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lighter-skinned

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

Meaning of light-skinned

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

Questions about lighter-skinned

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

Words near lighter-skinned in the dictionary

  1. lighter screws
  2. lighter-fingered
  3. lighter-footed
  4. lighter-handed
  5. lighter-hearted
  6. lighter-skinned
  7. lighter-than-air
  8. lighter-witted
  9. lighterage
  10. lighterages
  11. lightered

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