Word.ws English Dictionary

underlight

underlight noun: illumination from underneath.

Noun

underlight (plural underlights)

  1. Illumination from underneath.
    • But there are some minor underlights beneath the high arm and on the left of the face; these are reflected lights that bounce off nearby parts of the figure itself.1981, Burne Hogarth, Dynamic Light and Shade, page 43
  2. A highlight in an underlayer of a person's hair.

Forms of underlight

pluralunderlights

Origin of underlight

From under- + light.

Questions about underlight

What does underlight mean?
Underlight means illumination from underneath.
What part of speech is underlight?
Underlight is a noun.
What is the plural of underlight?
The plural of underlight is underlights.

Words near underlight in the dictionary

  1. underliest
  2. underlieth
  3. underlieutenant
  4. underlieutenants
  5. underlife
  6. underlight
  7. underlighting
  8. underlights
  9. underlimbed
  10. underlimit
  11. underlimits

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: underlight (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:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-underlight.wav.

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