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bright
adjective as in shining, glowing in appearance
Strongest matches
blazing, brilliant, dazzling, flashing, glistening, glittering, golden, intense, luminous, radiant, shimmering, shiny, silvery, sparkling, sunny, vivid
Weak matches
ablaze, aglow, alight, argent, auroral, beaming, burning, burnished, coruscating, effulgent, fulgent, fulgid, glaring, gleaming, glossy, illuminated, illumined, incandescent, irradiated, lambent, light, lighted, limpid, lustrous, mirrorlike, moonlit, phosphorescent, polished, relucent, resplendent, scintillating, sunlit, twinkling
adjective as in sunny, clear (weather)
adjective as in intelligent
Weak matches
Einstein, acute, advanced, alert, astute, aware, brainy, clear-headed, clever, discerning, eggheaded, having smarts, ingenious, inventive, keen, knowing, precocious, quick, quick-witted, whiz kid, wide-awake
adjective as in hopeful, promising
Weak matches
auspicious, benign, cheering, encouraging, favorable, optimistic, palmy, propitious, prosperous
adjective as in cheerful
adjective as in famous, outstanding
Weak matches
distinguished, eminent, illustrious, magnificent, prominent, remarkable
Example Sentences
And so, on a clear, bright Monday, I set out.
He was a bright and engaged child, and he didn’t seem to have a language delay.
He scored 20 points against the Phoenix Suns as one of the few offensive bright spots in Friday’s blowout loss.
Sitting on a bright orange chinchorro at her home on the outskirts of Riohacha, she explains she leads a group of eight relatives from the rural community where her family is from.
“We pay far too little attention to that ominous period of American life,” he said, “always preferring to look on the bright side rather than the dark side.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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