bright

/ˈbrīt/

Middle English, from Old English beorht; akin to Old High German beraht bright, Sanskrit bhrājate it shines

adjective

  1. radiating or reflecting light : shining, sparkling

  2. sunny; also : radiant with happiness

  3. illustrious, glorious

bright lights

a bright day

bright brilliant radiant luminous lustrous mean shining or glowing with light. bright implies emitting or reflecting a high degree of light. brilliant implies intense often sparkling brightness. radiant stresses the emission or seeming emission of rays of light. luminous implies emission of steady, suffused, glowing light by reflection or in surrounding darkness. lustrous stresses an even, rich light from a surface that reflects brightly without glittering.

noun

  1. a color of high saturation : a bright color —usually used in plural

  2. clothing that is brightly colored

  3. high beams

biographical name

  1. John 1811—1889 English orator and statesman