light-blue

1. 1.

   of a light shade of blue

   Synonymspale blue

   Similarchromatic

Questions about light-blue

What does light-blue mean?

light-blue means "of a light shade of blue".

How many syllables are in light-blue?

light-blue has 2 syllables: light--blue. The stress falls on "light-".

What is another word for light-blue?

Close synonyms include pale blue. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is light-blue a common word?

light-blue is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.