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shining, glowing in appearance adj.
sunny, clear (weather) adj.
intelligent adj.
hopeful, promising adj.
cheerful adj.
famous, outstanding adj.
vivid in color adj.

ADJECTIVE

shining, glowing in appearance

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blazing brilliant dazzling flashing glistening glittering golden intense luminous radiant shimmering shiny silvery sparkling sunny vivid

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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

Antonyms

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cloudy dark dim dull gloomy

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black depressed depressing doleful dreary dusky horrible murky normal obscure pale pastel somber stupid threatening typical unaware unhappy unintelligent unpromising

ADJECTIVE

sunny, clear (weather)

Synonyms

STRONGEST

mild pleasant translucent

WEAK

clement cloudless fair favorable limpid lucid pellucid transparent unclouded

Antonyms

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black cloudy dark depressed depressing doleful dreary dull dusky gloomy horrible light murky normal obscure pale pastel somber stupid threatening typical unaware unhappy unintelligent unpromising

ADJECTIVE

intelligent

Synonyms

STRONGEST

brilliant sharp smart

WEAK

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

Antonyms

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dull slow stupid unintelligent unstylish

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black cloudy dark depressed depressing doleful dreary dusky gloomy horrible light murky normal obscure pale pastel somber threatening typical unaware unhappy unpromising

ADJECTIVE

hopeful, promising

Synonyms

STRONGEST

airy breezy excellent golden good rosy

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auspicious benign cheering encouraging favorable optimistic palmy propitious prosperous

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bad

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black cloudy dark depressed depressing doleful dreary dull dusky gloomy horrible light murky normal obscure pale pastel somber stupid threatening typical unaware unhappy unintelligent unpromising

ADJECTIVE

cheerful

Synonyms

STRONGEST

happy lively

WEAK

alert animated gay genial glad jolly joyful joyous keen lighthearted merry optimistic sanguine spirited sprightly vivacious

Antonyms

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black cloudy dark depressed depressing doleful dreary dull dusky gloomy horrible light murky normal obscure pale pastel somber stupid threatening typical unaware unhappy unintelligent unpromising

ADJECTIVE

famous, outstanding

Synonyms

STRONGEST

glorious splendid

WEAK

distinguished eminent illustrious magnificent prominent remarkable

Antonyms

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black cloudy dark depressed depressing doleful dreary dull dusky gloomy horrible light murky normal obscure pale pastel somber stupid threatening typical unaware unhappy unintelligent unpromising

ADJECTIVE

vivid in color

Synonyms

STRONGEST

brilliant clear colorful deep flashy fresh intense rich sharp

WEAK

brave colored gay glitzy hued psychedelic razzle-dazzle ruddy showy tinged tinted

Antonyms

STRONGEST

aboveboard bland boring calm dark dull ignorant indistinct kind lifeless low mild moderate plain stupid tasteless unintelligent

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black cloudy depressed depressing doleful dreary dusky gloomy horrible light murky normal obscure pale pastel somber threatening typical unaware unhappy unpromising

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Ariel is the brightest of Uranus' moons and the second closest to the planet.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

Venus and Jupiter, meanwhile, are among the brightest objects in our night sky and should be much easier to pick out.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

The main airport in Nashville, Tennessee, the home of country music, is to be renamed after one of its brightest stars, the late Dolly Parton who died last month.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

One of its brightest colors is fuschia, a hue that Ruiz says Rosales has been obsessed with lately.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

We’re a long way from anywhere now–so far from our own Sun that it’s not even the brightest star in the sky.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson