levity
Roget category 320
3. Words relating to matter› 3.1. Matter in general
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Levity
noun
levity —
lightness
etc.
adj. —
imponderability,
buoyancy,
volatility.
feather,
dust,
mote,
down,
thistle,
down,
flue,
cobweb,
gossamer,
straw,
cork,
bubble,
balloon —
float,
buoy —
ether,
air.
leaven,
ferment,
barm†,
yeast.
lighter-than-air balloon,
helium balloon,
hydrogen balloon,
hot air balloon.
convection,
thermal draft,
thermal.
verb
be light
etc.
adj. —
float,
rise,
swim,
be buoyed up.
render light
etc.
adj. —
lighten,
leaven.
adjective
light,
subtile,
airy —
imponderous†,
imponderable —
astatic†,
weightless,
ethereal,
sublimated —
gossamery —
suberose†,
suberous† —
uncompressed,
volatile —
buoyant,
floating
etc.
v. —
portable.
light as a feather,
light as a thistle,
light as air —
lighter than air —
rise like a balloon,
float like a balloon
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