1. Provided with artificial light
   "a brightly lit room";
   - illuminated, lighted, well-lighted
    
2. Set afire or burning
   "a lit firecracker";
   - lighted
    
3. [US, slang] Of the highest quality, skill, etc.; very good or impressive
   "a lit reporter";
   - ace [informal], A-one [informal], crack [informal], first-rate, super, tiptop, topnotch [informal], top-notch [informal], tops [informal], A1 [informal], top-class, gnarly [N. Amer, informal], excellent, first-class, fantabulous [informal], splendid, ripping [Brit, archaic, informal], mean [informal], outstanding, lush [Brit, informal], brilliant, beezer [UK, archaic], stellar [informal], awesome [informal], top-drawer, dope [N. Amer, informal], socko [N. Amer, informal], righteous [US, slang], fab [Brit, informal], crucial [slang], rad [N. Amer, slang], radical [N. Amer, slang], nang [Brit, slang], phat [slang], legit [US, slang], awesomesauce [informal], amazeballs [informal], beaut [Austral, NZ, informal], storming [Brit, informal], blinding [Brit, slang], stonking [Brit, informal], brill [Brit, informal], wicked [slang], cushty [Brit, informal], def [slang], magic [Brit, slang], smokin' [slang], smoking [slang], sick [N. Amer, slang]

1. The humanistic study of a body of literature
   "he took a course in Russian lit";
   - literature

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

Derived forms: litai, lits

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

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

Encyclopedia: Lit, Sweden