bright

bright

modif.

1. Shining

   shiny, shining, gleaming, glittering, luminous, lustrous, burnished, polished, sparkling, brilliant, dazzling, radiant, light, lit up, lighted, illuminated, full of light, glowing, mirrorlike, limpid, flashing, scintillating, coruscating, shimmering, incandescent, effulgent, fulgent, twinkling, illumined, relucent, argent, golden, nitid, silvery, lambent, refulgent, irradiated, glistening, glossy, auroral, burning, blazing, glaring, blinding, beaming, glimmering, splendid, resplendent, alight, aglow, ablaze, flamelike, moonlit, sunlit, starlit, lamplit, candlelit, floodlit, on fire, phosphorescent, luminescent.

   Antonyms dim, dull*, clouded, opaque. *

2. Vivid

   colored, colorful, tinted, vivid, intense, deep, sharp, rich, brilliant, gay, gorgeous, exotic, tinged, hued, touched with color, fresh, clear, florid, ruddy, bright-colored, full-colored, deep-colored, rich-colored, high-colored, fluorescent, Day-Glo (trademark), psychedelic.

3. Intelligent

   clever, quick, alert, quick-witted; see able 1, intelligent 1.

4. Not rainy

   clear, sunny, cloudless; see fair 3.

5. Cheerful

   lively, vivacious, sunny, radiant; see happy 1.

6. Splendid

   famous, illustrious, eminent; see glorious 1.

7. Promising

   auspicious, favorable, propitious; see hopeful 2.

bright, the most general term here, is applied to that which gives forth, reflects, or is filled with light a bright day, star, shield, etc.; radiant emphasizes the actual or apparent emission of rays of light; shining implies a steady, continuous brightness the shining sun; brilliant implies intense or flashing brightness brilliant sunlight, brilliant diamonds; luminous is applied to objects that are full of light or give off reflected or phosphorescent light; lustrous is applied to objects whose surfaces gleam by reflected light and emphasizes gloss or sheen lustrous silk See also syn. study at intelligent.