Home › Words › M › maglitemaglitemaglite means A kind of flashlight with a variable-focus beam.EtymologyMaglica (“the company founder's surname”) + lightnounA kind of flashlight with a variable-focus beam.e.g.“Had the guards seen the flash of their Maglites in the office? It didn't matter. What did matter was getting the hell out of here in one piece.” — 2006, Lindsay McKenna, Sisters of the Ark Trilogy, page 153:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.penlight 63% match — A small torch or flashlight that resembles a fountain pen. vs maglite →searchlight 59% match — A light source that projects a bright beam of light in any direction, generally for military use. vs maglite →microflash 57% match — A flash of extremely short duration. vs maglite →flashtube 54% match — Synonym of flashlamp. vs maglite →handlamp 54% match — A small lamp carried in the hand. vs maglite →booklight 54% match — A small clip-on light, usually battery-powered, used for reading books in the dark vs maglite →minibeam 53% match — A small (narrow) beam vs maglite →torchlight 52% match — The dim light produced by a burning torch. vs maglite →