bright

¹bright

adjective \ˈbrīt\

Definition of BRIGHT

1

a : radiating or reflecting light : shining, sparkling <bright lights> <bright eyes>

b : sunny <a bright day>; also : radiant with happiness <bright smiling faces> <bright moments>

2

: illustrious, glorious <brightest star of the opera>

3

: beautiful

4

: of high saturation or lightness <bright colors>

5

a : lively, cheerful <be bright and jovial among your guests — Shakespeare>

b : intelligent, clever <a bright idea> <bright children>

6

: auspicious, promising <bright prospects for the future>

— bright adverb

— bright·ly adverb

Examples of BRIGHT

1. The lighting was too bright.
2. a bright room with lots of windows
3. It was a bright, sunny day.
4. The room was decorated in bright colors.

Origin of BRIGHT

Middle English, from Old English beorht; akin to Old High German beraht bright, Sanskrit bhrājate it shines

First Known Use: before 12th century

Related to BRIGHT

Synonyms

beaming, bedazzling, brilliant, candescent, clear, dazzling, effulgent, fulgent, glowing, incandescent, lambent, lucent, lucid, luminous, lustrous, radiant, refulgent, sheeny, shining, shiny, splendid

Antonyms

dim, dull, lackluster, unbright, unbrilliant

Related Words

ablaze, ardent, blazing, burning, combusting, fiery, flaming, red-hot; agleam, aglitter, blinding, coruscant, flaring, flashing, flickering, gemmy, glancing, glaring, gleaming, glimmering, glinting, glistening, glistering, glittering, scintillant, scintillating, shimmering, shimmery, sparkling, sunny, twinkling, winking; burnished, polished, shined; superbright, ultrabright

Near Antonyms

blackened, dark, darkened, darkish, darkling, darksome, dimmed, dusky, gloomy, lightless, murky, obscure, obscured, pitch-black, pitch-dark, somber (or sombre), sunless, tenebrous, unlit; cloudy, shadowlike, shadowy, shady; gray (also grey), leaden, pale, palish

Synonym Discussion of BRIGHT

bright, brilliant, radiant, luminous, lustrous mean shining or glowing with light. bright implies emitting or reflecting a high degree of light. brilliant implies intense often sparkling brightness. radiant stresses the emission or seeming emission of rays of light. luminous implies emission of steady, suffused, glowing light by reflection or in surrounding darkness. lustrous stresses an even, rich light from a surface that reflects brightly without sparkling or glittering.

²bright

noun

Definition of BRIGHT

: a bright color —usually used in plural <rich earth tones and crisp brights — Patricia Peterson>

First Known Use of BRIGHT

1969

Other Color Terms

argentine, cerise, cerulean, cyan, ocher, perse, puce, taupe, vermilion

Bright

biographical name \ˈbrīt\

Definition of BRIGHT

John 1811–1889 Eng. orator & statesman