Light
Light adjective - (of sleep) easily disturbed.
Usage example: a light sleeper
Shallow is a synonym for light in quantity topic. In some cases you can use "Shallow" instead an adjective "Light", when it comes to topics like unsubstantial.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
-
It was designed as a "light battlecruiser," with very light armor, shallow draft, and a very big gun on a single mount, to operate in shallow waters.
Source: Military Mashup Machine - The ultimate message is that both of them are shallow... but Francine's shallowness only briefly comes up and is not portrayed in such a negative light as Stan's.
Source: The Unfair Sex - Light is given one in Back Story when L asks him why he doesn't really seem to like people— at a young age he noticed how shallow, stupid, and unjust people were.
Source: Freudian Excuse / Fanfics
Cite this Source
Shallow and Light. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/light/shallow
Light & Shallow. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/light/shallow>.
Shallow or Light. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/light/shallow.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "light" and "shallow" have occurred on timeline