Synonyms of the word

bright

• adj. Visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, clear, radiant; not dark.
• adj. Having a clear, quick intellect; intelligent.
• adj. Vivid, colourful, brilliant.
• adj. Happy, in good.
• adj. Sparkling with wit; lively; vivacious; cheerful.
• adj. Illustrious; glorious.
• adj. Clear; transparent.
• adj. (archaic) Manifest to the mind, as light is to the eyes; clear; evident; plain.
• n. An artist's brush used in oil and acrylic painting with a long ferrule and a flat, somewhat tapering bristle…
• n. (obsolete) splendour; brightness.
• n. (neologism) A person with a naturalistic worldview with no supernatural or mystical elements.
• n. (US, in the plural) The high-beam intensity of motor vehicle headlamps.

agleam

• adj. Glowing with subdued light.

aglitter

• adj. glittering.

aglow

• adj. glowing; radiant.

ardent

• adj. Full of ardor; fervent, passionate.
• adj. Burning; glowing; shining.

auspicious

• adj. Of good omen; indicating future success.
• adj. Conducive to success.
• adj. Marked by success; prosperous.

beadlike

• adj. Resembling a bead or some aspect of one.

beady

• adj. Resembling beads; small, round, and gleaming.
• adj. (of a look) Bright and penetrating.
• adj. Covered or ornamented with, or as if with, beads.
• adj. Characterized by beads.

beaming

• adj. Smilingly happy; showing happy emotion.
• v. present participle of beam.
• n. The act of someone or something that beams.

beamy

• adj. Resembling a beam in size and weight; massy.
• adj. (archaic) Having horns or antlers.
• adj. (nautical) Having much beam or breadth; wide.
• adj. Showing or emitting rays of light; beaming; radiant; shining.
• adj. (figuratively) Radiant; beamsome; joyous; gladsome.

blazing

• v. present participle of blaze.
• adj. (informal) Very fast.
• adj. (slang, of a person) Sexually attractive.
• adj. Of tremendous intensity or fervor; white-hot.
• adj. (informal) Exceedingly angry.
• n. The act of something that blazes or burns.

blinding

• v. present participle of blind.
• adj. Very bright (as if to cause blindness).
• adj. Making blind or as if blind; depriving of sight or of understanding.
• adj. (Britain, slang) Brilliant; marvellous.
• adv. (neologism) To an extreme degree; blindingly.
• n. The act of causing blindness.
• n. A thin coat of sand or gravel used to fill holes in a new road surface.
• n. A thin sprinkling of sand or chippings laid on a newly tarred surface.

brightly

• adv. In a bright manner.

brilliant

• adj. Shining brightly.
• adj. (of a colour) Both bright and saturated.
• adj. (of a voice or sound) having a sharp, clear tone.
• adj. Of surpassing excellence.
• adj. Magnificent or wonderful.
• adj. Highly intelligent.
• n. A finely cut gemstone, especially a diamond, cut in a particular form with numerous facets so as to maximize…
• n. (uncountable, printing, dated) The size of type between excelsior and diamond, standardized as 4-point.
• n. Most hummingbird species of the genus Heliodoxa.
• n. A kind of cotton goods, figured on the weaving.

brilliantly

• adv. in a brilliant manner; done with brilliance.

burnished

• adj. Polished, made shiny by rubbing (especially with a burnisher).
• v. simple past tense and past participle of burnish.

buttonlike

• adj. Resembling a button.

buttony

• adj. Ornamented with buttons.
• n. The manufacture of buttons.

clear

• adj. Transparent in colour.
• adj. Bright, not dark or obscured.
• adj. Free of obstacles.
• adj. Without clouds.
• adj. (meteorology) Of the sky, such that less than one eighth of its area is obscured by clouds.
• adj. Free of ambiguity or doubt.
• adj. Distinct, sharp, well-marked.
• adj. (figuratively) Free of guilt, or suspicion.
• adj. (of a soup) Without a thickening ingredient.
• adj. Possessing little or no perceptible stimulus.
• adj. (Scientology) Free from the influence of engrams; see Clear (Scientology).
• adj. Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating.
• adj. Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.
• adj. Easily or distinctly heard; audible.
• adj. Unmixed; entirely pure.
• adj. Without defects or blemishes, such as freckles or knots.
• adj. Without diminution; in full; net.
• adv. All the way; entirely.
• adv. Not near something or touching it.
• adv. free (or separate) from others.
• adv. (obsolete) In a clear manner; plainly.
• v. (transitive) To remove obstructions or impediments from.
• v. (ergative) To become freed from obstructions.
• v. (transitive) To eliminate ambiguity or doubt from a matter; to clarify; especially, to clear up.
• v. (transitive) To remove from suspicion, especially of having committed a crime.
• v. (transitive) To pass without interference; to miss.
• v. (intransitive) To become clear.
• v. (intransitive) Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that…
• v. (transitive, business) To earn a profit of; to net.
• v. (transitive) To obtain permission to use (a sample of copyrighted audio) in another track.
• v. To disengage oneself from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free.
• v. To obtain a clearance.
• v. (sports) To defend by hitting (or kicking, throwing, heading etc.) the ball (or puck) from the defending…
• v. To fell all trees of a forest.
• v. (transitive, computing) To reset or unset; to return to an empty state or to zero.
• v. (computing, transitive) To style (an element within a document) so that it is not permitted to float at…
• n. (carpentry) Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest…
• n. (cryptology) State of being unenciphered. (In the clear: Not enciphered.).

colorful

• adj. Possessing prominent and varied colors.
• adj. Interesting, multifaceted, energetic, distinctive.
• adj. (euphemistic) Profane, obscene, offensive (usually in the phrase colourful language).

colourful

• adj. British spelling standard spelling of colorful.

coruscant

• adj. Emitting flashes of light; glittering.

dazzling

• v. present participle of dazzle.
• adj. Shining intensely.
• adj. Splendid; brilliant.
• adj. Superlative; astounding.
• n. The action of the verb to dazzle; dazzlement.

effulgent

• adj. Shining, resplendent, radiant.

flashing

• n. (roofing) Components used to weatherproof or seal roof system edges at perimeters, penetrations, walls,…
• n. The process of getting rid of gaps on shelves by bringing products from the back of the shelf to the front…
• n. The blinking of a light source, such as a light bulb or computer's cursor.
• n. The exposing of one's naked body, or part of it, in public briefly (the action of the verb to flash).
• v. present participle of flash.

fulgent

• adj. Shining brilliantly; radiant.

fulgid

• adj. Scintillant, coruscant; marked by fleeting flashes of radiant light.

glaring

• adj. Reflecting with glare.
• adj. Blatant, obvious.
• v. present participle of glare.
• n. The act of giving a glare.
• n. (rare) A group of cats.

glary

• adj. Of a dazzling lustre; glaring; bright; shining.

gleaming

• adj. Having a bright sheen.
• n. A flash or reflected light.
• v. present participle of gleam.

glimmering

• v. present participle of glimmer.
• n. A glimmer.

glimmery

• adj. glimmering; shimmery.

glinting

• v. present participle of glint.
• n. A glint.

glistening

• v. present participle of glisten.
• n. The appearance of something that glistens.
• n. (optics) A fluid-filled microvacuole within a lens.

glistering

• adj. Glistening, glittering, gleaming, shining.
• v. present participle of glister.

glittering

• v. present participle of glitter.
• adj. Brightly sparkling.
• adj. (figuratively) Valuable, desirable.
• n. The appearance of something that glitters.

glittery

• adj. That glitters.

glorious

• adj. Exhibiting attributes, qualities, or acts that are worthy of or receive glory.
• adj. excellent, wonderful.
• adj. Splendid; resplendent; bright; shining, as the sun, gold, or other shiny objects.
• adj. (obsolete) Eager for glory or distinction; haughty; boastful; ostentatious; vainglorious.
• adj. (archaic, colloquial) Ecstatic; hilarious; elated with drink.

glossy

• adj. Having a smooth, silklike, reflective surface.
• n. (chiefly Britain, informal) a glossy magazine.

happy

• adj. Having a feeling arising from a consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind,…
• adj. Experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; favored by fortune or luck; fortunate, lucky, propitious.
• adj. Content, satisfied (with or to do something); having no objection (to something).
• adj. Of acts, speech, etc.: appropriate, apt, felicitous.
• adj. (as a suffix to a noun) Favoring or inclined to use.
• adj. (rare) Of persons, especially when referring to their ability to express themselves (often followed by…
• n. preceded by the: happy people as a group.
• n. (informal, rare) A happy event, thing, person, etc.
• v. (intransitive) Often followed by up: to become happy; to brighten up, to cheer up.
• v. (transitive) Often followed by up: to make happy; to brighten, to cheer, to enliven.

intelligent

• adj. Of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright.
• adj. Well thought-out, well considered.
• adj. Characterized by thoughtful interaction.
• adj. Having the same level of brain power as mankind.
• adj. Having an environment-sensing automatically-invoked built-in computer capability.

iridescent

• adj. (not comparable) Producing a display of lustrous, rainbow-like colors; prismatic.
• adj. Brilliant, lustrous, or colorful.

lambent

• adj. Brushing or flickering gently over a surface.
• adj. Glowing or luminous, but lacking heat.
• adj. Exhibiting lightness or brilliance of wit; clever or witty without unkindness.

light

• n. (physics, uncountable) Visible electromagnetic radiation. The human eye can typically detect radiation…
• n. A source of illumination.
• n. Spiritual or mental illumination; enlightenment, useful information.
• n. (in the plural, now rare) Facts; pieces of information; ideas, concepts.
• n. A notable person within a specific field or discipline.
• n. (painting) The manner in which the light strikes a picture; that part of a picture which represents those…
• n. A point of view, or aspect from which a concept, person or thing is regarded.
• n. A flame or something used to create fire.
• n. A firework made by filling a case with a substance which burns brilliantly with a white or coloured flame.
• n. A window, or space for a window in architecture.
• n. The series of squares reserved for the answer to a crossword clue.
• n. (informal) A cross-light in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
• n. Open view; a visible state or condition; public observation; publicity.
• n. The power of perception by vision.
• n. The brightness of the eye or eyes.
• n. A traffic light, or, by extension, an intersection controlled by one or more that will face a traveler…
• v. (transitive) To start (a fire).
• v. (transitive) To set fire to; to set burning; to kindle.
• v. (transitive) To illuminate.
• v. (intransitive) To become ignited; to take fire.
• v. To attend or conduct with a light; to show the way to by means of a light.
• adj. Having light.
• adj. Pale in colour.
• adj. (of coffee) Served with extra milk or cream.
• adj. Of low weight; not heavy.
• adj. Lightly-built; designed for speed or small loads.
• adj. Gentle; having little force or momentum.
• adj. Easy to endure or perform.
• adj. Low in fat, calories, alcohol, salt, etc.
• adj. Unimportant, trivial, having little value or significance.
• adj. (rail transport, of a locomotive, usually with "run") travelling with no carriages, wagons attached.
• adj. (obsolete) Unchaste, wanton.
• adj. Not heavily armed; armed with light weapons.
• adj. Not encumbered; unembarrassed; clear of impediments; hence, active; nimble; swift.
• adj. (dated) Easily influenced by trifling considerations; unsteady; unsettled; volatile.
• adj. Indulging in, or inclined to, levity; lacking dignity or solemnity; frivolous; airy.
• adj. Not quite sound or normal; somewhat impaired or deranged; dizzy; giddy.
• adj. Not of the legal, standard, or usual weight; clipped; diminished.
• adj. Easily interrupted by stimulation.
• adv. Carrying little.
• n. (curling) A stone that is not thrown hard enough.
• v. (nautical) To unload a ship, or to jettison material to make it lighter.
• v. To lighten; to ease of a burden; to take off.
• v. To find by chance.
• v. To stop upon (of eyes or a glance); to notice.
• v. (archaic) To alight; to land or come down.

lucent

• adj. Emitting light; shining, luminous.
• adj. Translucent; clear, lucid.

luminous

• adj. emitting light; glowing brightly.
• adj. brightly illuminated.

lurid

• adj. Shocking, horrifying.
• adj. Melodramatic.
• adj. Ghastly, pale, wan in appearance.
• adj. Being of a light yellow hue.
• adj. (botany) Having a brown colour tinged with red, as of flame seen through smoke.
• adj. (zoology) Having a colour tinged with purple, yellow, and grey.

lustrous

• adj. Having a glow or lustre.
• adj. As if shining with a brilliant light; radiant.

nacreous

• adj. Of, or resembling nacre (mother of pearl).
• adj. Exhibiting lustrous or rainbow-like colors.

nitid

• adj. bright; lustrous; shining.
• adj. (obsolete) gay; spruce; fine; said of persons.

noctilucent

• adj. (meteorology) Shining or glowing at night, especially of very high-altitude clouds that reflect sunlight…

opalescent

• adj. Exhibiting a milky iridescence like that of an opal.

opaline

• adj. resembling opal in its iridescence.
• n. a clear-to-white liquid secreted by sea hares (genus Aplysia) that becomes viscous upon contact with water.
• n. (mineralogy) any of several minerals resembling opal, including a variety of yellow chalcedony.
• n. opal glass.

pearlescent

• adj. pearl-like, either in color or luster.

polished

• adj. Made smooth or shiny by polishing.
• adj. Refined, elegant.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of polish.

promising

• adj. Showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion.
• adj. Encouraging and inspiring confidence.
• v. present participle of promise.
• n. The act of making a promise.

radiant

• adj. Radiating light and/or heat.
• adj. Emitted as radiation.
• adj. Beaming with vivacity and happiness.
• adj. Emitting or proceeding as if from a center.
• adj. (heraldry) Giving off rays; said of a bearing.
• adj. (botany) Having a ray-like appearance, like the large marginal flowers of certain umbelliferous plants;…
• n. A point source from which radiation is emitted.
• n. (astronomy) The apparent origin, in the night sky, of a meteor shower.
• n. A straight line proceeding from a given point, or fixed pole, about which it is conceived to revolve.

refulgent

• adj. Resplendent, or shining brightly and radiantly.
• adj. (figuratively) As if giving off light or warmth.

reverberant

• adj. (heraldry, of a lion’s tail) Turned up sigmoidally, with the end pointing outward; reboundant.
• adj. Tending to reverberate.

ringing

• n. The sound of ringing.
• n. The quality of being resonant.
• n. A technique used in the study of wild birds, by attaching a small, individually numbered, metal or plastic…
• adj. Loud and clear.
• adj. Made forcefully; powerful.
• v. present participle of ring.

scintillant

• adj. Producing sparks.
• adj. Sparkling.

scintillating

• v. present participle of scintillate.
• adj. That scintillates with brief flashes of light; sparkling.
• adj. Brilliantly or impressively clever, exciting, amusing or witty.

sheeny

• n. (slang, offensive, ethnic slur) A Jew.
• adj. having a sheen; glossy.
• adj. Bright; shining; radiant.

shimmery

• adj. Appearing to shimmer, glistening.

shining

• adj. Emitting light.
• adj. Reflecting light.
• adj. Having a high polish or sheen.
• adj. Having exceptional merit.
• v. present participle of shine.
• n. A bright emission of light; a gleam.

shiny

• adj. Reflecting light.
• adj. Emitting light.
• adj. (colloquial) Excellent; remarkable.
• adj. (obsolete) Bright; luminous; clear; unclouded.
• n. (informal) Anything shiny; a trinket.
• n. (slang) Contraction of disparaging term "shiny arses", originating during World War Two, to describe a…

silver

• n. (uncountable) A lustrous, white, metallic element, atomic number 47, atomic weight 107.87, symbol Ag.
• n. (collectively) Coins made from silver or any similar white metal.
• n. (collectively) Cutlery and other eating utensils, whether silver or made from some other white metal.
• n. (collectively) Any items made from silver or any other white metal.
• n. (countable) A shiny gray color.
• adj. Made from silver.
• adj. Made from another white metal.
• adj. Having a color like silver: a shiny gray.
• adj. Denoting the twenty-fifth anniversary, especially of a wedding.
• adj. (of commercial services) Premium, but inferior to gold.
• v. To acquire a silvery colour.
• v. To cover with silver, or with a silvery metal.
• v. To polish like silver; to impart a brightness to, like that of silver.
• v. To make hoary, or white, like silver.

silvern

• adj. (archaic) Made of silver.

silvery

• adj. Resembling silver in color, shiny white.
• adj. Sprinkled or covered with silver.
• adj. Having the clear, musical tone of silver; soft and clear in sound.

smart

• v. (intransitive) To hurt or sting.
• v. (transitive) To cause a smart or sting in.
• v. To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; to suffer; to feel the sting of evil.
• adj. Causing sharp pain; stinging.
• adj. Sharp; keen; poignant.
• adj. Exhibiting social ability or cleverness.
• adj. Exhibiting intellectual knowledge, such as that found in books.
• adj. (often in combination) Equipped with digital/computer technology.
• adj. Good-looking.
• adj. Cleverly shrewd and humorous in a way that may be rude and disrespectful.
• adj. Sudden and intense.
• adj. (US, Southern, dated) Intense in feeling; painful. Used usually with the adverb intensifier right.
• adj. (archaic) Efficient; vigorous; brilliant.
• adj. (archaic) Pretentious; showy; spruce.
• adj. (archaic) Brisk; fresh.
• n. A sharp, quick, lively pain; a sting.
• n. Mental pain or suffering; grief; affliction.
• n. Smart-money.
• n. (slang, dated) A dandy; one who is smart in dress; one who is brisk, vivacious, or clever.

sparkly

• adj. giving off sparks, or small flashes of light; glittery.
• adj. lively and high-spirited.
• adj. bubbly or effervescent.

sunny

• adj. (of weather or a day) Featuring a lot of sunshine.
• adj. (of a place) Receiving a lot of sunshine.
• adj. (figuratively, of a person or a person's mood) Cheerful.
• adj. Of or relating to the sun; proceeding from, or resembling the sun; brilliant; radiant.
• adv. (US, regional) sunny side up.
• n. A sunfish.

sunshiny

• adj. Sunny, full of sunshine.
• adj. Bright, as though with sunshine; shining.
• adj. Cheerful, happy.

twinkling

• adj. Sparkling intermittently.
• n. A shining with fast intermittent light.
• n. A very short period, notionally the time it takes to blink the eyes.
• v. present participle of twinkle.

undimmed

• adj. Not dimmed.

vivid

• n. (New Zealand) A felt-tipped permanent marker, genericised from the brand.
• adj. (of perception) Clear, detailed or powerful.
• adj. (of an image) Bright, intense or colourful.
• adj. Full of life, strikingly alive.