bright, adj.
freq. cnt. 32
freq. cnt. 32
emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 16 freq. cnt.: 16
bright
sample sentences
"the sun was bright and hot""a bright sunlit room"
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attribute
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gleaming, agleam, nitid
luminous, aglow, lambent, lucent
glittering, glinting, aglitter, coruscant, fulgid, glistering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly
beady, beadlike, buttony, buttonlike
radiant, beaming, beamy, effulgent, refulgent
blazing, glaring, blinding, dazzling, fulgent, glary
bright as a new penny
brilliant
ardent
glimmery
glistening, shiny, glossy, lustrous, sheeny, shining
opalescent, iridescent, nacreous, opaline, pearlescent
lurid
noctilucent
satiny, sleek, silken, silky, silklike, slick
self-luminous
shimmery
silver, silvery, silvern
twinkling
having strong or striking color
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 2
bright brilliant vivid
sample sentences
"bright dress""brilliant tapestries"
"a bird with vivid plumage"
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characterized by quickness and ease in learning
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 2
bright smart
sample sentences
"some children are brighter in one subject than another""smart children talk earlier than the average"
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having lots of light either natural or artificial
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3
bright
sample sentences
"the room was bright and airy""a stage bright with spotlights"
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splendid
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
bright
sample sentences
"the bright stars of stage and screen""a bright moment in history"
"the bright pageantry of court"
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made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
bright burnished lustrous shining shiny
sample sentences
"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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likely to turn out well in the future
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
bright hopeful promising
sample sentences
"had a bright future in publishing""the scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political career"
"a hopeful new singer on Broadway"
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not made dim or less bright
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bright undimmed
sample sentences
"undimmed headlights""surprisingly the curtain started to rise while the houselights were still undimmed"
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characterized by happiness or gladness
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bright
sample sentences
"bright faces""all the world seems bright and gay"
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clear and sharp and ringing
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
bright brilliant
sample sentences
"the bright sound of the trumpet section""the brilliant sound of the trumpets"
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