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| 1. | [ adjective ] emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts | |
| Examples: | "the sun was bright and hot" "a bright sunlit room" |
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| Related terms: | dull aglitter aglitter aglow silver blazing agleam beaming brilliant glistening lurid shining shimmering twinkling beady flashing blinking iridescent shining noctilucent ardent bright_as_a_new_penny glimmering luminosity | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] (color) having striking color | |
| Synonyms: | brilliant vivid | |
| Examples: | "bright greens" "brilliant tapestries" "a bird with vivid plumage" |
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| Related terms: | colorful | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] characterized by quickness and ease in learning | |
| Synonyms: | smart | |
| Examples: | "some children are brighter in one subject than another" "smart children talk earlier than the average" |
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| Related terms: | intelligent | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] having lots of light either natural or artificial | |
| Examples: | "the room was bright and airy" "a stage bright with spotlights" |
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| Related terms: | light | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow | |
| Synonyms: | lustrous shining shiny burnished | |
| Examples: | "bright silver candlesticks" "a burnished brass knocker" "she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves" "rows of shining glasses" "shiny black patents" |
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| Related terms: | polished | |
| 6. | [ adverb ] with brightness | |
| Synonyms: | brilliantly brightly | |
| Examples: | "the stars shone brilliantly" "the windows glowed jewel bright" |
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| Related terms: | brilliant brilliant | |
| 7. | [ adjective ] splendid | |
| Examples: | "the bright stars of stage and screen" "a bright moment in history" "the bright pageantry of court" |
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| Related terms: | glorious | |
| 8. | [ adjective ] characterized by happiness or gladness | |
| Examples: | "bright faces" "all the world seems bright and gay" |
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| Related terms: | happy | |
| 9. | [ adjective ] clear and sharp and ringing | |
| Synonyms: | brilliant | |
| Examples: | "the bright sound of the trumpet section" "the brilliant sound of the trumpets" |
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| Related terms: | reverberant | |
| 10. | [ adjective ] not made dim or less bright | |
| Synonyms: | undimmed | |
| Examples: | "undimmed headlights" "surprisingly the curtain started to rise while the houselights were still undimmed" |
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| Related terms: | dimmed | |
| 11. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 915 | |
| 12. | [ adjective ] abounding with sunlight | |
| Synonyms: | sunny sunshiny shiny shining | |
| Examples: | "a bright sunny day" "one shining morning"- John Muir "when it is warm and shiny" |
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| Related terms: | clear | |
| 13. | [ adjective ] full or promise | |
| Synonyms: | promising | |
| Examples: | "had a bright future in publishing" "the scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political career" |
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| Related terms: | auspicious | |
| Similar spelling: |
Brighton brightly brighten Brightman Broughton Brigit brecht Bracht Brigitte Brigette Brust Brost Brigid brest bract |
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