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Synonyms for Bright
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
bright
Clever, as used in England, especially implies an aptitude for study or learning, and for excellent tho not preeminent mental achievement. The early New England usage as implying simple and weak good nature has largely affected the use of the word throughout the United States, where it has never been much in favor. Smart, indicating dashing ability, is now coming to have a suggestion of unscrupulousness, similar to that of the word sharp, which makes its use a doubtful compliment. The discriminating use of such words as able, gifted, talented, etc., is greatly preferable to an excessive use of the word clever. Compare ACUMEN; ASTUTE; POWER.
Synonyms:
able, adroit, apt, capable, clever, dexterous, expert, gifted, happy, ingenious, intellectual, intelligent, keen, knowing, quick, quick-witted, sharp, skilful, smart, talentedAntonyms:
awkward, bungling, clumsy, dull, foolish, idiotic, ignorant, senseless, slow, stupid, thick-headed, witless
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
brightadjective
emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
"the sun was bright and hot"; "a bright sunlit room"
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smart, hopeful, vivid, promising, shiny, undimmed, shining, brilliant, lustrous, burnishedAntonyms:
unhappy, lacklustre, mat, matte, inglorious, unintelligent, dull, unfortunate, unpolished, colourless, matted, colorless, subdued, nonresonant, lustreless, flat, inauspicious, unreverberant, dark, lusterless, soft, stupid, matt, lacklusterbright, brilliant, vividadjective
having striking color
"bright dress"; "brilliant tapestries"; "a bird with vivid plumage"
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shining, promising, hopeful, splendid, intense, smart, smart as a whip, lifelike, superb, brilliant, bright, lustrous, pictorial, burnished, brainy, graphic, vivid, magnificent, undimmed, glorious, shinyAntonyms:
colourless, mat, lusterless, dark, lustreless, matte, subdued, unfortunate, unreverberant, matt, stupid, lackluster, unintelligent, unpolished, unhappy, lacklustre, inglorious, matted, inauspicious, colorless, dull, soft, flat, nonresonantbright, smartadjective
characterized by quickness and ease in learning
"some children are brighter in one subject than another"; "smart children talk earlier than the average"
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shining, promising, voguish, wise, smart, fresh, chic, brilliant, bright, lustrous, burnished, saucy, impertinent, vivid, sassy, hopeful, undimmed, overbold, impudent, shinyAntonyms:
matte, unintelligent, unreverberant, unhappy, nonresonant, subdued, colourless, dark, unpolished, dull, soft, matt, flat, mat, lustreless, stupid, inglorious, colorless, matted, lusterless, unfortunate, lacklustre, inauspicious, lacklusterbrightadjective
having lots of light either natural or artificial
"the room was bright and airy"; "a stage bright with spotlights"
Synonyms:
smart, hopeful, vivid, promising, shiny, undimmed, shining, brilliant, lustrous, burnishedAntonyms:
mat, inglorious, matte, nonresonant, unintelligent, subdued, dull, lustreless, matt, soft, lackluster, lacklustre, unhappy, inauspicious, unpolished, lusterless, flat, stupid, colourless, matted, dark, colorless, unreverberant, unfortunatebright, burnished, lustrous, shining, shinyadjective
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"
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smart, hopeful, vivid, promising, glistening, shiny, undimmed, bright, glossy, shining, glazed, brilliant, lustrous, burnishedAntonyms:
lusterless, mat, dull, inglorious, subdued, dark, unfortunate, matted, unintelligent, matte, unreverberant, unhappy, lustreless, matt, lackluster, lacklustre, colorless, unpolished, stupid, soft, nonresonant, flat, colourless, inauspiciousbrightadjective
splendid
"the bright stars of stage and screen"; "a bright moment in history"; "the bright pageantry of court"
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smart, hopeful, vivid, promising, shiny, undimmed, shining, brilliant, lustrous, burnishedAntonyms:
lackluster, lustreless, soft, unfortunate, unintelligent, colorless, unhappy, matte, unreverberant, matt, matted, flat, dark, subdued, nonresonant, lusterless, inglorious, dull, inauspicious, lacklustre, stupid, unpolished, colourless, matundimmed, brightadjective
not made dim or less bright
"undimmed headlights"; "surprisingly the curtain started to rise while the houselights were still undimmed"
Synonyms:
smart, hopeful, vivid, promising, shiny, undimmed, bright, shining, brilliant, lustrous, burnishedAntonyms:
matte, lustreless, inglorious, colorless, colourless, matt, mat, unreverberant, unfortunate, flat, nonresonant, unpolished, unintelligent, dull, unhappy, lusterless, lacklustre, soft, inauspicious, subdued, stupid, lackluster, dark, mattedbright, brilliantadjective
clear and sharp and ringing
"the bright sound of the trumpet section"; "the brilliant sound of the trumpets"
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shining, promising, hopeful, splendid, smart, smart as a whip, superb, brilliant, bright, lustrous, burnished, brainy, vivid, magnificent, undimmed, glorious, shinyAntonyms:
inauspicious, lusterless, unreverberant, unfortunate, lustreless, flat, lacklustre, mat, unintelligent, subdued, lackluster, unpolished, colorless, dull, nonresonant, matted, dark, matte, matt, soft, inglorious, stupid, unhappy, colourlessbrightadjective
characterized by happiness or gladness
"bright faces"; "all the world seems bright and gay"
Synonyms:
smart, hopeful, vivid, promising, shiny, undimmed, shining, brilliant, lustrous, burnishedAntonyms:
unhappy, matted, lustreless, lusterless, unpolished, unfortunate, mat, subdued, nonresonant, soft, lacklustre, matte, dark, colourless, inauspicious, flat, lackluster, colorless, unreverberant, dull, stupid, matt, inglorious, unintelligentbright, hopeful, promisingadverb
full or promise
"had a bright future in publishing"; "the scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political career"; "a hopeful new singer on Broadway"
Synonyms:
smart, hopeful, vivid, promising, shiny, undimmed, bright, shining, brilliant, lustrous, burnishedAntonyms:
unpolished, soft, unintelligent, unfortunate, matted, inglorious, stupid, lusterless, mat, dark, subdued, matte, matt, lackluster, dull, flat, inauspicious, colorless, unhappy, nonresonant, lacklustre, colourless, lustreless, unreverberantbrilliantly, brightly, brightadverb
with brightness
"the stars shone brilliantly"; "the windows glowed jewel bright"
Synonyms:
brilliantly, brightly, brightAntonyms:
dull, subdued, unreverberant, unpolished, mat, unfortunate, lusterless, inglorious, lustreless, lackluster, unhappy, inauspicious, flat, colourless, stupid, lacklustre, colorless, matt, soft, nonresonant, matte, matted, unintelligent, dark
Dictionary of English Synonymes
brightadjective
Synonyms:
luminous, shining, resplendent, glowing, lustrous, beaming, gleaming, radiant, brilliant, effulgent, refulgent, splendid, beamy, silvery, argentbrightadjective
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clear, transparent, lucid, pellucid, limpidbrightadjective
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illustrious, glorious, famousbrightadjective
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acute, ingenious, discerning, keen, INTELLIGENTbrightadjective
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auspicious, promising, propitious
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
brightadjective
Synonyms:
luminous, gleaming, lustrous, radiant, resplendent, glistening, beaming, shimmering, phosphorescent, luciferous, luminiferous, argent, orient, dazzling, glowing, glittering, flashing, scintillating, sparkling, refulgent, effulgent, brilliant, vivid, glossy, fulgent, naif, lucent, glaring, garish, crystalline, intelligent, precocious, apt, acute, discerning, clever, smart, knowing, auspicious, propitious, illustrious, gloriousAntonyms:
dull, lackluster, obscure, dim, opaque, murky, nebulous, dingy, tarnished, sullied
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "bright":
brilliant, guangming, brillantes, gloss, brightness, glossy, shiny, luminous, smart, promising, intelligent, radiant, auburn, clever, light, high-gloss, shining, rosy, glowing, vif, glittering, brite, sunny, brighter
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#613 | light | |
#727 | able | |
#934 | quick | |
#1280 | happy | |
#2085 | fresh | |
#2155 | expert | |
#2207 | smart | |
#2430 | graphic | |
#3091 | sharp | |
#3740 | intellectual | |
#3757 | bright | |
#4264 | capable | |
#4704 | knowing | |
#4767 | intelligent | |
#4991 | wise | |
#6035 | brilliant | |
#6406 | sunny | |
#7174 | intense | |
#7377 | superb | |
#8670 | talented | |
#8742 | apt | |
#8883 | auburn | |
#9217 | keen | |
#9664 | magnificent | |
#9756 | promising | |
#10247 | clever | |
#10810 | vivid | |
#11898 | brightness | |
#12056 | glorious | |
#12072 | gifted | |
#12096 | chic | |
#12379 | shining | |
#12764 | gloss | |
#13343 | shiny | |
#13717 | glossy | |
#14219 | sparkling | |
#15331 | radiant | |
#15458 | splendid | |
#17640 | hopeful | |
#18213 | brighter | |
#18433 | glowing | |
#18571 | pictorial | |
#18968 | witty | |
#19172 | cheerful | |
#19616 | sassy | |
#19937 | glazed | |
#20603 | luminous | |
#22980 | brightly | |
#24803 | lucid | |
#26519 | brilliantly | |
#28297 | ingenious | |
#29199 | rosy | |
#30157 | joyous | |
#31555 | glittering | |
#32310 | brite | |
#39862 | lustrous | |
#40695 | saucy | |
#43828 | lifelike | |
#46663 | glistening | |
#52276 | burnished | |
#52506 | skilful | |
#59260 | brainy | |
#70664 | adroit | |
#78580 | vif | |
#103529 | impudent | |
#109233 | impertinent | |
#122314 | dexterous | |
#139048 | limpid | |
#240403 | guangming | |
#241176 | undimmed |
How to use Bright in a sentence?
I was very poor. I have schizophrenia and was just diagnosed with blood cancer, and my only daughter wasn't treating me well. I was borrowing money from people for the treatment. That was in June 2014, and she described her situation to a cab driver named Mahmoud in her home city of Kirkuk. He was ISIS and said if I joined, they would treat me well and pay me, she says. I said I would join on one condition : That they make me a suicide bomber and put me out of my misery. Mahmoud was killed fighting in Hawija, and two ISIS members found her number in his phone. She – along with her now ex-husband – were recruited. K.S. says she did not receive any formal training as a combatant, and did not pledge allegiance to ISIS, but admits that she allowed two militants to stay at her home – she now suspects that one was a spy for the Kurdish security forces. But when she was scheduled to put on the suicide vest, she got cold feet. She fled with the idea of seeking asylum in Europe, but the Kurds picked her up before she could leave. I told them I did all these bad things I didn't do because I wanted to be executed. I still wanted to die, K.S. says, saying that she attempted to kill herself in jail, too, with a kitchen knife. Now Iam thankful to God. I know I have committed no crime. Kurdish authorities beg to differ. According to the deputy manager of the correctional center, Zhino Azad, K.S. was deeply entrenched in ISIS, coordinating for their agents and being a guard at their female prisons – possibly filled with captured Yazidi sex slaves. Even her daughter, a lawyer, is terrified of her, Zhino Azad tells FoxNews.com. She is … a little psychotic. That's the type of people ISIS takes advantage of. K.S. does n’t mind prison at all. It is like heaven in this jail, she says. Here, she is safe from ISIS, is fed and receives medical treatment. I get to read the Koran all day and sleep, K.S. says with a bright smile. And I interpret dreams for the other women. A.H., a 35-year-old mother with a small tribal tattoo on the tip of her nose, also spoke to FoxNews.com. She was issued a life sentence, which was reduced to 20 years, then 15, because she has young children -- six of them who are between 5 and 16 years old. They are being looked after by the second of her husband's four wives. He is in jail now too, she says. At first, A.H. maintains that she was working at a civilian hospital that was controlled by ISIS, but that she never treated wounded fighters, but it does n’t take long for her to let her guard down, especially after the prison official with us begins wandering in and out of the room. I went to ISIS Diman Bayeez and said I would do anything, clean hospitals, if they gave me a salary – $ 260 a month, she says. So I was setting up IVs and injections for the fighters. While she admits to having sworn allegiance to the Caliphate, A.H. also claims she was a spy for Iraqi intelligence, and, fearful that ISIS members would find out, she fled to Kurdistan in early 2016. We have problems, especially with the new prisoners, radicalizing others, so we try to keep the terrorists separate. - Diman Bayeez, manager of the Women and Childrens Prison of Erbil She says all evidence of her spying was taken from her at an Iraqi Army checkpoint. Of course I regret [ helping ISIS ]. But my family was hungry. My husband was old, she pleads. I feel betrayed. They took my phone, my proof I was helping them. They all say they aren't guilty.
When the star dies, its eye closes; tired of watching, it flies back to its first bright dream.
It's a bright spot in this horrific tragedy our community is facing.
So we'd always 'look on the bright side of life', thinking 'He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy'. It just helped me.
My favorite is one of my biggest portraits, it's fluorescent and on a backing board that's gold. It's bright and hectic. I sold it to this woman in the U.S. who teaches kids about cultures through fabric art.
Translations for Bright
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- ساطع, نير, مستنير, لامعArabic
- зирәк, яҡты, аҡыллы, асыҡ, сағыу, баҙыҡ, башлыBashkir
- здо́льны, светлы, яркіBelarusian
- весел, умен, жив, ярък, буден, светълBulgarian
- brillant, clarCatalan, Valencian
- jasný, bystrý, světlýCzech
- hoywWelsh
- livlig, munter, klar, kvik, funklende, opvakt, lys, lyseDanish
- intelligent, hell, brilliant, lebhaft, strahlend, heiter, glänzendGerman
- φωτεινός, λαμπρός, λαμπερός, έξυπνος, ευφυήςGreek
- brillante, resplandeciente, inteligente, alegre, claro, genial, vivo, lucio, expresivo, luminoso, vívidoSpanish
- شاد, فروزان, زنده, هوشمند, روشن, زیرک, تابناک, خوشPersian
- kirkas, terävä, iloinen, älykäs, välkkyFinnish
- brillant, luisant, intelligent, clair, heureux, vivideFrench
- grianmhar, spéiriúil, gealIrish
- tuigseach, geur, soilleir, toinisgeilScottish Gaelic
- katupyryGuaraní
- sullyrManx
- בהיר, בהירהHebrew
- उज्ज्वल, चमकीला, रौशनHindi
- fényesHungarian
- պայծառArmenian
- brillante, intelligente, viveInterlingua
- pintar, terangIndonesian
- glaðlegur, greindur, björt, skær, bjartur, skarpur, skínandi, bjart, greindarlegur, hýr, ljómandiIcelandic
- brillante, allegro, intelligente, felice, lucente, luminoso, luminosaItalian
- בָּהִירHebrew
- 賢い, 明るい, 聡明, 鮮明, 鮮やかJapanese
- 밝다Korean
- زیرهک, بریقهدارKurdish
- splann, spladnCornish
- жарык, жаркырап турган, жаркыраганKyrgyz
- lucidumLatin
- fénkeleg, frou, blénkeg, intelligent, hell, brillantLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- šviesus, ryškus, gyvybingas, protingas, gudrusLithuanian
- spožs, gaišs, spilgtsLatvian
- светолMacedonian
- terangMalay
- စိုBurmese
- slim, monter, fel, levendig, bont, opgeruimd, intelligent, helder, vrolijkDutch
- glad, klok, dyktig, livlig, intelligent, lystig, lysNorwegian
- jasnyPolish
- radiante, alegre, luminoso, vívido, brilhante, inteligente, claroPortuguese
- deștept, strălucitor, clar, luminosRomanian
- умный, яркий, сияющий, светлыйRussian
- उज्ज्वलSanskrit
- свијетао, svetao, svijetao, светаоSerbo-Croatian
- svetlý, jasnýSlovak
- brihten, inteligenten, svetelSlovene
- klyftig, intelligent, glad, klar, ljus, färggrannSwedish
- பிரகாசமானTamil
- తెలివైన, ప్రకాశవంతమైనTelugu
- matalino, maliwanagTagalog
- parlak, aydınlıkTurkish
- світлий, яскравийUkrainian
- روشن, اججول, چمکیلاUrdu
- sáng sủa, sánh dạ, thông minh, sáng, nhanh tríVietnamese
- ליכטיק, העלYiddish
- 亮Chinese
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