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- [lahyt hed-id]
- /laɪt ˈhɛd ɪd/
- /laɪt ˈhed.ɪd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [lahyt hed-id]
- /laɪt ˈhɛd ɪd/
Definitions of light-headed word
- adjective light-headed giddy, dizzy, or delirious: After two drinks Pat began to feel lightheaded. 1
- adjective light-headed having or showing a frivolous or volatile disposition; thoughtless: lightheaded persons. 1
- adjective light-headed If you feel light-headed, you feel rather unsteady and strange, for example because you are ill or because you have drunk too much alcohol. 0
- adjective light-headed frivolous in disposition or behaviour 0
- adjective light-headed giddy; feeling faint or slightly delirious 0
- adjective light-headed Alternative spelling of lightheaded. 0
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Origin of light-headed
First appearance:
before 1530 One of the 29% oldest English words
First recorded in 1530-40; light2 + head + -ed3
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Light-headed
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
light-headed popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 59% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
Synonyms for light-headed
adj light-headed
- birdbrained — a stupid, foolish, or scatterbrained person.
- dizzy — having a sensation of whirling and a tendency to fall; giddy; vertiginous.
- lightheaded — giddy, dizzy, or delirious: After two drinks Pat began to feel lightheaded.
noun light-headed
- disequilibrium — lack of equilibrium; imbalance.
- dizziness — having a sensation of whirling and a tendency to fall; giddy; vertiginous.
- faintness — lacking brightness, vividness, clearness, loudness, strength, etc.: a faint light; a faint color; a faint sound.
- gauze — any thin and often transparent fabric made from any fiber in a plain or leno weave.
- giddiness — affected with vertigo; dizzy.
adverb light-headed
adjective light-headed
- woozy — stupidly confused; muddled: woozy from a blow on the head.
See also
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