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bright

adjective

emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts; "the sun was bright and hot"; "a bright sunlit room"
Antonyms: dull Similar: agleam, gleaming, nitid, aglow, glowing, lambent, lucent, luminous, aglitter, coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkling, sparkly, beady, beadlike, buttony, buttonlike, beaming, beamy, effulgent, radiant, refulgent, blazing, blinding, dazzling, fulgent, glaring, glary, blinking, brilliant, flashing, glimmering, glimmery, glistening, glossy, lustrous, sheeny, shiny, shining, iridescent, nacreous, opalescent, opaline, pearlescent, lurid, noctilucent, shimmery, silver, silvern, silvery, bright as a new penny, ardent, twinkling
having striking color; "bright greens"; "brilliant tapestries"; "a bird with vivid plumage"
Synonyms: brilliant, vivid Similar: colorful, colourful
characterized by quickness and ease in learning; "some children are brighter in one subject than another"; "smart children talk earlier than the average"
Synonyms: smart Similar: intelligent
having lots of light either natural or artificial; "the room was bright and airy"; "a stage bright with spotlights"
Similar: light
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"
Synonyms: burnished, lustrous, shining, shiny Similar: polished
splendid; "the bright stars of stage and screen"; "a bright moment in history"; "the bright pageantry of court"
Similar: glorious
not made dim or less bright; "undimmed headlights"; "surprisingly the curtain started to rise while the houselights were still undimmed"
Synonyms: undimmed Antonyms: dimmed, dim
clear and sharp and ringing; "the bright sound of the trumpet section"; "the brilliant sound of the trumpets"
Synonyms: brilliant Similar: reverberant, ringing
characterized by happiness or gladness; "bright faces"; "all the world seems bright and gay"
Similar: happy
abounding with sunlight; "a bright sunny day"; "one shining norming"- John Muir; "when it is warm and shiny"
Synonyms: shining, shiny, sunny, sunshiny Similar: clear
full or promise; "had a bright future in publishing"; "the scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political career"
Synonyms: promising Similar: auspicious

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adverb

with brightness; "the stars shone brilliantly"; "the windows glowed jewel bright"
Synonyms: brightly, brilliantly

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