brightness

bright·ness

noun

Definition of BRIGHTNESS

1

a : the quality or state of being bright; also : an instance of such a quality or state b : luminance

2

: the attribute of light-source colors by which emitted light is ordered continuously from light to dark in correlation with its intensity — compare hue 2c, ¹lightness 2, saturation 4

Examples of BRIGHTNESS

1. <the brightness of the sunshine made me squint after an afternoon spent in a darkened movie theater>

First Known Use of BRIGHTNESS

before 12th century

Related to BRIGHTNESS

Synonyms: brilliance, brilliancy, candor, dazzle, effulgence, illumination, lambency, lightness, luminance, luminosity, luminousness, luster (or lustre), lustrousness, radiance, refulgence, splendor

Antonyms: blackness, dark, darkness, dullness (also dulness), duskiness

Related Words: blaze, flare, flash, flicker, light; fluorescence, incandescence, luminescence; burnish, gloss, polish, sheen, shine, shininess; fire, flame, glare, glow; flash, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glitter, scintillation, shimmer, sparkle, twinkle

Near Antonyms: dimness, gloominess, somberness; cloudiness, haziness, murkiness, obscureness, obscurity; colorlessness, grayness, lackluster, paleness, shadiness, shadowiness

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