Meaning & use
Lightener
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A substance or product used to make something lighter in color or weight.
See it in a sentence
She applied a hair lightener to create subtle blond streaks.
The recipe calls for a small amount of coffee lightener instead of cream.
A note on using this word
The word is a straightforward agent noun formed from "lighten" plus "-er," and it's most common in beauty and cosmetics contexts.
Words with a similar meaning
bleachwhitener
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Words with an opposite meaning
darkener
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