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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
On the flip side, O’Brien’s Roman may not possess the sharpness of “the brightest tool in the shed” as he erroneously says, but his disarmingly endearing lack of malice enthralls the more cynical Dennis.
Bodycare's no-nonsense store layouts are known for their bright lighting, and window displays that often feature piles of toilet tissue or pyramids of washing up powder.
The team is concentrating instead on what it insists will be a bright future, one that will arrive sooner rather than later.
Binoculars or a telescope will help if you have them, and unlike with solar eclipses, which are dangerous to view directly, lunar eclipses won't damage your eyes as the Moon's reflected light isn't bright enough.
If so, the party's popularity would seem likely to wane should the country's prospects look brighter in four years.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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