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Bright Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Bright? [adv] with brightness; "the stars shone brilliantly"; "the windows glowed jewel bright" [adj] full or promise; "had a bright future in publishing"; "the scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political career" [adj] having lots of light either natural or artificial; "the room was bright and airy"; "a stage bright with spotlights" [adj] emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts; "the sun was bright and hot"; "a bright sunlit room" [adj] not made dim or less bright; "undimmed headlights"; "surprisingly the curtain started to rise while the houselights were still undimmed" [adj] having striking color; "bright greens"; "brilliant tapestries"; "a bird with vivid plumage" [adj] abounding with sunlight; "a bright sunny day"; "one shining norming"- John Muir; "when it is warm and shiny" [adj] splendid; "the bright stars of stage and screen"; "a bright moment in history"; "the bright pageantry of court" [adj] characterized by happiness or gladness; "bright faces"; "all the world seems bright and gay" [adj] characterized by quickness and ease in learning; "some children are brighter in one subject than another"; "smart children talk earlier than the average" [adj] made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; "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" [adj] clear and sharp and ringing; "the bright sound of the trumpet section"; "the brilliant sound of the trumpets" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Bright: agleam \| aglitter(p) \| aglow(p) \| ardent \| auspicious \| beadlike \| beady \| beaming \| beamy \| blazing \| blinding \| blinking \| bright as a new penny(p) \| brightly \| brilliant \| brilliantly \| burnished \| buttonlike \| buttony \| clear \| colorful \| colourful \| coruscant \| dazzling \| effulgent \| flashing \| fulgent \| fulgid \| glaring \| glary \| gleaming \| glimmering \| glimmery \| glinting \| glistening \| glistering \| glittering \| glittery \| glorious \| glossy \| glowing \| happy \| intelligent \| iridescent \| lambent \| light \| lucent \| luminous \| lurid \| lustrous \| nacreous \| nitid \| noctilucent \| opalescent \| opaline \| pearlescent \| polished \| promising \| radiant \| refulgent \| reverberant \| ringing \| scintillant \| scintillating \| sheeny \| shimmering(a) \| shimmery \| shining \| shiny \| silver \| silvern \| silvery \| smart \| sparkling(a) \| sparkly \| sunny \| sunshiny \| twinkling(a) \| undimmed \| vivid Related Terms \| Find terms related to Bright: adroit \| advanced \| agile \| aglow \| alert \| alight \| alive \| animate \| animated \| apt \| astute \| attentive \| auspicious \| awake \| balmy \| beaming \| bedazzling \| benign \| benignant \| blazing \| bleached \| blinding \| blithe \| blithesome \| blooming \| brainy \| brave \| bright and shining \| bright and sunny \| bright-hued \| brilliant \| burning \| burnished \| cant \| charismatic \| cheerful \| cheery \| chiliastic \| clean \| cleanly \| clear \| clever \| cloudless \| colorful \| colory \| conceptive \| conceptual \| coruscating \| couleur de rose \| dainty \| dazzling \| deep-colored \| devastating \| dexter \| dexterous \| dirt-free \| discursive \| distinguished \| divine \| docile \| educable \| effulgent \| elated \| eupeptic \| euphoric \| exalted \| exhilarated \| exotic \| exuberant \| facile \| fair \| fastidious \| favorable \| favoring \| flamboyant \| flaming \| flashing \| fluorescent \| flushed \| formable \| fortunate \| fresh \| fulgent \| fulgid \| full of promise \| garish \| gay \| gay-colored \| genial \| gifted \| glad \| gladsome \| glamorous \| glaring \| glary \| gleaming \| glistening \| glittering \| glorious \| glossy \| glowing \| golden \| good \| gorgeous \| halcyon \| happy \| harmless \| heavenly \| high \| high-colored \| hopeful \| ideational \| illuminated \| illustrious \| immaculate \| impressionable \| in good spirits \| in high spirits \| incandescent \| ingenious \| instructable \| intellectual \| intelligent \| intense \| inviolate \| irrepressible \| keen \| keen-witted \| killing \| knowing \| kosher \| lambent \| laughing \| Leibnizian \| light \| lighted \| lively \| lucent \| lucid \| lucky \| luminous \| lustrous \| magic \| magnificent \| malleable \| mild \| millenarian \| millennialistic \| mint \| moldable \| motivated \| nimble \| nimble-witted \| no dumbbell \| noetic \| nonpolluted \| not born yesterday \| not so dumb \| numinous \| of cleanly habits \| of good cheer \| of good omen \| of happy portent \| of promise \| on the \| on the alert \| on the ball \| on the job \| optimistic \| outstanding \| perfectibilitarian \| perfectionist \| plastic \| pleasant \| pliable \| polished \| precocious \| pristine \| promising \| prompt \| propitious \| prosperous \| pure \| qui vive \| quick \| quick-thinking \| quick-witted \| radiant \| rational \| raving \| ravishing \| ready \| reasonable \| receptive \| refulgent \| resplendent \| riant \| rich \| rich-colored \| ripe for instruction \| ritually pure \| roseate \| rose-colored \| rosy \| sane \| sanguine \| sanguineous \| Saturnian \| scatheless \| schoolable \| scintillating \| sensible \| sharp \| sharp-witted \| shimmering \| shining \| shiny \| sleepless \| smart \| smiling \| smut-free \| smutless \| sophic \| sparkling \| spirited \| splendent \| splendid \| splendorous \| splendrous \| spotless \| sprightly \| stainless \| steel-trap \| strong-minded \| stunning \| sublime \| sunny \| sunshiny \| susceptible \| sweet \| tahar \| talented \| teachable \| thirsty for knowledge \| trainable \| tubbed \| unadulterated \| unbesmirched \| unblemished \| unblinking \| unblotted \| unbroken \| unbruised \| unclouded \| undamaged \| undefaced \| undefiled \| undeformed \| undemolished \| understanding \| undestroyed \| undimmed \| unfaded \| unharmed \| unhurt \| unimpaired \| uninjured \| unmaimed \| unmangled \| unmarked \| unmarred \| unmuddied \| unnodding \| unpolluted \| unscarred \| unscathed \| unscratched \| unshattered \| unsleeping \| unsmirched \| unsmudged \| unsoiled \| unspoiled \| unspotted \| unstained \| unsullied \| untainted \| untarnished \| untorn \| untouched \| unwinking \| unwithered \| unworn \| upbeat \| utopian \| virgin \| vivacious \| vivid \| wakeful \| well-scrubbed \| well-washed \| white \| whitened \| wide-awake \| willing \| winsome \| witty See Also \| Bright In Webster's Dictionary \Bright\, v. i. See {Brite}, v. i. \Bright\, a. [OE. briht, AS. beorht, briht; akin to OS. berht, OHG. beraht, Icel. bjartr, Goth. ba['i]rhts. [root]94.] 1. Radiating or reflecting light; shedding or having much light; shining; luminous; not dark. The sun was bright o'erhead. --Longfellow. The earth was dark, but the heavens were bright. --Drake. The public places were as bright as at noonday. --Macaulay. 2. Transmitting light; clear; transparent. From the brightest wines He 'd turn abhorrent. --Thomson. 3. Having qualities that render conspicuous or attractive, or that affect the mind as light does the eye; resplendent with charms; as, bright beauty. Bright as an angel new-dropped from the sky. --Parnell. 4. Having a clear, quick intellect; intelligent. 5. Sparkling with wit; lively; vivacious; shedding cheerfulness and joy around; cheerful; cheery. Be bright and jovial among your guests. --Shak. 6. Illustrious; glorious. In the brightest annals of a female reign. --Cotton. 7. Manifest to the mind, as light is to the eyes; clear; evident; plain. That he may with more ease, with brighter evidence, and with surer success, draw the bearner on. --I. Watts. 8. Of brilliant color; of lively hue or appearance. Here the bright crocus and blue violet grew. --Pope. Note: Bright is used in composition in the sense of brilliant, clear, sunny, etc.; as, bright-eyed, bright-haired, bright-hued. Syn: Shining; splending; luminous; lustrous; brilliant; resplendent; effulgent; refulgent; radiant; sparkling; glittering; lucid; beamy; clear; transparent; illustrious; witty; clear; vivacious; sunny. \Bright\, n. Splendor; brightness. [Poetic] Dark with excessive bright thy skirts appear. --Milton. \Bright\, adv. Brightly. --Chaucer. I say it is the moon that shines so bright. --Shak.

Bright Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bright?

[adv] with brightness; "the stars shone brilliantly"; "the windows glowed jewel bright"
[adj] full or promise; "had a bright future in publishing"; "the scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political career"
[adj] having lots of light either natural or artificial; "the room was bright and airy"; "a stage bright with spotlights"
[adj] emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts; "the sun was bright and hot"; "a bright sunlit room"
[adj] not made dim or less bright; "undimmed headlights"; "surprisingly the curtain started to rise while the houselights were still undimmed"
[adj] having striking color; "bright greens"; "brilliant tapestries"; "a bird with vivid plumage"
[adj] abounding with sunlight; "a bright sunny day"; "one shining norming"- John Muir; "when it is warm and shiny"
[adj] splendid; "the bright stars of stage and screen"; "a bright moment in history"; "the bright pageantry of court"
[adj] characterized by happiness or gladness; "bright faces"; "all the world seems bright and gay"
[adj] characterized by quickness and ease in learning; "some children are brighter in one subject than another"; "smart children talk earlier than the average"
[adj] made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; "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"
[adj] clear and sharp and ringing; "the bright sound of the trumpet section"; "the brilliant sound of the trumpets"

See Also |

Bright In Webster's Dictionary

\Bright\, v. i.
See {Brite}, v. i.


\Bright\, a. [OE. briht, AS. beorht, briht; akin to OS.
berht, OHG. beraht, Icel. bjartr, Goth. ba['i]rhts.
[root]94.]
1. Radiating or reflecting light; shedding or having much
   light; shining; luminous; not dark.

         The sun was bright o'erhead.          --Longfellow.

         The earth was dark, but the heavens were bright.
                                               --Drake.

         The public places were as bright as at noonday.
                                               --Macaulay.

2. Transmitting light; clear; transparent.

         From the brightest wines He 'd turn abhorrent.
                                               --Thomson.

3. Having qualities that render conspicuous or attractive, or
   that affect the mind as light does the eye; resplendent
   with charms; as, bright beauty.

         Bright as an angel new-dropped from the sky.
                                               --Parnell.

4. Having a clear, quick intellect; intelligent.

5. Sparkling with wit; lively; vivacious; shedding
   cheerfulness and joy around; cheerful; cheery.

         Be bright and jovial among your guests. --Shak.

6. Illustrious; glorious.

         In the brightest annals of a female reign. --Cotton.

7. Manifest to the mind, as light is to the eyes; clear;
   evident; plain.

         That he may with more ease, with brighter evidence,
         and with surer success, draw the bearner on. --I.
                                               Watts.

8. Of brilliant color; of lively hue or appearance.

         Here the bright crocus and blue violet grew. --Pope.

Note: Bright is used in composition in the sense of
      brilliant, clear, sunny, etc.; as, bright-eyed,
      bright-haired, bright-hued.

Syn: Shining; splending; luminous; lustrous; brilliant;
     resplendent; effulgent; refulgent; radiant; sparkling;
     glittering; lucid; beamy; clear; transparent;
     illustrious; witty; clear; vivacious; sunny.


\Bright\, n.
Splendor; brightness. [Poetic]

      Dark with excessive bright thy skirts appear. --Milton.


\Bright\, adv.
Brightly. --Chaucer.

      I say it is the moon that shines so bright. --Shak.

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