/ Thesaurus / L Synonyms of lighten up Find synonyms for: Verb1. lighten, lighten up, buoy up, cheerusage: make more cheerful; "the conversation lightened me up a bit"2. lighten, lighten up, buoy up, cheer, cheer up, chirk upusage: become more cheerful; "after a glass of wine, he lightened up a bit"3. brighten, lighten up, lighten, change, alter, modifyusage: make lighter or brighter; "The paint will brighten the room"4. lighten, lighten up, changeusage: become lighter; "The room lightened up"WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: tenacious Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language