bright
adjective
1. emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
- the sun was bright and hot
- a bright sunlit room
Similar word(s): agleam, gleaming, nitid, aglow, lambent, lucent, luminous, aglitter, coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly, beadlike, beady, buttonlike, buttony, beaming, beamy, effulgent, radiant, refulgent, blazing, blinding, dazzling, fulgent, glaring, glary, brilliant, ardent, glimmery, glistening, glossy, lustrous, shining, shiny, iridescent, nacreous, opalescent, opaline, pearlescent, lurid, noctilucent, satiny, silken, silklike, silky, sleek, slick, shimmery, silver, silvern, silvery, twinkling
2. having strong or striking color
- bright dress
Similar word(s): colorful, colourful, brilliant, vivid
3. characterized by quickness and ease in learning
- some children are brighter in one subject than another
Similar word(s): intelligent, smart
4. having lots of light either natural or artificial
- the room was bright and airy
- a stage bright with spotlights
Similar word(s): light
5. made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow
- bright silver candlesticks
Similar word(s): polished, burnished, lustrous, shining, shiny
6. splendid
- the bright stars of stage and screen
- a bright moment in history
- the bright pageantry of court
Similar word(s): glorious
7. not made dim or less bright
Similar word(s): undimmed
8. clear and sharp and ringing
- the bright sound of the trumpet section
Similar word(s): reverberant, brilliant
9. characterized by happiness or gladness
- bright faces
- all the world seems bright and gay
Similar word(s): happy
10. likely to turn out well in the future
- had a bright future in publishing
Similar word(s): auspicious, hopeful, promising
Sentences with bright as an adjective:
- Could you please dim the light? It's far too bright.
- He's very bright. He was able to solve the problem without my help.
- The orange and blue walls of the sitting room were much brighter than the dull grey walls of the kitchen.
- I woke up today feeling so bright that I decided to have a little dance.
noun
1. An artist's brush used in oil and acrylic painting with a long ferrule and a flat, somewhat tapering bristle head.
2. (obsolete) splendour; brightness
3. (neologism) A person with a naturalistic worldview with no supernatural or mystical elements.
4. (US, in the plural) The high-beam intensity of motor vehicle headlamps.
- Your brights are on.