lightsome
Gracefully free-spirited mood
Lightsome means light in a figurative sense—cheerful, buoyant, or carefree: a lightsome spirit, lightsome laughter.
The word is literary and old-fashioned, appearing mostly in poetry and period writing.
A second sense means well-lit or luminous: the lightsome glow of dawn.
Both uses are rare in contemporary speech.
Cheerful and without worry
- blitheCheerfully indifferent
- carefreeFree from anxiety
- merryCheerful and lively
- gayAttracted to same sex
jovial · buoyant · sunny · gleeful · joyous · mirthful · breezy · jaunty
Emitting or reflecting light
- radiantEmitting light or joy
- glowingGiving off steady light
- gleamingReflecting light brightly
- shiningGiving off light
brilliant · sparkling · beaming · illuminated · lustrous · incandescent · effulgent · resplendent
Limber and quick-moving
- spryLively despite years
- livelyAnimated and energetic
- fleetVehicles under unified command
- nimbleQuick and light-moving
quick · swift · sprightly · lithe · deft · adroit · fleet-footed · bouncy
Delicate beyond earthly measure
- gossamerFilmy, delicate material
- floatyTending to drift upward
- featherlightExtremely light, weightless-feeling
- wispyThin and insubstantial
diaphanous · vaporous · billowy · filmy · gauzy · weightless · insubstantial · delicate
lighthearted
Cheerful and without worry
gay · jovial · buoyant · sunny · gleeful · joyous · mirthful · breezy · jaunty · frolicsome
luminous
Emitting or reflecting light
shining · brilliant · sparkling · beaming · illuminated · lustrous · incandescent · effulgent · resplendent · lucent
agile
Limber and quick-moving
nimble · quick · swift · sprightly · lithe · deft · adroit · fleet-footed · bouncy · springy
ethereal
Delicate beyond earthly measure
- gossamerFilmy, delicate material
- floatyTending to drift upward
- featherlightExtremely light, weightless-feeling
wispy · diaphanous · vaporous · billowy · filmy · gauzy · weightless · insubstantial · delicate · translucent
elegant
Gracefully refined, tasteful
willowy · sylphlike · delicate · ethereal · dainty · flowing · lissome · sinuous · effortless · poised