Word.ws English Dictionary

lighter-footed

lighter-footed is the comparative form of light-footed.

Meaning of light-footed

Adjective

light-footed (comparative lighter-footed or more light-footed, superlative lightest-footed or most light-footed)

  1. Fast on one's feet, not plodding; nimble, agile.

Questions about lighter-footed

What is lighter-footed the comparative form of?
Lighter-footed is the comparative form of light-footed.

Words near lighter-footed in the dictionary

  1. lighter fluid
  2. lighter fluids
  3. lighter screw
  4. lighter screws
  5. lighter-fingered
  6. lighter-footed
  7. lighter-handed
  8. lighter-hearted
  9. lighter-skinned
  10. lighter-than-air
  11. lighter-witted

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: lighter-footed (page history and authors); light-footed (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “lighter-footed.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/lighter-footed. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.