lightest

Adjective (1)

light (comparative lighter, superlative lightest)

1. Having light; bright; clear; not dark or obscure.
   • The room is light when the Sun shines through the window.

   Synonyms:

   bright, lightful

2. Pale or whitish in color; highly luminous and more or less deficient in chroma.
   • She had light skin.

   Synonyms:

   pale

3. Served with extra milk or cream.
   • Do you want your coffee light or black? -I like mine light.

   Synonyms:

   white

Adjective (2)

light (comparative lighter, superlative lightest)

1. Having little or relatively little actual weight; not heavy; not cumbrous or unwieldy.
   • a light load ; a lighter backpack after having removed the books ; light weapons
2. Having little weight as compared with bulk; of little density or specific gravity.
   • feathers and cork are light ; oil is lighter than water

   Synonyms:

   unheavy

3. Of short or insufficient weight; weighing less than the legal, standard, or proper amount; clipped or diminished.
   • to issue light coin

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