| bright | |
| 1. adj. Visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, clear, radiant; not dark. | |
| Could you please dim the light? It's far too bright. | |
| 2. adj. Having a clear, quick intellect; intelligent. | |
| He's very bright. He was able to solve the problem without my help. | |
| 3. adj. Vivid, colourful, brilliant. | |
| The orange and blue walls of the sitting room were much brighter than the dull grey walls of the kitchen. | |
| 4. adj. Happy, in (soplink, good, spirits). | |
| I woke up today feeling so bright that I decided to have a little dance. | |
| 5. adj. Sparkling with wit; lively; vivacious; cheerful. | |
| 6. adj. Illustrious; glorious. | |
| 7. adj. Clear; transparent. | |
| 8. adj. (archaic) Manifest to the mind, as light is to the eyes; clear; evident; plain. | |
| 9. n. An artist's brush used in oil and acrylic painting with a long ferrule and a flat, somewhat tapering bristle head. | |
| 10. n. (obsolete) splendour; brightness | |
| 11. n. (neologism) A person with a naturalistic worldview with no supernatural or mystical elements. | |
| 12. n. (US, in the plural) The high-beam intensity of motor vehicle headlamps. | |
| Your brights are on. | |
