Bright

//bɹaɪt//

Synonyms for "bright" (566 found)

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Adjective(1 words)
Noun(1 words)

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Noun(1 words)

How these synonyms differ

  • brilliant - 'Brilliant' means intensely bright, dazzling to the point of being almost overwhelming. Also widely used for intelligence.
  • luminous - 'Luminous' is poetic and gentle, a soft, glowing brightness rather than a harsh or dazzling one.
  • radiant - 'Radiant' implies light that emanates outward, a radiant smile, radiant health. It suggests inner luminosity.
  • vivid - 'Vivid' emphasizes intensity of color or imagery, vivid memories, vivid descriptions. It's brightness applied to the mind's eye.

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Translations

332 translations across 95 languages.

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Albanian

4 entries
  • all adj (of a colour: not muted or pale — see also bold, vivid)
  • hapur adj (in good spirits — see also happy, optimistic)
  • ndritur adj (having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent)
  • ndrritse adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Ancient Greek

3 entries
  • λαμπρός adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • φιαρός adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • φωτεινός adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Arabic

4 entries
  • سَاطِع adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • لامع adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • لَامِع adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • مستنير adj (having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent)

Armenian

3 entries
  • պայծառ adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • պայծառ adj (of a colour: not muted or pale — see also bold, vivid)
  • փայլուն adj (having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent)

Bashkir

4 entries
  • асыҡ adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • аҡыллы adj (having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent)
  • башлы adj (having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent)
  • баҙыҡ adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • здо́льны adj (having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent)
  • све́тлы adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • я́ркі adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Bengali

1 entries
  • রওশন adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Brunei Malay

1 entries
  • tarang adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • буден adj (of a colour: not muted or pale — see also bold, vivid)
  • весел adj (of a colour: not muted or pale — see also bold, vivid)
  • жив adj (of a colour: not muted or pale — see also bold, vivid)
  • светъл adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Burmese

1 entries
  • စို adj (of a colour: not muted or pale — see also bold, vivid)

Catalan

3 entries
  • brillant adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • clar adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • lluent adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Central Kurdish

2 entries
  • بریقەدار adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • زیرەک adj (having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent)

Chamicuro

1 entries
  • tsenewa adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Chechen

1 entries
  • къегина adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎤᏍᎪᏍᏗ adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • 明亮 adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • 聰明 /聪明 adj (having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent)

Cornish

2 entries
  • spladn adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • splann adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Czech

4 entries
  • bystrý adj (having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent)
  • jasný adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • jasný adj (of a colour: not muted or pale — see also bold, vivid)
  • jasný adj (in good spirits — see also happy, optimistic)

Danish

4 entries
  • funklende adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • klar adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • kvik adj (having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent)
  • livlig adj (of a colour: not muted or pale — see also bold, vivid)

Dutch

4 entries
  • bont adj (of a colour: not muted or pale — see also bold, vivid)
  • fel adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • helder adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • intelligent adj (having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • brila adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Evenki

1 entries
  • ңэрипчу adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Faroese

1 entries
  • bjartur adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Finnish

4 entries
  • fiksu adj (having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent)
  • iloinen adj (in good spirits — see also happy, optimistic)
  • kirkas adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • kirkas adj (of a colour: not muted or pale — see also bold, vivid)

French

4 entries
  • brillant adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • brillant adj (of a colour: not muted or pale — see also bold, vivid)
  • brillant adj (having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent)
  • clair adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Galician

4 entries
  • alegre adj (of a colour: not muted or pale — see also bold, vivid)
  • brilante adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • brillante adj (having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent)
  • coruscante adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Georgian

4 entries
  • ელვარე adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • კაშკაშა adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • მკვეთრი adj (of a colour: not muted or pale — see also bold, vivid)
  • საზრიანი adj (having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent)

German

4 entries
  • brilliant adj (having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent)
  • glänzend adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • heiter adj (in good spirits — see also happy, optimistic)
  • hell adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷𐍄𐍃 adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Greek

4 entries
  • έξυπνος adj (having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent)
  • λαμπερός adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • λαμπρός adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • λαμπρός adj (having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent)

Gujarati

2 entries
  • ચળકતું adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • પ્રકાશિત adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • בהיר adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • בהירה adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Hindi

3 entries
  • उज्ज्वल adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • चमकीला adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • रौशन adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • világos adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Icelandic

4 entries
  • bjart adj (of a colour: not muted or pale — see also bold, vivid)
  • bjartur adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • bjartur adj (of a colour: not muted or pale — see also bold, vivid)
  • björt adj (of a colour: not muted or pale — see also bold, vivid)

Ilocano

2 entries
  • nalawag adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • naraniag adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • pintar adj (having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent)

Ingush

1 entries
  • къаьга adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Interlingua

3 entries
  • brillante adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • intelligente adj (having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent)
  • vive adj (of a colour: not muted or pale — see also bold, vivid)

Irish

4 entries
  • geal adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • glé adj (of a colour: not muted or pale — see also bold, vivid)
  • gléineach adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • grianmhar adj (in good spirits — see also happy, optimistic)

Italian

4 entries
  • allegro adj (of a colour: not muted or pale — see also bold, vivid)
  • allegro adj (in good spirits — see also happy, optimistic)
  • brillante adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • brillante adj (of a colour: not muted or pale — see also bold, vivid)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 明るい adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • 聡明 adj (having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent)
  • 賢い adj (having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent)
  • 鮮明 adj (of a colour: not muted or pale — see also bold, vivid)

Kapampangan

1 entries
  • masala adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • жарқын adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Korean

3 entries
  • 똑똑하다 adj (having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent)
  • 밝다 adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • 환하다 adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Kyrgyz

3 entries
  • жаркыраган adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • жаркырап турган adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • жарык adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Latgalian

2 entries
  • gaišs adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • spūdrys adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Latin

1 entries
  • lucidus adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Latvian

3 entries
  • gaišs adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • spilgts adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • spožs adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Literary Chinese

1 entries
  • adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Lithuanian

4 entries
  • gudrus adj (having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent)
  • gyvybingas adj (of a colour: not muted or pale — see also bold, vivid)
  • protingas adj (having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent)
  • ryškus adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Lubuagan Kalinga

1 entries
  • mampadcha adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Luxembourgish

4 entries
  • blénkeg adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • brillant adj (having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent)
  • frou adj (in good spirits — see also happy, optimistic)
  • fénkeleg adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • бистар adj (having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent)
  • светол adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Malay

1 entries
  • terang adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Manchu

4 entries
  • ᠰᡠᡵᡝ adj (having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent)
  • ᡠᠯᡥᡳᠴᡠᠨ adj (having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent)
  • ᡤᡝᠩᡤᡳᠶᡝᠨ adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • ᡤᡝᡥᡠᠨ adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Manx

1 entries
  • sullyr adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Māori

1 entries
  • kita adj (of a colour: not muted or pale — see also bold, vivid)

Norwegian

4 entries
  • glad adj (in good spirits — see also happy, optimistic)
  • livlig adj (of a colour: not muted or pale — see also bold, vivid)
  • lys adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • lystig adj (of a colour: not muted or pale — see also bold, vivid)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries
  • dyktig adj (having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent)
  • intelligent adj (having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent)
  • klok adj (having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent)
  • knall adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Norwegian Nynorsk

4 entries
  • dyktig adj (having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent)
  • intelligent adj (having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent)
  • klok adj (having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent)
  • oppvakt adj (having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent)

Occitan

2 entries
  • brilhant adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • clar adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Old English

1 entries
  • beorht adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Ossetian

1 entries
  • ирд adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • چیل adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Persian

4 entries
  • تابناک adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • خوش adj (in good spirits — see also happy, optimistic)
  • روشن adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • روشن adj (of a colour: not muted or pale — see also bold, vivid)

Polish

1 entries
  • jasny adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • alegre adj (of a colour: not muted or pale — see also bold, vivid)
  • alegre adj (in good spirits — see also happy, optimistic)
  • brilhante adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • brilhante adj (having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent)

Romanian

4 entries
  • clar adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • deștept adj (having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent)
  • luminos adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • strălucitor adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Russian

4 entries
  • блестя́щий) adj (having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent)
  • све́тлый adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • сия́ющий adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • у́мный adj (having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent)

Sanskrit

2 entries
  • अर्जुन adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • उज्ज्वल adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Scots

4 entries
  • bricht adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • bricht adj (of a colour: not muted or pale — see also bold, vivid)
  • bricht adj (in good spirits — see also happy, optimistic)
  • bricht adj (having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • geur adj (having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent)
  • soilleir adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • soilleir adj (of a colour: not muted or pale — see also bold, vivid)
  • toinisgeil adj (having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • svetao adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • svijetao adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • светао adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • свијетао adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Sindhi

2 entries
  • روشَنُ adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • रोशनु adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Slovak

4 entries
  • bystrý adj (having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent)
  • jasný adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • svetlý adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • živý adj (of a colour: not muted or pale — see also bold, vivid)

Slovene

3 entries
  • brihten adj (having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent)
  • inteligenten adj (having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent)
  • svetel adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Spanish

4 entries
  • alegre adj (in good spirits — see also happy, optimistic)
  • brillante adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • brillante adj (having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent)
  • claro adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Swedish

4 entries
  • färggrann adj (of a colour: not muted or pale — see also bold, vivid)
  • glad adj (in good spirits — see also happy, optimistic)
  • intelligent adj (having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent)
  • klar adj (of a colour: not muted or pale — see also bold, vivid)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • maliwanag adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • matalino adj (having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent)

Tajik

1 entries
  • равшан adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Telugu

2 entries
  • తెలివైన adj (having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent)
  • ప్రకాశవంతమైన adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • lakᵤtse adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Turkish

2 entries
  • aydınlık adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • parlak adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Tuwali Ifugao

1 entries
  • hiy'o adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • сві́тлий adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • яскра́вий adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Urdu

3 entries
  • اججول adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • روشن adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • چمکیلا adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • yorug’ adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • nhanh trí adj (having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent)
  • sáng adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • sáng dạ adj (having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent)
  • sáng sủa adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Waray-Waray

3 entries
  • baltok adj (having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent)
  • mahayag adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • masuna adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Woiwurrung

1 entries
  • wūl–lū–djin adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Yaghnobi

1 entries
  • рахшин adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Yakut

1 entries
  • сырдык adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • העל adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • ליכטיק adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)

Zazaki

4 entries
  • rosnayi adj (emitting much light; visually dazzling — see also luminous, radiant)
  • rowsan adj (of a colour: not muted or pale — see also bold, vivid)
  • wes (diq) adj (in good spirits — see also happy, optimistic)
  • zerq adj (having a clear, quick intellect — see also intelligent)

Sample sentences

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You have a bright future.

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The sky is clear and the sun is bright.

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The sky was bright and clear.

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The cow is anything but bright.

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