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light-skinned

light-skinned adjective: having light-colored skin.

Adjective

light-skinned (comparative lighter-skinned, superlative lightest-skinned)

  1. Having light-colored skin.
  2. Of a black person, having relatively light-colored skin.
    • The other one was Creole-looking, a light-skinned black guy with pointy cheekbones and nappy hair.1987, Elmore Leonard, Bandits, page 56
    Antonyms:
    dark-skinned

Antonyms of light-skinned

Forms of light-skinned

comparativelighter-skinned
superlativelightest-skinned
alternative formlightskinned

Questions about light-skinned

What does light-skinned mean?
Light-skinned means having light-colored skin.
What part of speech is light-skinned?
Light-skinned is an adjective.

Words near light-skinned in the dictionary

  1. light-sensitive
  2. light-ship
  3. light-ships
  4. light-shot
  5. light-skin
  6. light-skinned
  7. light-skins
  8. light-skirt
  9. light-skirts
  10. light-spirited
  11. light-struck

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