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brightest |
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") 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")
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