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bright Definition

bright (brīt)

adjective

  1. shining with light that is radiated or reflected; full of light
  2. clear or brilliant in color or sound; vivid or intense
  3. lively; vivacious; cheerful a bright smile
  4. mentally quick; smart, clever, witty, etc.
    1. full of happiness or hope a bright outlook on life
    2. favorable; auspicious
  6. glorious or splendid; illustrious

Etymology: ME < OE bryht, earlier beorht < IE base *bher- eg-, to gleam, white > birch, Goth bairhts

adverb

in a bright manner

noun

Informal an automobile's headlights at their brighter, or high-beam, setting

bright Related Forms
bright′ly adverb
Bright Definition

Bright (brīt)

Bright, John 1811-89; Eng. statesman, political economist, & orator

bright Synonyms

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.

bright Usage Examples

Preposition: with

  • sunshine: But the morning was bright with hazy sunshine with the temperature reaching 8.0C.
  • spell: The afternoon was bright with a few sunny spells the sky almost clear by dusk.

Modifying Another Word

  • exceptionally: This could be either due to learning difficulties or because they are considered to be exceptionally bright or gifted children.
  • blindingly: Through a diamond, all medals are counterfeit, Beneath the blindingly bright sky, the earth is invisible.
  • dazzlingly: Even in London the sun, on that summer afternoon, was dazzlingly bright.
  • overly: The LCD screen seems to be overly bright on the model I looked at.
  • incredibly: There is a beautiful, calm, incredibly bright lagoon.

Modifies a noun

  • sunshine: The latter occurred despite 9.7 hours of bright sunshine.
  • sunlight: These flares emit dense clouds of orange smoke, which is easier to see in bright sunlight than a burning red handheld.
  • star: Just try a shot of a bright star for ' proof ' !
  • spark: At this point even the bright spark who had the idea would say: " forget it!
  • light: In the bright light of the lobby, Vulture could see the kid more clearly.
  • color: Various bright colors to be pleasing to your eyes.

Used with adjective complement

  • shine: Married in days of December's cheer, Love's star shines brighter from year to year.
  • burn: What all of these dogs seem to have in common is that they burn so bright before they suddenely become sick.
  • dawn: The day dawned bright, clear and warm, in fact the weather was perfect.
  • look: A gray region surrounded by a dark area looks brighter than the same gray surrounded by a light region.
  • seem: With a wag of their tail, they can make even a lousy day seem brighter.
  • grow: Kairi stared as the glow grew brighter, " What's happening!

Preposition: than

  • sun: They seemed brighter than the sun, which wasn't yet over the Sandia mountains.
Bright Quotes

I have Bright's disease and he has mine, sobbed the panting palooka.

—Perelman, S(ydney) J(oseph)

There was a young lady named Bright Whose speed was far faster than light; She set out one day In a relative way And returned on the previous night.

—Buller, A(rthur) H(enry) Reginald

bright Quotes

Fabulous the insects Stud the air Or walk on running water, Klee-drawn saints And bright as angels are.

—Wilkinson, Anne

Oxus, forgetting the bright speed he had In his high mountain cradle in Pamere, A foiled circuitous wandererötill at last The longed-for dash of waves is heard, and wide His luminous home of waters opens, bright And tranquil, from whose floor the new-bathed stars Emerge, and shine upon the Aral Sea.

—Arnold, Matthew

Than these November skies Is no sky lovelier. The clouds are deep; Into their grey the subtle spies Of colour creep, Changing their high austerity to delight, Till ev'n the leaden interfolds are bright.

—Freeman,John

And not by eastern windows only, When daylight comes, comes in the light, In front the sun climbs slow, how slowly, But westward, look, the land is bright.

—Clough, Arthur Hugh