bright
1. emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts (Freq. 16)
- the sun was bright and hot
- a bright sunlit room
• Ant:
dull
• Similar to:
agleam, gleaming, nitid, aglow, lambent,
lucent, luminous, aglitter, coruscant, fulgid, glinting,
glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly,
beady, beadlike, buttony, buttonlike, beaming, beamy,
effulgent, radiant, refulgent, blazing, blinding, dazzling,
fulgent, glaring, glary, bright as a new penny, brilliant, ardent,
glimmery, glistening, glossy, lustrous, sheeny, shiny,
shining, iridescent, nacreous, opalescent, opaline, pearlescent,
lurid, noctilucent, satiny, sleek, silken, silky,
silklike, slick, self-luminous, shimmery, silver, silvern,
silvery, twinkling
• Derivationally related forms:
brightness
• Attrubites:
luminosity, brightness, brightness level, luminance, luminousness, light
2. having striking color (Freq. 6)
- bright dress
- brilliant tapestries
- a bird with vivid plumage
• Syn:
brilliant, vivid
• Similar to:
colorful, colourful
• Derivationally related forms:
vividness (for: vivid), brilliancy (for: brilliant), brightness
3. characterized by quickness and ease in learning (Freq. 5)
- some children are brighter in one subject than another
- smart children talk earlier than the average
• Syn:
smart
• Similar to:
intelligent
• Derivationally related forms:
smartness (for: smart), brightness
4. having lots of light either natural or artificial (Freq. 3)
- the room was bright and airy
- a stage bright with spotlights
• Similar to:
light
• Derivationally related forms:
brightness
5. made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing;
reflecting a sheen or glow (Freq. 1)
- 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
• Syn:
burnished, lustrous, shining, shiny
• Similar to:
polished
• Derivationally related forms:
shine (for: shiny), shininess (for: shiny), brightness
6. splendid (Freq. 1)
- the bright stars of stage and screen
- a bright moment in history
- the bright pageantry of court
• Similar to:
glorious
7. not made dim or less bright
- undimmed headlights
- surprisingly the curtain started to rise while the houselights were still undimmed
• Syn:
undimmed
• Ant:
dimmed (for: undimmed)
• Derivationally related forms:
brightness
8. clear and sharp and ringing
- the bright sound of the trumpet section
- the brilliant sound of the trumpets
• Syn:
brilliant
• Similar to:
reverberant
• Derivationally related forms:
brilliancy (for: brilliant)
9. characterized by happiness or gladness
- bright faces
- all the world seems bright and gay
• Similar to:
happy
10. full or promise
- had a bright future in publishing
- the scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political career
- a hopeful new singer on Broadway
• Syn:
hopeful, promising
• Similar to:
auspicious
• Derivationally related forms:
hopeful (for: hopeful), hopefulness (for: hopeful), brightness
with brightness (Freq. 1)
- the stars shone brilliantly
- the windows glowed jewel bright
• Syn:
brilliantly, brightly
• Derived from adjective:
bright (for: brightly), brilliant (for: brilliantly)
|
|
