Lighten
Point
Point verb - Be a signal for or a symptom of.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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My point is people need to lighten up, they need to stop overthinking everything.
Source: Rhetorical Question Blunder - To lighten the mood a bit and entertain younger viewers, the movie focuses at one point on Kate's pet dinosaur playing around with some fireflies and doing silly things.
Source: Cut To The Funny - The point being that this is stuff they inherited or bought while they were wealthy (thanks to a rich aunt who doesn't want to send money any more), and the father just isn't willing to sell any of it to help lighten the upkeep.
Source: Pottery Barn Poor
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Point and Lighten. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/lighten/point
Lighten & Point. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/lighten/point>.
Point or Lighten. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/lighten/point.
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