lightening Synonym

chill, ice, solidify, harden, congeal, frost, refrigerate, cool, stiffen, crystallize, immobilize, paralyze, numb, preserve, deep-freeze, frost over, turn to ice, become solid, become rigid, become hard, become stiff, become immobile, become paralyzed, become numb, become frozen, become icy, become chilled, become cold, become frosty, become refrigerated, become congealed, become crystallized, become preserved, become deep-frozen, become frosted, become iced, become solidified, become hardened, become stiffened, become immobilized, become numbed [x]

decrease, diminish, reduce, lessen, drop, fall, wane, dwindle, deteriorate, weaken, sink, ebb, fade, recede, subside, abate, slump, plummet, descend, degrade, regress, degenerate, lapse, tail off, taper off, wither, shrink, contract, curtail, lower, depreciate, diminish in value, go down, go downhill, go south, go to pot, go to the dogs, go to seed, lose ground, lose strength, lose value, peter out, run down, waste away, wilt, worsen, yield [x]

flood, inundation, torrent, overflow, surge, spate, downpour, cataclysm, cascade, avalanche, barrage [x]

salute, greet, acclaim, applaud, honor, praise, welcome, cheer, extol, laud, acknowledge, commend, recognize, celebrate, glorify, exalt, pay tribute to, pay homage to, sing the praises of, give a standing ovation to, shout out to, toast, compliment, eulogize, lionize, magnify, revere, venerate, idolize, worship, adulate, bless, thank, appreciate, respect, admire, honorific, ovation, tribute, homage, panegyric, encomium, plaudit, kudos, approbation, acclamation, hurrah, bravo, huzzah [x]

saluting, greeting, acknowledging, waving, signaling, beckoning, summoning, calling, addressing, acclaiming, applauding, cheering, honoring, lauding, praising, recognizing, welcoming [x]

sunshine, brightness, radiance, luminosity, brilliance, light, glow gleam, shimmer, sparkle, effulgence, incandescence, daylight, daylightness [x]

warmth, high temperature, hotness, swelter [x]

icy, frosty, glacial, frigid, chilly, cold, arctic, wintry, gelid, nippy, polar, bitter, raw, biting, subzero, ice-cold, bone-chilling, chill, frozen, icebound, perishing, Siberian, shivery, hypothermic, numbing, penetrating, sharp, cutting, brisk, cool, crisp [x]

suffocating, oppressive, smothering, constricting, choking, stultifying, airless, muggy, humid, sweltering, stifled, repressive, suffocative, close, stuffy, heavy, thick, unventilated, breathless, claustrophobic, confining, restrictive, limiting, suppressive, deadening, enervating, debilitating, exhausting, tiring, wearying, fatiguing, draining, enfeebling, weakening, incapacitating, paralyzing, numbing, stifling-hot, torrid, scorching, boiling, baking, broiling, roasting, blistering, searing, sultry, torrid-hot, oppressive-hot [x]

soak, saturate, wet, immerse, inundate, deluge, flood, swamp, submerge, steep, bathe, douse, souse, moisten, waterlog, dampen, wash, sprinkle, splash, hose down [x]

scorching, sweltering, boiling, blistering, searing, burning, fiery, sizzling, broiling, roasting, sultry, hot, intense, fervent, red-hot, torrential, blazing, heated, tropical, parching, arid, scorching-hot, white-hot, scalding, steaming, stifling, oppressive, suffocating, muggy, humid, sticky, steamy, feverish, torrid-hot, torrid-weather, torrid-heat, torrid-climate, torrid-zone, torrid-temperature, torrid-sun, torrid-air, torrid-wind, torrid-day, torrid-night, torrid-season, torrid-period, torrid-summer, torrid-afternoon, torrid-morning, torrid-evening [x]

saturate, soak, drench, flood, swamp, inundate, immerse, submerge, deluge, drown [x]

chill, frigidity, frostiness, iciness, coolness, aloness, detachment, indifference, reserve, unfriendliness, remoteness, insensitivity, apathy, dispassion, unemotionality, cold-heartedness, unresponsiveness, unfeelingness, heartlessness, inhospitality, inhospitableness, unapproachability, standoffishness, austerity, severity, sternness, harshness, rigidity, formality, impassiveness, impassivity, numbness, torpidity, torpor, gelidity, glacialness, wintriness, arcticness, polarness, hyperborealness, cryogenicness, gelidness, nippiness, rawness, sharpness, snappiness, crispness, briskness [x]

bright, radiant, shining, luminous, clear, sunny, sunlit, sunshiny, brilliant, dazzling, glowing, beaming, gleaming, sparkling, effulgent, resplendent, lustrous, incandescent [x]

coldness, chilliness, frigidity, iciness, frostiness, coolness [x]