lighter

lighter is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One who, or that which, lights; as, a lighter of lamps. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 12 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. One who, or that which, lights; as, a lighter of lamps.
2. noun. A large boat or barge, mainly used in unloading or loading vessels which can not reach the wharves at the place of shipment or delivery.
3. transitive verb. To convey by a lighter, as to or from the shore; as, to lighter the cargo of a ship.
4. noun. a flatbottom boat for carrying heavy loads (especially on canals)

   Synonyms: barge, flatboat, hoy

5. noun. a device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires

   "do you have a light?"

   Synonyms: igniter, ignitor, light

6. noun. a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire

   Synonyms: igniter, ignitor

7. verb. transport in a flatbottom boat

Synonyms

barge, flatboat, hoy, igniter, ignitor, light

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in lighter:

relight, rightle

Common word forms

lighters, lightered, lighterful, lightering

Words from these letters

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