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giving off or reflecting much light <in the desert the sun was so bright that it hurt my eyes> <the moon is bright tonight> Synonymsbeaming, bedazzling, brilliant, dazzling, effulgent, glowing, incandescent, lambent, lucent, lucid, luminous, lustrous, radiant, refulgent, shining, shiny Related Wordsblazing, burning, combusting, fiery, flaming; agleam, aglitter, blinding, flaring, flashing, flickering, glaring, gleaming, glimmering, glinting, glistening, glittering, scintillating, shimmering, sparkling, twinkling; burnished, polished; sunny Near Antonymsblackened, dark, darkened, darkish, darkling, darksome, dimmed, dusky, gloomy, murky, obscure, obscured, pitch-black, pitch-dark, somber (or sombre), sunless; cloudy, shadowy, shady; gray (also grey), leaden, pale Antonymsdim, dull, lackluster
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filled with much light <the display windows of department stores are especially bright at Christmastime> Synonymsablaze, alight, brightened, illuminated, illumined, light, lighted (or lit) Related Wordsfloodlit (or floodlighted), highlighted, spotlighted (or spotlit); kindled, ignited Near Antonymsgloomy, somber, sunless; cloudy, murky, obscured, shadowy; gray (also grey), leaden, pale Antonymsblackened, dark, darkened, darkish, darkling, dimmed, dusky, pitch-black, pitch-dark
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having or showing a good mood or disposition <always walks into work with a bright smile on his face> — see cheerful 1
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having or showing quickness of mind <a bright student who always has her hand up first> — see intelligent 1
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having qualities which inspire hope <predicted a bright future for the young math whiz> — see hopeful 1
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pointing toward a happy outcome <all the signs are bright right now for an economic boom> — see favorable 2
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serving to lift one's spirits <a bright and beautiful morning to begin planting our garden> — see cheerful 2
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