lit

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /lɪt/ UK /lɪt/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like lith /θ/ vs /t/ Sounds like leet /ɪ/ vs /iː/

Meanings

1

adj
illuminated; (slang) exciting or excellent; past tense of light

The candles were lit and the room glowed warmly.

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Synonyms

1 adj · illuminated; (slang)... illuminated lighted bright aglowkindled

Opposites

darkunlitextinguisheddim

Word family

Related forms light lightingrelit

Etymology

Past tense and past participle of light, from Old English līhtan ('to make light, illuminate'), from lēoht ('light, brightness'). The slang sense 'excellent, exciting' is a 20th–21st-century semantic extension.

līhtan Old English lēoht Old English

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# lit

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /lɪt/
**IPA (UK):** /lɪt/

## Meanings
1. illuminated; (slang) exciting or excellent; past tense of light

## Examples
- The candles were lit and the room glowed warmly.

## Synonyms
- illuminated
- lighted
- bright
- aglow
- kindled

## Antonyms
- dark
- unlit
- extinguished
- dim

## Related Forms
- light
- lighting
- relit

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: līhtan
- Root: lēoht

## Etymology
Past tense and past participle of light, from Old English līhtan ('to make light, illuminate'), from lēoht ('light, brightness'). The slang sense 'excellent, exciting' is a 20th–21st-century semantic extension.

## AI Etymology
Lit has this etymological development: Past tense and past participle of light, from Old English līhtan ('to make light, illuminate'), from lēoht ('light, brightness'). The slang sense 'excellent, exciting' is a 20th–21st-century semantic extension. The etymological trail includes Old English līhtan, Old English lēoht. The same word family includes light, lighting, relit. Its current adjective use means "illuminated; (slang) exciting or excellent; past tense of light".

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Register & Style

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