radiating or reflecting light; luminous; shining: The bright coins shone in the gloom.
filled with light: The room was bright with sunshine.
vivid or brilliant: a bright red dress; bright passages of prose.
quick-witted or intelligent: They gave promotions to bright employees.
clever or witty, as a remark: Bright comments enlivened the conversation.
animated; lively; cheerful: a bright and happy child; a bird's bright song.
characterized by happiness or gladness: All the world seems bright and gay.
favorable or auspicious: bright prospects for the future.
radiant or splendid: the bright pageantry of court.
illustrious or glorious, as an era: the bright days of the Renaissance.
clear or translucent, as liquid: The bright water trickled through his fingers.
having a glossy, glazed, or polished finish.
intensely clear and vibrant in tone or quality; clear and sharp in sound: a bright singing voice.
noun
brights,
the automobile or truck headlights used for driving at night or under conditions of decreased visibility.
the brighter level of intensity of these lights, usually deflected upward by switching on a bulb in the headlamp that strikes the lens at a different angle.
flue-cured, light-hued tobacco.
an artist's paintbrush having short, square-edged bristles.
Archaic. brightness; splendor.
adverb,bright·er,bright·est.
in a bright manner; brightly.
Origin of bright
before 1000; Middle English; Old English breht, beorht; cognate with Gothic bairht(s), Old Saxon ber(a)ht,Old High German beraht,Old Norse bjartr;Welsh berth splendid (<*berkto-); akin to Latin flagrāre to blaze (see flagrant), Albanian (i) bardhë white, Sanskrit bhrājate(it) shines
1. Bright,brilliant,radiant,shining refer to that which gives forth, is filled with, or reflects light. Bright suggests the general idea: bright flare, stars, mirror.Brilliant implies a strong, unusual, or sparkling brightness, often changeful or varied and too strong to be agreeable: brilliant sunlight.Radiant implies the pouring forth of steady rays of light, especially as are agreeable to the eyes: a radiant face.Shining implies giving forth or reflecting a strong or steady light: shining eyes.
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British Dictionary definitions for bright (1 of 2)
bright
/ (braɪt) /
adjective
emitting or reflecting much light; shining
(of colours) intense or vivid
full of promisea bright future
full of animation; cheerfula bright face
informalquick witted or clevera bright child
magnificent; gloriousa bright victory
polished; glisteninga bright finish
(of the voice) distinct and clear
(of a liquid) translucent and cleara circle of bright water
bright and earlyvery early in the morning
noun
a thin flat paintbrush with a straight sharp edge used for highlighting in oil painting
poeticbrightness or splendourthe bright of his armour
adverb
brightlythe fire was burning bright
See also brights
Derived forms of bright
brightly, adverb
Word Origin for bright
Old English beorht; related to Old Norse bjartr, Gothic bairhts clear, Old High German beraht, Norwegian bjerk, Swedish brokig pied
British Dictionary definitions for bright (2 of 2)
Bright
/ (braɪt) /
noun
John . 1811–89, British liberal statesman, economist, and advocate of free trade: with Richard Cobden he led the Anti-Corn-Law League (1838–46)