light-haired

1. 1.

   being or having light colored skin and hair and usually blue or grey eyes

   “blond Scandinavians”

   “a house full of light-haired children”

   Synonymsblondblonde

   Similarash-blondefairflaxennordicredheaded

Questions about light-haired

What does light-haired mean?

light-haired means "being or having light colored skin and hair and usually blue or grey eyes".

How many syllables are in light-haired?

light-haired has 2 syllables: ligh-t-haired. The stress falls on "ligh".

What is another word for light-haired?

Close synonyms include blond, blonde. 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-haired a common word?

light-haired 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.