| Lighter 1. (n.) One who, or that which, lights; as, a lighter of lamps. 2. (n.) A large boat or barge, mainly used in unloading or loading vessels which can not reach the wharves at the place of shipment or delivery. 3. (v. t.) To convey by a lighter, as to or from the shore; as, to lighter the cargo of a ship. Thesaurus Entries amble, boat, bowl along, bundle, bus, cart, clump, coach, drag, dray, ferry, float, flounce, foot, footslog, halt, haul, hippety-hop, hitch, hobble, hop, jog, jolt, jump, lighter, limp, lumber, lunge, lurch, mince, pace, paddle, peg, piaffe, piaffer, plod, prance, rack, raft, roll, sashay, saunter, scuff, scuffle, scuttle, shamble, ship, shuffle, sidle, single-foot, skip, sled, sledge, slink, slither, slog, slouch, stagger, stalk, stamp, stomp, straddle, straggle, stride, stroll, strut, stumble, stump, swagger, swing, tittup, toddle, totter, traipse, trip, truck, trudge, van, waddle, wagon, wamble, wheelbarrow, wiggle, wobble |