catch fire or cause to catch fire:
alight antonyms
Meaning get on or into (a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle):
Meaning cause (a fire or light) to cease to burn or shine:
Translation of alight
- French: descendre, allumé
- German: aussteigen, leuchtend
- Portuguese: descer, pousar, aceso
- Italian: scendere, acceso
- Spanish: posarse, ardiente, encendido
Words that rhyme with alight
costraight, noncostraight, overstraight, straight, unstraight, upstraight, bight, adight, bedight, benedight, dight, misdight, overdight, undight, Creight, Speight, Weight, affreight, aheight, airfreight, bantamweight, befreight, birthweight, bodyweight, breastheight, catchweight, countersleight, counterweight, cruiserweight, deadweight, downweight, eight, featherweight, flyweight, freight, heavyweight, height, hundredweight, inweight, keight, letterweight, lightweight, liveweight, makeweight, middleweight, outweight, overfreight, overheight, overweight, paperweight