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Showing words for ALIGHT using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Alight

alight

5 Letter Words for Alight

laigh, laith, lathi, light, tahil, thagi

4 Letter Words for Alight

agit, aith, atli, gail, gait, gali, galt, gath, ghat, gila, gilt, gith, glia, glit, hagi, hail, hait, halt, hila, hilt, ilth, ital, lait, lath, lati, lgth, lith, taig, tail, tali, thai, thig

3 Letter Words for Alight

agt, ahi, ail, ait, alg, alt, gal, gat, git, glt, hag, hat, hgt, hia, hit, ita, lag, lah, lai, lat, lig, lit, tag, tai, tal, tha, tig, til

Definitions for Alight

[1] to dismount from a horse, descend from a vehicle, etc.
[2] to settle or stay after descending: The bird alighted on the tree.
[3] to encounter or notice something accidentally.
[4] provided with light; lighted up.
[5] on fire; burning.
[6] (usually foll by from) to step out (of) or get down (from) to alight from a taxi
[7] to come to rest; settle; land a thrush alighted on the wall
[8] burning; on fire
[9] illuminated; lit up

Words related to Alight

disembark, descend, perch, light, settle, dismount, debark

Words nearby Alight

alienist, alienor, alif, aliform, aligarh, alight, alighting gear, align, aligning punch, alignment, alignment chart

Origin of Alight

2before 1000; now taken as a-1 + light1; orig. past participle of alight to light up (Middle English alihten, Old English onlīhtan, equivalent to on a-1 + līhtan to light1)

Word origin for Alight

Old English ālīht lit up, from ālīhtan to light up; see light 1

Synonyms for Alight

descend, disembark, get off, perch, touch down, debark, dismount, light, settle, come down