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Synonyms
adjective
1.
radiating or reflecting light; luminous; shining: The bright coins shone in the gloom.
2.
filled with light: The room was bright with sunshine.
3.
vivid or brilliant: a bright red dress; bright passages of prose.
4.
quick-witted or intelligent: They gave promotions to bright employees.
5.
EXPANDclever or witty, as a remark: Bright comments enlivened the conversation.
6.
animated; lively; cheerful: a bright and happy child; a bird's bright song.
8.
favorable or auspicious: bright prospects for the future.
9.
radiant or splendid: the bright pageantry of court.
10.
illustrious or glorious, as an era: the bright days of the Renaissance.
11.
clear or translucent, as liquid: The bright water trickled through his fingers.
12.
having a glossy, glazed, or polished finish.
13.
COLLAPSEintensely clear and vibrant in tone or quality; clear and sharp in sound: a bright singing voice.
noun
14.
brights,
a.
the automobile or truck headlights used for driving at night or under conditions of decreased visibility.
b.
the brighter level of intensity of these lights, usually deflected upward by switching on a bulb in the headlamp that strikes the lens at a different angle.
15.
flue-cured, light-hued tobacco.
16.
an artist's paintbrush having short, square-edged bristles.
17.
Archaic. brightness; splendor.
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Brights
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
adverb
18.
in a bright manner; brightly.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English; Old English breht, beorht; cognate with Gothic bairht(s), Old Saxon ber(a)ht, Old High German beraht, Old Norse bjartr; Welsh berth splendid (< *berkto-); akin to Latin flagrāre to blaze (see flagrant), Albanian (i) bardhë white, Sanskrit bhrājate(it) shines
before 1000; Middle English; Old English breht, beorht; cognate with Gothic bairht(s), Old Saxon ber(a)ht, Old High German beraht, Old Norse bjartr; Welsh berth splendid (< *berkto-); akin to Latin flagrāre to blaze (see flagrant), Albanian (i) bardhë white, Sanskrit bhrājate(it) shines
Related forms
bright·ish, adjective
bright·ly, adverb
o·ver·bright, adjective
o·ver·bright·ly, adverb
o·ver·bright·ness, noun
EXPANDSynonyms
1. refulgent, effulgent, lustrous, lucent, beaming, lambent. Bright, brilliant, radiant, shining refer to that which gives forth, is filled with, or reflects light. Bright suggests the general idea: bright flare, stars, mirror. Brilliant implies a strong, unusual, or sparkling brightness, often changeful or varied and too strong to be agreeable: brilliant sunlight. Radiant implies the pouring forth of steady rays of light, especially as are agreeable to the eyes: a radiant face. Shining implies giving forth or reflecting a strong or steady light: shining eyes. 4. keen, discerning, sharp, sharp-witted, ingenious, clever. 8. promising, encouraging.
1. refulgent, effulgent, lustrous, lucent, beaming, lambent. Bright, brilliant, radiant, shining refer to that which gives forth, is filled with, or reflects light. Bright suggests the general idea: bright flare, stars, mirror. Brilliant implies a strong, unusual, or sparkling brightness, often changeful or varied and too strong to be agreeable: brilliant sunlight. Radiant implies the pouring forth of steady rays of light, especially as are agreeable to the eyes: a radiant face. Shining implies giving forth or reflecting a strong or steady light: shining eyes. 4. keen, discerning, sharp, sharp-witted, ingenious, clever. 8. promising, encouraging.
Antonyms
1. dull, dim.
1. dull, dim.
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Word Origin & History
bright
O.E. bryht, by metathesis from beorht "bright; splendid; clear-sounding; beautiful; divine," from P.Gmc. *berhta- "bright" (cf. O.S. berht, O.N. bjartr, O.H.G. beraht, Goth. bairhts "bright"), from PIE base *bhereg- "to gleam, white" (cf. Skt. bhrajate "shines, glitters," Lith. breksta "to dawn," Welsh
EXPANDberth "bright, beautiful"). Meaning "quick-witted" is from 1741.
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