see the light

1. 1.

   change for the better

   “The lazy student promised to reform”

   “the habitual cheater finally saw the light”

   Synonymsreformstraighten out

   Broaderbetter

Questions about see the light

What does see the light mean?

see the light means "change for the better".

What is another word for see the light?

Close synonyms include reform, straighten out. 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.