Lightie

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of lighty (“young man; boy”). South-Africa, alt-of, alternative, slang
  2. 2
    A black person with relatively light-coloured skin. informal

    "I looked up into that giant's eyes and while I saw curiosity there, I didn't see the anger and hatred I had seen in so many eyes of the black people as they looked down on a lightie."

Synonyms

All synonyms
illuminatedinlightedlightedlitluminous

Example

More examples

"I looked up into that giant's eyes and while I saw curiosity there, I didn't see the anger and hatred I had seen in so many eyes of the black people as they looked down on a lightie."

Etymology

From light + -ie.

More for "lightie"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.