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bright > 12 senses
ADJECTIVE1brightEmitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
2bright, brilliant, vividHaving striking color
3bright, smartCharacterized by quickness and ease in learning
4brightHaving lots of light either natural or artificial
5bright, burnished, lustrous, shining, shinyMade smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing
6brightSplendid
7bright, undimmedNot made dim or less bright
8bright, brilliantClear and sharp and ringing
9brightCharacterized by happiness or gladness
10bright, shining, shiny, sunshiny, sunnyAbounding with sunlight
11bright, promisingFull or promise
ADVERB1bright, brilliantly, brightlyWith brightness
bright > pronunciation
Soundsbray't
Rhymesacolyte, airtight, alight, and 175 more rhymes in ayt at the HyperDic website...
bright > adjective 1
MeaningEmitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts.
Examples"the sun was bright and hot"; "a bright sunlit room"
Attribute ofluminosity, brightness, brightness level, luminance, luminousness, light
Similaragleam, gleaming, nitid; aglow, glowing, lambent, lucent, luminous; aglitter, coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkling, sparkly; beady, beadlike, buttony, buttonlike; beaming, beamy, effulgent, radiant, refulgent; blazing, blinding, dazzling, fulgent, glaring, glary; blinking; bright as a new penny; brilliant; ardent; flashing; glimmering, glimmery; glistening, glossy, lustrous, sheeny, shiny, shining; iridescent, nacreous, opalescent, opaline, pearlescent; lurid; noctilucent; shimmery; silver, silvern, silvery; twinkling
See alsopolished
Contrarydull
Adverbsbrightly
bright > adjective 2
MeaningHaving striking color.
Examples"bright greens"
Synonymsbrilliant, vivid
Similar tocolorful, colourful
bright > adjective 3
MeaningCharacterized by quickness and ease in learning.
Examples"some children are brighter in one subject than another"
Synonymssmart
Similar tointelligent
bright > adjective 4
MeaningHaving lots of light either natural or artificial.
Examples"the room was bright and airy"; "a stage bright with spotlights"
Similar tolight
bright > adjective 5
MeaningMade smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing. Reflecting a sheen or glow.
Examples"bright silver candlesticks"
Synonymsburnished, lustrous, shining, shiny
Similar topolished
bright > adjective 6
MeaningSplendid.
Examples"the bright stars of stage and screen"; "a bright moment in history"; "the bright pageantry of court"
Similar toglorious
bright > adjective 7
MeaningNot made dim or less bright.
Synonymsundimmed
Contrarydimmed, dim
bright > adjective 8
MeaningClear and sharp and ringing.
Examples"the bright sound of the trumpet section"
Synonymsbrilliant
Similar toreverberant, ringing
bright > adjective 9
MeaningCharacterized by happiness or gladness.
Examples"bright faces"; "all the world seems bright and gay"
Similar tohappy
bright > adjective 10
MeaningAbounding with sunlight.
Examples"a bright sunny day"
Synonymsshining, shiny, sunshiny, sunny
Similar toclear
bright > adjective 11
MeaningFull or promise.
Examples"had a bright future in publishing"
Synonymspromising
Similar toauspicious
bright > adverb
MeaningWith brightness.
Examples"the windows glowed jewel bright"
Synonymsbrilliantly, brightly

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