Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb alight

2 senses of alight

Sense 1
alight, light, perch -- (to come to rest, settle; "Misfortune lighted upon him")
       => land, set down -- (reach or come to rest; "The bird landed on the highest branch"; "The plane landed in Istanbul")

Sense 2
alight, climb down -- (come down; "the birds alighted")
       => descend, fall, go down, come down -- (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again")

Antonyms of adj alight

1 sense of alight

Sense 1
ablaze (predicate), afire (predicate), aflame (predicate), aflare (predicate), alight (predicate), on fire (predicate) -- (lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were aflame"; "a night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight on the tables"; "houses on fire")

INDIRECT (VIA lighted) -> unlighted, unlit -- (not set afire or burning; "the table was bare, the candles unlighted"; "held an unlit cigarette")

Similarity of adj alight

1 sense of alight

Sense 1
ablaze (predicate), afire (predicate), aflame (predicate), aflare (predicate), alight (predicate), on fire (predicate) -- (lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were aflame"; "a night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight on the tables"; "houses on fire")
       => lighted (vs. unlighted), lit -- (set afire or burning; "the lighted candles"; "a lighted cigarette"; "a lit firecracker")