| Main Entry: | bright |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shining, glowing in appearance |
Synonyms: |
ablaze, aglow, alight, argent, auroral, beaming, blazing, brilliant, burning, burnished, coruscating, dazzling, effulgent, flashing, fulgent, fulgid, glaring, gleaming, glistening, glittering, glossy, golden, illuminated, illumined, incandescent, intense, irradiated, lambent, light, lighted, limpid, luminous, lustrous, mirrorlike, moonlit, phosphorescent, polished, radiant, relucent, resplendent, scintillating, shimmering, shiny, silvery, sparkling, sunlit, sunny, twinkling, vivid |
Antonyms: |
dark, dreary, dull, obscure, somber |
| Main Entry: | bright |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sunny, clear (weather) |
Synonyms: |
clement, cloudless, fair, favorable, limpid, lucid, mild, pellucid, pleasant, translucent, transparent, unclouded |
Antonyms: |
black, cloudy, dark, dreary, dusky, gloomy, murky |
| Main Entry: | bright |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intelligent |
Synonyms: |
Einstein, acute, advanced, alert, astute, aware, brainy, brilliant, clear-headed, clever, discerning, eggheaded, having smarts, ingenious, inventive, keen, knowing, precocious, quick, quick-witted, sharp, smart, whiz kid, wide-awake |
Antonyms: |
dull, stupid, unaware, unintelligent |
| Main Entry: | bright |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hopeful, promising |
Synonyms: |
airy, auspicious, benign, breezy, cheering, encouraging, excellent, favorable, golden, good, optimistic, palmy, propitious, prosperous, rosy |
Antonyms: |
depressing, horrible, threatening, unpromising |
| Main Entry: | bright |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cheerful |
Synonyms: |
alert, animated, gay, genial, glad, happy, jolly, joyful, joyous, keen, lighthearted, lively, merry, optimistic, sanguine, spirited, sprightly, vivacious |
Antonyms: |
depressed, depressing, doleful, dreary, gloomy, unhappy |
| Main Entry: | bright |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | famous, outstanding |
Synonyms: |
distinguished, eminent, glorious, illustrious, magnificent, prominent, remarkable, splendid |
Antonyms: |
normal, typical |
| Main Entry: | bright |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vivid in color |
Synonyms: |
brave, brilliant, clear, colored, colorful, deep, flashy, fresh, gay, glitzy, hued, intense, psychedelic, razzle-dazzle, rich, ruddy, sharp, showy, tinged, tinted |
Antonyms: |
light, pale, pastel |
| Main Entry: | able |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | capable of performing; having an innate capacity |
Synonyms: |
adept, adequate, adroit, agile, alert, apt, bright, capable, competent, cunning, deft, dexterous, easy, effortless, endowed, equipped, facile, fitted, good, intelligent, knowing, powerful, ready, smart, strong, worthy |
| Notes: | able is having the necessary power to accomplish something while capable means having the potential to accomplish something |
Antonyms: |
ineffective, inept, infirm, powerless, unable, useless |
| Main Entry: | alert |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | attentive, lively |
Synonyms: |
active, all ears, bright, cagey, careful, circumspect, clever, fast on the draw, good hands, heads up, heedful, hip, intelligent, jazzed, observant, on guard, on one's toes, on the ball, on the job, on the lookout, on the qui vive, perceptive, psyched up, quick, ready, sharp, spirited, switched on, vigilant, wary, watchful, wide-awake, wired, wise, with it |
Antonyms: |
asleep, drowsy, inattentive, lethargic, sluggish, unobservant, weary |
| Main Entry: | apt |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | quick to learn |
Synonyms: |
able, adept, astute, bright, clever, expert, gifted, ingenious, intelligent, no dummy, nobody's fool, not born yesterday, prompt, quick on the trigger, quick on the uptake, ready, savvy, sharp, skilled, skillful, smart, talented, teachable |
Antonyms: |
incapable, stupid, unskilled |