lightest
Most feathery weight
Lightest is the superlative of light—the least heavy, the most pale, or the least intense.
She packed the lightest bag she could manage.
He has the lightest skin in his family.
This is the lightest beer we serve.
In casual speech, lightest can mean least serious or most carefree: She always has the lightest touch with difficult topics.
Boxing class under 126
- weightlessHaving no heft
- buoyantAble to float
- floatyTending to drift upward
- gossamerFilmy, delicate material
wispy · airy · delicate · insubstantial · nimble · dainty · flimsy · slight
Absence of gravitational pull
- microgravityExtremely weak gravitational force
- weightlessnessAbsence of apparent mass
- levitationUnsupported aerial suspension
- buoyancyFluid's upward resistance
freefall · hover · drift · float · suspend · orbit · spacewalk · astronaut
Lightest in shade
- faintestLeast distinct or perceptible
- mildestLeast harsh or extreme
- softestMost yielding to touch
- gentlestMost mild-mannered
slightest · weakest · dimmest · subtlest · minimum · least · lowest · thinnest
Exceeding usual boundaries
- sublimeAwe-inspiring greatness
- celestialOf the sky above
- otherworldlySeemingly not earthly
- spiritualRelating to the soul
incorporeal · intangible · angelic · divine · ghostly · spectral · phantasmal · unearthly
featherweight
Boxing class under 126
- weightlessHaving no heft
- buoyantAble to float
- floatyTending to drift upward
gossamer · wispy · airy · delicate · insubstantial · nimble · dainty · flimsy · slight · tenuous
zero-gravity
Absence of gravitational pull
- microgravityExtremely weak gravitational force
- weightlessnessAbsence of apparent mass
- levitationUnsupported aerial suspension
buoyancy · freefall · hover · drift · float · suspend · orbit · spacewalk · astronaut · antigravity
palest
Lightest in shade
gentlest · slightest · weakest · dimmest · subtlest · minimum · least · lowest · thinnest · finest
transcendent
Exceeding usual boundaries
- sublimeAwe-inspiring greatness
- celestialOf the sky above
- otherworldlySeemingly not earthly
spiritual · incorporeal · intangible · angelic · divine · ghostly · spectral · phantasmal · unearthly · mystical
- extremesbest, worst, biggest, smallest, highest
- rankingsrankings, first, college rankings, second, third
- sports superlativesfastest, strongest, tallest, heaviest, oldest
- superlatives for "barely anyslightest, barest, merest, least, smallest
- grayscalegrayscale, monochrome, black, white, gray
- size wordsbig, small, short, large, huge
- cigarette lighterPortable fire-starting tool
- lighter fluidFlammable liquid for ignition
- lighter than airLess dense than atmosphere
- gas lighterDevice sparking stove flames
lighter, lighted, enlighten, enlightened, enlightening, enlightenment, highlighted