lighten up
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
make more cheerful
the conversation lightened me up a bit
Types & categories
- cheer hypernym
Related & opposite
- weigh down antonym
- buoy up causes
Sense 2 verb
become more cheerful
after a glass of wine, he lightened up a bit
Types & categories
- chirk up hypernym
Sense 3 verb
make lighter or brighter
The paint will brighten the room
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- darken antonym
Sense 4 verb
become lighter
The room lightened up
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- darken antonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | weigh down |
| 1 | causes | Related & opposite | buoy up |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | cheer |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | chirk up |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | darken |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | darken |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | irradiate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | light |