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Definition of bright :
1. Brightly.
2. Having a clear, quick intellect; intelligent.
3. Having qualities that render conspicuous or attractive, or that affect the mind as light does the eye; resplendent with charms; as, bright beauty.
4. Illustrious; glorious.
5. Manifest to the mind, as light is to the eyes; clear; evident; plain.
6. Of brilliant color; of lively hue or appearance.
7. Radiating or reflecting light; shedding or having much light; shining; luminous; not dark.
8. See Brite, v. i.
9. Sparkling with wit; lively; vivacious; shedding cheerfulness and joy around; cheerful; cheery.
10. Splendor; brightness.
11. To be or become overripe, as wheat, barley, or hops.
12. Transmitting light; clear; transparent.
Synonyms:
brightly, polished, overbold, lifelike, sassy, nitid, scintillant, coruscant, illustrious, reverberant, aglitter, luck, effulgent, aglow, quick, talented, superb, eminent, glorious, burning, cloudless, skilful, iridescent, twinkling, opaline, dim, magnificent, glimmering, beadlike, agleam, good, famous, colourful, expert, apt, chic, silver, lambent, shiny, ringing, benign, ablaze, splendid, intense, keen, undimmed, blinking, fresh, resplendent, pearlescent, alight, glary, glazed, colors, lucent, sheeny, illuminated, glossy, graphic, ingenious, glittery, impudent, shimmery, burnished, smart as a whip, buttony, fair, brilliantly, refulgent, chipper, deep, silvern, colorful, glimmery, sharp-witted, florid, clouded, saucy, silvery, colored, voguish, clear, sparkly, able, nacreous, sunshiny, lighted, glistering, pictorial, tinted, beamy, buttonlike, exotic, noctilucent, promising, fortunate, light, limpid, dexterous, irradiant, gorgeous, rich, adroit, ability, fulgid, quick-witted, fulgent, beady, hopeful, ardent, auspicious, ruddy, bright as a new penny, opalescent, impertinent, dull
cheerful (part of speech: adjective)
cheerful, glad, genial, jaunty, friendly, pleasant, cordial, jolly, happy, lively, sparkling, congenial, vivacious, optimistic, affable, lighthearted, cheery, warm, merry, complaisant, buoyant, agreeable, pleased, spirited, joyful, sunny, easygoing, amiable, gay
bright (part of speech: adjective)
gleaming, lucid, flashing, shimmering, garish, glowing, blinding, luminous, flaring, well lit, beaming, glittering, dazzling, fiery, shining, phosphorescent, glinting, vivid, incandescent, lustrous, glistening, neon, illuminating, blazing, glaring, fluorescent, radiant, radiating, lurid, luminescent, scintillating
intelligent (part of speech: adjective)
comprehending, knowing, smart, profound, wise, cogent, canny, intellectual, sharp, alert, sophisticated, erudite, intelligent, encyclopedic, brainy, knowledgeable, capable, sagacious, gifted, clever, genius, worldly, brilliant, astute, perspicacious
pleasurable (part of speech: adjective)
delectable, blissful, entertaining, enlivening, bonny, amusing, fine, enjoyable, pleasing, pleasurable, sweet, unobjectionable, charming, enchanting, delightful, ambrosial, favorable
promising (part of speech: verb)
Usage examples:
- " And I call it bright because I know it's bright. - "Andiron Tales", John Kendrick Bangs.
- No, she has got one of her own set; he is not a very bright one; he is next door to a fool. - "Love Me Little, Love Me Long", Charles Reade Edition: 10 Language: English.
- Hopalong asked, pointing to a bright object on the ground. - "Hopalong Cassidy", Clarence E. Mulford.