1. Provided with artificial light
   "looked up at the lighted windows"; "a well-lighted stairwell";
   - illuminated, lit, well-lighted
    
2. Set afire or burning
   "the lighted candles"; "a lighted cigarette";
   - lit

1. Introduce light into
   "The morning sun lit up the room";
   - illume [archaic], illumine, light up, illuminate
    
2. Begin to smoke
   "After the meal, some of the diners lit up";
   - light up, fire up
    
3. Cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat
   "Light a cigarette";
   - ignite
    
4. Start or maintain a fire in
   "light the furnace";
   - fire, ignite
    
5. To come to rest, settle
   "The bird lit on the branch";
   - alight, perch
    
6. Be allotted to somebody by assignment or as part of their role
   "The difficult task lit upon the newest employee";
   - fall
    
7. (riding) alight from (a horse)
   "The rider lightd at the corner";
   - dismount, get off, get down, demount

See also: ablaze, afire [literary], aflame, aflare [rare], alight, burning, enkindled, ignited, in flames, kindled, light, on fire

Type of: begin, burn, combust, come down, commence, descend, devolve, fall, go down, land, lead off, lighten, lighten up, pass, return, set down, start

Antonym: unlighted

Encyclopedia: Light, Rapid, Comfortable