adjadj.allemitting or reflecting light readily or in large amountsAttributes:brightness brightness level light luminance luminosity luminousness
Examples:- the sun was bright and hot
- a bright sunlit room
Antonyms:dull
Derivationally Related Form:brightness
Inherited Hypernyms:bright
Similar to:agleam gleaming nitid aglitter coruscant fulgid glinting glistering glittering glittery scintillant scintillating sparkly aglow lambent lucent luminous ardent beadlike beady buttonlike buttony beaming beamy effulgent radiant refulgent blazing blinding dazzling fulgent glaring glary bright as a new penny brilliant glimmery glistening glossy lustrous sheeny shining shiny iridescent nacreous opalescent opaline pearlescent lurid noctilucent satiny silken silklike silky sleek slick self-luminous shimmery silver silvern silvery twinkling
adj satadj.allhaving strong or striking colorSynset:brilliant vivid
Examples:- bright dress
- brilliant tapestries
- a bird with vivid plumage
Antonyms:colorless
Derivationally Related Form:brightnessbrilliancyvividness
Inherited Hypernyms:bright
Similar to:colorful colourful
adj satadj.allcharacterized by quickness and ease in learningSynset:smart
Examples:- some children are brighter in one subject than another
- smart children talk earlier than the average
Antonyms:unintelligent
Derivationally Related Form:brightnesssmartness
Inherited Hypernyms:bright
Similar to:intelligent
adj satadj.allhaving lots of light either natural or artificialExamples:- the room was bright and airy
- a stage bright with spotlights
Antonyms:dark
Derivationally Related Form:brightness
Inherited Hypernyms:bright
Similar to:light
adj satadj.allmade smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glowSynset:burnished lustrous shining shiny
Examples:- 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
Antonyms:unpolished
Derivationally Related Form:shineshininessbrightness
Inherited Hypernyms:bright
Similar to:polished
adj satadj.allsplendidExamples:- the bright stars of stage and screen
- a bright moment in history
- the bright pageantry of court
Antonyms:inglorious
Inherited Hypernyms:bright
Similar to:glorious
adjadj.allnot made dim or less brightSynset:undimmed
Examples:- undimmed headlights
- surprisingly the curtain started to rise while the houselights were still undimmed
Antonyms:dimmed
Derivationally Related Form:brightness
Inherited Hypernyms:undimmed
adj satadj.allclear and sharp and ringingSynset:brilliant
Examples:- the bright sound of the trumpet section
- the brilliant sound of the trumpets
Antonyms:unreverberant
Derivationally Related Form:brilliancy
Inherited Hypernyms:bright
Similar to:reverberant
adj satadj.allcharacterized by happiness or gladnessExamples:- bright faces
- all the world seems bright and gay
Antonyms:unhappy
Inherited Hypernyms:bright
Similar to:happy
adj satadj.alllikely to turn out well in the futureSynset:hopeful promising
Examples:- had a bright future in publishing
- the scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political career
- a hopeful new singer on Broadway
Antonyms:inauspicious
Derivationally Related Form:brightnesshopefulnesshopeful
Inherited Hypernyms:bright
Similar to:auspicious
advadv.allwith brightnessSynset:brightly brilliantly
Examples:- the stars shone brilliantly
- the windows glowed jewel bright
Pertainyms:brilliantbright
Inherited Hypernyms:brilliantly