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bright definition
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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")
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