Brighten

//ˈbɹaɪtən//

Synonyms for "brighten" (73 found)

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Closest matches (15)

animate beacon boost break brighten up buoy up burnish cheer cheer up clean clear up

Verb(4 words)

arouse awaken bright clear

Strong matches (22)

Related words (36)

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

4 entries

alter change modify vary

Antonyms

1 entries

darken

Synonyms

1 entries

clear up

derived

5 entries

brighten up brightenable brightener unbrightened upbrighten

derived from

1 entries

bright

manner of

1 entries

change

related to

7 entries

bright cheerful clear up enliven luster pleasant splendor

Translations

30 translations across 10 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

n'drit verb (add luster or splendor)

Bulgarian

2 entries

лъскам verb (add luster or splendor)
прояснявам се verb (become brighter in color)

German

4 entries

aufhellen verb (make brighter in color)
aufhellen verb (make more cheerful)
schönen verb (add luster or splendor)
sich aufhellen verb (become brighter in color)

Korean

4 entries

밝게 하다 verb (make brighter in color)
밝게 하다 verb (make more cheerful)
밝아지다 verb (become brighter in color)
밝아지다 verb (become brighter in mood)

Latin

1 entries

candēscō verb (become brighter in color)

Māori

4 entries

whakaharikoa verb (make more cheerful)
whakahihiko verb (make more cheerful)
whakakitakita verb (make brighter in color)
whakapīata verb (add luster or splendor)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

آیدینلنمق verb (become brighter in color)

Portuguese

4 entries

animar verb (make more cheerful)
animar-se verb (become brighter in mood)
clarear verb (make brighter in color)
clarear verb (become brighter in color)

Slovene

3 entries

posvetliti verb (make brighter in color)
razvedriti verb (make more cheerful)
razvedriti verb (become brighter in mood)

Swedish

1 entries

ljusna verb (become brighter in color)

Sample sentences

20 total sentences available.

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White paint will brighten the room.

Source: tatoeba (282593)

The flowers will brighten up the table.

Source: tatoeba (2259319)

I thought that would brighten up your day.

Source: tatoeba (5828300)

The stars brighten the shadows.

Source: tatoeba (6360632)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.