'Bright' definitions:
Definition of 'bright'
From: WordNet
adverb
With brightness; "the stars shone brilliantly"; "the windows glowed jewel bright" [syn: brilliantly, brightly, bright]
adjective
Emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts; "the sun was bright and hot"; "a bright sunlit room" [ant: dull]
adjective
Having striking color; "bright dress"; "brilliant tapestries"; "a bird with vivid plumage" [syn: bright, brilliant, vivid]
adjective
Characterized by quickness and ease in learning; "some children are brighter in one subject than another"; "smart children talk earlier than the average" [syn: bright, smart]
adjective
Having lots of light either natural or artificial; "the room was bright and airy"; "a stage bright with spotlights"
adjective
Made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; "bright silver candlesticks"; "a burnished brass knocker"; "she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves"; "rows of shining glasses"; "shiny black patents" [syn: bright, burnished, lustrous, shining, shiny]
adjective
Splendid; "the bright stars of stage and screen"; "a bright moment in history"; "the bright pageantry of court"
adjective
Not made dim or less bright; "undimmed headlights"; "surprisingly the curtain started to rise while the houselights were still undimmed" [syn: undimmed, bright] [ant: dim, dimmed]
adjective
Clear and sharp and ringing; "the bright sound of the trumpet section"; "the brilliant sound of the trumpets" [syn: bright, brilliant]
adjective
Characterized by happiness or gladness; "bright faces"; "all the world seems bright and gay"
adjective
Definition of 'Bright'
From: GCIDE
- Bright \Bright\, a. [OE. briht, AS. beorht, briht; akin to OS. berht, OHG. beraht, Icel. bjartr, Goth. ba['i]rhts. [root]94.]
- 1. Radiating or reflecting light; shedding or having much light; shining; luminous; not dark. [1913 Webster]
- The sun was bright o'erhead. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
- The earth was dark, but the heavens were bright. --Drake. [1913 Webster]
- The public places were as bright as at noonday. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Transmitting light; clear; transparent. [1913 Webster]
- From the brightest wines He 'd turn abhorrent. --Thomson. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Having qualities that render conspicuous or attractive, or that affect the mind as light does the eye; resplendent with charms; as, bright beauty. [1913 Webster]
- Bright as an angel new-dropped from the sky. --Parnell. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Having a clear, quick intellect; intelligent. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Sparkling with wit; lively; vivacious; shedding cheerfulness and joy around; cheerful; cheery. [1913 Webster]
- Be bright and jovial among your guests. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 6. Illustrious; glorious. [1913 Webster]
- In the brightest annals of a female reign. --Cotton. [1913 Webster]
- 7. Manifest to the mind, as light is to the eyes; clear; evident; plain. [1913 Webster]
- That he may with more ease, with brighter evidence, and with surer success, draw the bearner on. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster]
- 8. Of brilliant color; of lively hue or appearance. [1913 Webster]
- Here the bright crocus and blue violet grew. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Bright is used in composition in the sense of brilliant, clear, sunny, etc.; as, bright-eyed, bright-haired, bright-hued. [1913 Webster]
- bright side the positive or favorable aspects of a situation.
- to look on the bright side to focus the attention on favorable aspects of a situation; to minimize attention to possible negative or unfavorable factors in a situation. [PJC]
- Syn: Shining; splending; luminous; lustrous; brilliant; resplendent; effulgent; refulgent; radiant; sparkling; glittering; lucid; beamy; clear; transparent; illustrious; witty; clear; vivacious; sunny. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Bright'
From: GCIDE
- Bright \Bright\, n. Splendor; brightness. [Poetic] [1913 Webster]
- Dark with excessive bright thy skirts appear. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Bright'
From: GCIDE
- Bright \Bright\, adv. Brightly. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- I say it is the moon that shines so bright. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Bright'
From: GCIDE
- Brite \Brite\, Bright \Bright\, v. t. To be or become overripe, as wheat, barley, or hops. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'bright'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adroit,
- advanced,
- agile,
- aglow,
- alert,
- alight,
- alive,
- animate,
- animated,
- apt,
- astute,
- attentive,
- auspicious,
- awake,
- balmy,
- beaming,
- bedazzling,
- benign,
- benignant,
- blazing,
- bleached,
- blinding,
- blithe,
- blithesome,
- blooming,
- brainy,
- brave,
- bright and shining,
- bright and sunny,
- bright-hued,
- brilliant,
- burning,
- burnished,
- cant,
- charismatic,
- cheerful,
- cheery,
- chiliastic,
- clean,
- cleanly,
- clear,
- clever,
- cloudless,
- colorful,
- colory,
- conceptive,
- conceptual,
- coruscating,
- couleur de rose,
- dainty,
- dazzling,
- deep-colored,
- devastating,
- dexter,
- dexterous,
- dirt-free,
- discursive,
- distinguished,
- divine,
- docile,
- educable,
- effulgent,
- elated,
- eupeptic,
- euphoric,
- exalted,
- exhilarated,
- exotic,
- exuberant,
- facile,
- fair,
- fastidious,
- favorable,
- favoring,
- flamboyant,
- flaming,
- flashing,
- fluorescent,
- flushed,
- formable,
- fortunate,
- fresh,
- fulgent,
- fulgid,
- full of promise,
- garish,
- gay,
- gay-colored,
- genial,
- gifted,
- glad,
- gladsome,
- glamorous,
- glaring,
- glary,
- gleaming,
- glistening,
- glittering,
- glorious,
- glossy,
- glowing,
- golden,
- good,
- gorgeous,
- halcyon,
- happy,
- harmless,
- heavenly,
- high,
- high-colored,
- hopeful,
- ideational,
- illuminated,
- illustrious,
- immaculate,
- impressionable,
- in good spirits,
- in high spirits,
- incandescent,
- ingenious,
- instructable,
- intellectual,
- intelligent,
- intense,
- inviolate,
- irrepressible,
- keen,
- keen-witted,
- killing,
- knowing,
- kosher,
- lambent,
- laughing,
- Leibnizian,
- light,
- lighted,
- lively,
- lucent,
- lucid,
- lucky,
- luminous,
- lustrous,
- magic,
- magnificent,
- malleable,
- mild,
- millenarian,
- millennialistic,
- mint,
- moldable,
- motivated,
- nimble,
- nimble-witted,
- no dumbbell,
- noetic,
- nonpolluted,
- not born yesterday,
- not so dumb,
- numinous,
- of cleanly habits,
- of good cheer,
- of good omen,
- of happy portent,
- of promise,
- on the,
- on the alert,
- on the ball,
- on the job,
- optimistic,
- outstanding,
- perfectibilitarian,
- perfectionist,
- plastic,
- pleasant,
- pliable,
- polished,
- precocious,
- pristine,
- promising,
- prompt,
- propitious,
- prosperous,
- pure,
- qui vive,
- quick,
- quick-thinking,
- quick-witted,
- radiant,
- rational,
- raving,
- ravishing,
- ready,
- reasonable,
- receptive,
- refulgent,
- resplendent,
- riant,
- rich,
- rich-colored,
- ripe for instruction,
- ritually pure,
- rose-colored,
- roseate,
- rosy,
- sane,
- sanguine,
- sanguineous,
- Saturnian,
- scatheless,
- schoolable,
- scintillating,
- sensible,
- sharp,
- sharp-witted,
- shimmering,
- shining,
- shiny,
- sleepless,
- smart,
- smiling,
- smut-free,
- smutless,
- sophic,
- sparkling,
- spirited,
- splendent,
- splendid,
- splendorous,
- splendrous,
- spotless,
- sprightly,
- stainless,
- steel-trap,
- strong-minded,
- stunning,
- sublime,
- sunny,
- sunshiny,
- susceptible,
- sweet,
- tahar,
- talented,
- teachable,
- thirsty for knowledge,
- trainable,
- tubbed,
- unadulterated,
- unbesmirched,
- unblemished,
- unblinking,
- unblotted,
- unbroken,
- unbruised,
- unclouded,
- undamaged,
- undefaced,
- undefiled,
- undeformed,
- undemolished,
- understanding,
- undestroyed,
- undimmed,
- unfaded,
- unharmed,
- unhurt,
- unimpaired,
- uninjured,
- unmaimed,
- unmangled,
- unmarked,
- unmarred,
- unmuddied,
- unnodding,
- unpolluted,
- unscarred,
- unscathed,
- unscratched,
- unshattered,
- unsleeping,
- unsmirched,
- unsmudged,
- unsoiled,
- unspoiled,
- unspotted,
- unstained,
- unsullied,
- untainted,
- untarnished,
- untorn,
- untouched,
- unwinking,
- unwithered,
- unworn,
- upbeat,
- utopian,
- virgin,
- vivacious,
- vivid,
- wakeful,
- well-scrubbed,
- well-washed,
- white,
- whitened,
- wide-awake,
- willing,
- winsome,
- witty
Bright, IN -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Indiana
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Bright, IN -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Indiana
Population (2000) :
5405
Housing Units (2000) :
1811
Land area (2000) :
14.308764 sq. miles (37.059527 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
14.308764 sq. miles (37.059527 sq. km)
FIPS code :
07624
Located within :
Indiana (IN), FIPS 18
Location :
39.218114 N, 84.862357 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Words containing 'Bright'
- Bright, IN,
- Brightly,
- Brightness,
- Bright's disease,
- Honor bright,
- Sea Bright,
- bright blue,
- bright side,
- brightness constancy,
- brightness level,
- meadow bright,
- radio brightness,
- Bright-harnessed,
- Sea Bright, NJ,
- bright as a new penny,
- bright-red,
- brightly-colored,
- brightly-coloured,
- to look on the bright side,
- azure cerulean sky-blue bright blue