The brightness of the sky showed that the storm had passed.
Source: tatoeba (18338)
Brightness
//ˈbɹaɪtnəs//
Synonyms for "brightness" (178 found)
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Closest matches (36)
Strong matches (53)
Related words (89)
keen-wittednesskeennesslightnessluckinessluminositylustermalleabilitymental alertnessmercurial mindmoldabilitymotivationmunsell chromanative clevernessneutral colornimble mindnimble-wittednessnimblenessnousoptimismplasticity
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pleasantnesspliabilitypolishpromptitudepromptnesspropitiousnessprosperousnesspunctualitypure colorpurityquick partsquick thinkingquick witquick-wittednessquicknessradianceradiancyradiant splendorravishingnessreadinessready witreceptivityrefulgencerefulgencyresplendenceresplendencyrichnessrosy expectationsanguine humorsanguinenesssaturationsavvysharp-wittednesssharpnesssheenshinesleeplessnesssmartnesssmartssparklesplendidnesssplendorsplendorousnesssplendrousnesssprightly witstreaming lightsublimitysunninesssunny sidesusceptibilitytalentteachabilityteachablenesstechnicolortinttonetrainablenessvaluevividnesswakefulnesswarm colorwillingnesswinsomeness
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83 translations across 39 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- ndriçim noun (the quality of being bright)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- γάνος noun (the quality of being bright)
- λαμπρότης noun (the quality of being bright)
Arabic
1 entries- سُطُوع noun (the quality of being bright)
Armenian
4 entries- լուսավոր noun (intelligence, cleverness)
- լուսեղություն noun (perception elicited by the luminance of an object)
- պայծառություն noun (the quality of being bright)
- պայծառություն noun (perception elicited by the luminance of an object)
Bengali
1 entries- রৌশনী noun (the quality of being bright)
Bulgarian
2 entries- блясък noun (the quality of being bright)
- я́ркост noun (perception elicited by the luminance of an object)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 明亮 noun (the quality of being bright)
Czech
3 entries- jas noun (the quality of being bright)
- jasnost noun (the quality of being bright)
- třpyt noun (the quality of being bright)
Dutch
2 entries- glans noun (the quality of being bright)
- helderheid noun (the quality of being bright)
Egyptian
2 entries- H-D-D-w-t-N8-Z3 noun (the quality of being bright)
- w-b-x:t-N8 noun (the quality of being bright)
Esperanto
2 entries- heldenso noun (the quality of being bright)
- helodenso noun (the quality of being bright)
Finnish
4 entries- hohto noun (the quality of being bright)
- kirkkaus noun (the quality of being bright)
- loisto noun (the quality of being bright)
- välke noun (the quality of being bright)
French
3 entries- brillance noun (the quality of being bright)
- intelligence noun (intelligence, cleverness)
- luminosité noun (perception elicited by the luminance of an object)
German
4 entries- Aufgewecktheit noun (intelligence, cleverness)
- Funkeln noun (the quality of being bright)
- Glanz noun (the quality of being bright)
- Helligkeit noun (the quality of being bright)
Greek
3 entries- εξυπνάδα noun (intelligence, cleverness)
- λάμψη noun (perception elicited by the luminance of an object)
- φωτεινότητα noun (the quality of being bright)
Hebrew
3 entries- אינטלגנציה noun (intelligence, cleverness)
- בהירות noun (the quality of being bright)
- תבונה noun (intelligence, cleverness)
Hindi
1 entries- चमक noun (the quality of being bright)
Hungarian
1 entries- fényesség noun (the quality of being bright)
Irish
4 entries- gile noun (the quality of being bright)
- gile noun (perception elicited by the luminance of an object)
- gléine noun (the quality of being bright)
- gléine noun (perception elicited by the luminance of an object)
Japanese
1 entries- 明るさ noun (the quality of being bright)
Latin
1 entries- candor noun (the quality of being bright)
Latvian
2 entries- spilgtums noun (perception elicited by the luminance of an object)
- spožums noun (perception elicited by the luminance of an object)
Norwegian
4 entries- glans noun (the quality of being bright)
- klarhet noun (the quality of being bright)
- lyshet noun (the quality of being bright)
- lysstyrke noun (the quality of being bright)
Persian
1 entries- درخشندگی noun (the quality of being bright)
Polish
1 entries- jasność noun (the quality of being bright)
Portuguese
3 entries- brilho noun (the quality of being bright)
- clareza noun (the quality of being bright)
- claridade noun (the quality of being bright)
Quechua
1 entries- phaqsa noun (the quality of being bright)
Romanian
2 entries- splendoare noun (the quality of being bright)
- strălucire noun (the quality of being bright)
Russian
4 entries- блеск noun (the quality of being bright)
- вспы́шка noun (the quality of being bright)
- смышлёность noun (intelligence, cleverness)
- ум noun (intelligence, cleverness)
Spanish
1 entries- brillo noun (the quality of being bright)
Swedish
1 entries- ljusstyrka noun (the quality of being bright)
Tagalog
2 entries- liwanag noun (the quality of being bright)
- liwanag noun (perception elicited by the luminance of an object)
Tausug
1 entries- sinag noun (the quality of being bright)
Telugu
1 entries- వెలుగు noun (the quality of being bright)
Thai
1 entries- ความสว่าง noun (the quality of being bright)
Turkish
1 entries- parlaklık noun (the quality of being bright)
Ukrainian
1 entries- яскра́вість noun (the quality of being bright)
Urdu
1 entries- چمک noun (the quality of being bright)
Welsh
2 entries- lleu noun (the quality of being bright)
- lleu noun (perception elicited by the luminance of an object)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
The brightness of her smile always makes me feel better.
Source: tatoeba (309419)
He flipped the switch and threw the room into brightness.
Source: tatoeba (319558)
The lighting was set up to have the intensity controlled by one knob so you could produce the brightness as you want.
Source: tatoeba (327713)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.