Grep of noun bright
bright's disease
bright side
brightness
brightness constancy
brightness level
brighton
fulbright
james william fulbright
meadow bright
william fulbright
Overview of adj bright
The adj bright has 11 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)
1. (17) bright -- (emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts; "the sun was bright and hot"; "a bright sunlit room")
2. (6) bright, brilliant, vivid -- (having striking color; "bright greens"; "brilliant tapestries"; "a bird with vivid plumage")
3. (5) bright, smart -- (characterized by quickness and ease in learning; "some children are brighter in one subject than another"; "smart children talk earlier than the average")
4. (3) bright -- (having lots of light either natural or artificial; "the room was bright and airy"; "a stage bright with spotlights")
5. (1) bright, burnished, lustrous, shining, shiny -- (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")
6. (1) bright -- (splendid; "the bright stars of stage and screen"; "a bright moment in history"; "the bright pageantry of court")
7. undimmed, bright -- (not made dim or less bright; "undimmed headlights"; "surprisingly the curtain started to rise while the houselights were still undimmed")
8. bright, brilliant -- (clear and sharp and ringing; "the bright sound of the trumpet section"; "the brilliant sound of the trumpets")
9. bright -- (characterized by happiness or gladness; "bright faces"; "all the world seems bright and gay")
10. bright, shining, shiny, sunshiny, sunny -- (abounding with sunlight; "a bright sunny day"; "one shining norming"- John Muir; "when it is warm and shiny")
11. bright, promising -- (full or promise; "had a bright future in publishing"; "the scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political career")
Overview of adv bright
The adv bright has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) brilliantly, brightly, bright -- (with brightness; "the stars shone brilliantly"; "the windows glowed jewel bright")
Antonyms of adj bright
11 senses of bright
Sense 1
bright (vs. dull)
dull (vs. bright)
=> flat, mat, matt, matte, matted
=> lackluster, lacklustre, lusterless, lustreless
Sense 2
bright, brilliant, vivid
INDIRECT (VIA colorful) -> colorless, colourless
Sense 3
bright, smart
INDIRECT (VIA intelligent) -> unintelligent, stupid
Sense 4
bright
INDIRECT (VIA light) -> dark
Sense 5
bright, burnished, lustrous, shining, shiny
INDIRECT (VIA polished) -> unpolished
Sense 6
bright
INDIRECT (VIA glorious) -> inglorious, dishonorable
Sense 7
undimmed (vs. dimmed), bright
Sense 8
bright, brilliant
INDIRECT (VIA reverberant) -> unreverberant, nonresonant
Sense 9
bright
INDIRECT (VIA happy) -> unhappy
Sense 10
bright, shining, shiny, sunshiny, sunny
INDIRECT (VIA clear) -> cloudy
Sense 11
bright, promising
INDIRECT (VIA auspicious) -> inauspicious, unfortunate
Similarity of adj bright
11 senses of bright
Sense 1
bright (vs. dull)
=> agleam, gleaming, nitid
=> aglow(prenominal), glowing, lambent, lucent, luminous
=> aglitter(prenominal), fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkling(postnominal), sparkly
=> beady, beadlike, buttony, buttonlike
=> beaming, beamy, effulgent, radiant, refulgent
=> blazing, blinding, dazzling, fulgent, glaring, glary
=> blinking
=> brilliant
=> flashing
=> glimmering, glimmery
=> glistening, glossy, lustrous, sheeny, shiny, shining
=> iridescent, nacreous, opalescent, opaline, pearlescent
=> lurid
=> noctilucent
=> shimmering(postnominal), shimmery
=> shining
=> silver, silvern, silvery
=> twinkling(postnominal)
=> bright as a new penny(prenominal)
=> ardent
=> shining
Sense 2
bright, brilliant, vivid
=> colorful (vs. colorless), colourful
Sense 3
bright, smart
=> intelligent (vs. unintelligent)
Sense 4
bright
=> light (vs. dark)
Sense 5
bright, burnished, lustrous, shining, shiny
=> polished (vs. unpolished)
Sense 6
bright
=> glorious (vs. inglorious)
Sense 7
undimmed (vs. dimmed), bright
Sense 8
bright, brilliant
=> reverberant (vs. unreverberant), ringing
Sense 9
bright
=> happy (vs. unhappy)
Sense 10
bright, shining, shiny, sunshiny, sunny
=> clear (vs. cloudy)
Sense 11
bright, promising
=> auspicious (vs. inauspicious)
Attributes of adj bright
1 of 11 senses of bright
Sense 1
bright (vs. dull)
=> luminosity, brightness, brightness level, luminance, luminousness, light
Familiarity of adj bright
bright used as an adjective is familiar (polysemy count = 11)
Grep of adj bright
bright
bright as a new penny
bright blue
Overview of adj bright
The adj bright has 11 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)
1. (17) bright -- (emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts; "the sun was bright and hot"; "a bright sunlit room")
2. (6) bright, brilliant, vivid -- (having striking color; "bright greens"; "brilliant tapestries"; "a bird with vivid plumage")
3. (5) bright, smart -- (characterized by quickness and ease in learning; "some children are brighter in one subject than another"; "smart children talk earlier than the average")
4. (3) bright -- (having lots of light either natural or artificial; "the room was bright and airy"; "a stage bright with spotlights")
5. (1) bright, burnished, lustrous, shining, shiny -- (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")
6. (1) bright -- (splendid; "the bright stars of stage and screen"; "a bright moment in history"; "the bright pageantry of court")
7. undimmed, bright -- (not made dim or less bright; "undimmed headlights"; "surprisingly the curtain started to rise while the houselights were still undimmed")
8. bright, brilliant -- (clear and sharp and ringing; "the bright sound of the trumpet section"; "the brilliant sound of the trumpets")
9. bright -- (characterized by happiness or gladness; "bright faces"; "all the world seems bright and gay")
10. bright, shining, shiny, sunshiny, sunny -- (abounding with sunlight; "a bright sunny day"; "one shining norming"- John Muir; "when it is warm and shiny")
11. bright, promising -- (full or promise; "had a bright future in publishing"; "the scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political career")
Overview of adv bright
The adv bright has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) brilliantly, brightly, bright -- (with brightness; "the stars shone brilliantly"; "the windows glowed jewel bright")
bright definition
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