| bright | | |
| adj. | 1. bright | emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts.; "the sun was bright and hot"; "a bright sunlit room" |
| ~ agleam, gleaming, nitid | bright with a steady but subdued shining.; "from the plane we saw the city below agleam with lights"; "the gleaming brass on the altar"; "Nereids beneath the nitid moon" |
| ~ aglow, lambent, lucent, luminous | softly bright or radiant.; "a house aglow with lights"; "glowing embers"; "lambent tongues of flame"; "the lucent moon"; "a sky luminous with stars" |
| ~ aglitter, coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, sparkly, scintillating | having brief brilliant points or flashes of light.; "bugle beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water"; "his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop window full of glittering Christmas trees"; "glittery costume jewelry"; "scintillant mica"; "the scintillating stars"; "a dress with sparkly sequins"; "`glistering' is an archaic term" |
| ~ beadlike, beady, buttonlike, buttony | small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button.; "bright beady eyes"; "black buttony eyes" |
| ~ effulgent, radiant, refulgent, beamy, beaming | radiating or as if radiating light.; "the beaming sun"; "the effulgent daffodils"; "a radiant sunrise"; "a refulgent sunset" |
| ~ blazing, blinding, fulgent, glaring, glary, dazzling | shining intensely.; "the blazing sun"; "blinding headlights"; "dazzling snow"; "fulgent patterns of sunlight"; "the glaring sun" |
| ~ bright as a new penny | (metaphor) shining brightly. |
| ~ brilliant | full of light; shining intensely.; "a brilliant star"; "brilliant chandeliers" |
| ~ ardent | glowing or shining like fire.; "from rank to rank she darts her ardent eyes"; "frightened by his ardent burning eyes" |
| ~ glimmery | shining softly and intermittently.; "glimmery candlelight" |
| ~ glistening, sheeny, shiny, glossy, lustrous, shining | reflecting light.; "glistening bodies of swimmers"; "the horse's glossy coat"; "lustrous auburn hair"; "saw the moon like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet"; "shining white enamel" |
| ~ opalescent, opaline, pearlescent, iridescent, nacreous | having a play of lustrous rainbow colors.; "an iridescent oil slick"; "nacreous (or pearlescent) clouds looking like mother-of-pearl"; "a milky opalescent (or opaline) luster" |
| ~ lurid | shining with an unnatural red glow as of fire seen through smoke.; "a lurid sunset"; "lurid flames" |
| ~ noctilucent | shining or glowing by night.; "the noctilucent eyes of a cat" |
| ~ satiny, silken, silklike, silky, sleek, slick | having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light.; "glossy auburn hair"; "satiny gardenia petals"; "sleek black fur"; "silken eyelashes"; "silky skin"; "a silklike fabric"; "slick seals and otters" |
| ~ self-luminous | having in itself the property of emitting light. |
| ~ shimmery | glistening tremulously.; "the shimmery surface of the lake"; "a dress of shimmery satin" |
| ~ silver, silvern, silvery | having the white lustrous sheen of silver.; "a land of silver (or silvern) rivers where the salmon leap"; "repeated scrubbings have given the wood a silvery sheen" |
| ~ twinkling | shining intermittently with a sparkling light.; "twinkling stars" |
| adj. | 2. bright, brilliant, vivid | having striking color.; "bright dress"; "brilliant tapestries"; "a bird with vivid plumage" |
| ~ colorful, colourful | having striking color.; "colorful autumn leaves" |
| adj. | 3. bright, smart | characterized by quickness and ease in learning.; "some children are brighter in one subject than another"; "smart children talk earlier than the average" |
| ~ intelligent | having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree.; "is there intelligent life in the universe?"; "an intelligent question" |
| adj. | 4. bright | having lots of light either natural or artificial.; "the room was bright and airy"; "a stage bright with spotlights" |
| ~ light | characterized by or emitting light.; "a room that is light when the shutters are open"; "the inside of the house was airy and light" |
| adj. | 5. bright, burnished, lustrous, shining, shiny | 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" |
| ~ polished | perfected or made shiny and smooth.; "his polished prose"; "in a freshly ironed dress and polished shoes"; "freshly polished silver" |
| adj. | 6. bright | splendid.; "the bright stars of stage and screen"; "a bright moment in history"; "the bright pageantry of court" |
| ~ glorious | having or deserving or conferring glory.; "a long and glorious career"; "our glorious literature" |
| adj. | 7. bright, undimmed | not made dim or less bright.; "undimmed headlights"; "surprisingly the curtain started to rise while the houselights were still undimmed" |
| adj. | 8. bright, brilliant | clear and sharp and ringing.; "the bright sound of the trumpet section"; "the brilliant sound of the trumpets" |
| ~ reverberant | having a tendency to reverberate or be repeatedly reflected.; "a reverberant room"; "the reverberant booms of cannon" |
| adj. | 9. bright | characterized by happiness or gladness.; "bright faces"; "all the world seems bright and gay" |
| ~ happy | enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure.; "a happy smile"; "spent many happy days on the beach"; "a happy marriage" |
| adj. | 10. bright, hopeful, promising | full or promise.; "had a bright future in publishing"; "the scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political career"; "a hopeful new singer on Broadway" |
| ~ auspicious | auguring favorable circumstances and good luck.; "an auspicious beginning for the campaign" |
| adv. | 11. bright, brightly, brilliantly | with brightness.; "the stars shone brilliantly"; "the windows glowed jewel bright" |
| highbrow | | |
| n. (person) | 1. highbrow | a person of intellectual or erudite tastes. |
| ~ intellectual, intellect | a person who uses the mind creatively. |
| adj. | 2. highbrow, highbrowed | highly cultured or educated.; "highbrow events such as the ballet or opera"; "a highbrowed literary critic" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ intellectual | appealing to or using the intellect.; "satire is an intellectual weapon"; "intellectual workers engaged in creative literary or artistic or scientific labor"; "has tremendous intellectual sympathy for oppressed people"; "coldly intellectual"; "sort of the intellectual type"; "intellectual literature" |
| intelligent | | |
| adj. | 1. intelligent | having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree.; "is there intelligent life in the universe?"; "an intelligent question" |
| ~ smart | showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness. |
| ~ agile, nimble | mentally quick.; "an agile mind"; "nimble wits" |
| ~ clever, apt | mentally quick and resourceful.; "an apt pupil"; "you are a clever man...you reason well and your wit is bold" |
| ~ brainy, smart as a whip, brilliant | having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence.; "some men dislike brainy women"; "a brilliant mind"; "a brilliant solution to the problem" |
| ~ bright, smart | characterized by quickness and ease in learning.; "some children are brighter in one subject than another"; "smart children talk earlier than the average" |
| ~ born, innate, natural | being talented through inherited qualities.; "a natural leader"; "a born musician"; "an innate talent" |
| ~ quick, ready | apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity.; "a quick mind"; "a ready wit" |
| ~ prehensile | having a keen intellect.; "poets--those gifted strangely prehensile men" |
| ~ scintillating | brilliantly clever.; "scintillating wit"; "a play full of scintillating dialogue" |
| ~ trenchant, searching | having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect.; "searching insights"; "trenchant criticism" |
| ~ precocious | characterized by or characteristic of exceptionally early development or maturity (especially in mental aptitude).; "a precocious child"; "a precocious achievement" |
| adj. | 2. intelligent, well-informed | possessing sound knowledge.; "well-informed readers" |
| ~ sophisticated | having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire.; "sophisticated young socialites"; "a sophisticated audience"; "a sophisticated lifestyle"; "a sophisticated book" |
| adj. | 3. healthy, intelligent, level-headed, levelheaded, sound | exercising or showing good judgment.; "healthy scepticism"; "a healthy fear of rattlesnakes"; "the healthy attitude of French laws"; "healthy relations between labor and management"; "an intelligent solution"; "a sound approach to the problem"; "sound advice"; "no sound explanation for his decision" |
| ~ reasonable, sensible | showing reason or sound judgment.; "a sensible choice"; "a sensible person" |
| adj. | 4. intelligent, reasoning, thinking | endowed with the capacity to reason. |
| ~ rational | consistent with or based on or using reason.; "rational behavior"; "a process of rational inference"; "rational thought" |
| prudent | | |
| adj. | 1. prudent | careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment.; "a prudent manager"; "prudent rulers"; "prudent hesitation"; "more prudent to hide than to fight" |
| ~ careful | exercising caution or showing care or attention.; "they were careful when crossing the busy street"; "be careful to keep her shoes clean"; "did very careful research"; "careful art restorers"; "careful of the rights of others"; "careful about one's behavior" |
| ~ provident | providing carefully for the future.; "wild squirrels are provident"; "a provident father plans for his children's education" |
| ~ circumspect, discreet | heedful of potential consequences.; "circumspect actions"; "physicians are now more circumspect about recommending its use"; "a discreet investor" |
| ~ heady, judicious, wise | marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters.; "judicious use of one's money"; "a wise decision" |
| ~ provident | careful in regard to your own interests.; "the prudent use and development of resources"; "wild squirrels are provident" |
| ~ prudential | arising from or characterized by prudence especially in business matters.; "he abstained partly for prudential reasons" |
| ~ responsible | worthy of or requiring responsibility or trust; or held accountable.; "a responsible adult"; "responsible journalism"; "a responsible position"; "the captain is responsible for the ship's safety"; "the cabinet is responsible to the parliament" |
| ~ wise | having or prompted by wisdom or discernment.; "a wise leader"; "a wise and perceptive comment" |
| sagacious | | |
| adj. | 1. perspicacious, sagacious, sapient | acutely insightful and wise.; "much too perspicacious to be taken in by such a spurious argument"; "observant and thoughtful, he was given to asking sagacious questions"; "a source of valuable insights and sapient advice to educators" |
| ~ wise | having or prompted by wisdom or discernment.; "a wise leader"; "a wise and perceptive comment" |
| adj. | 2. sagacious | skillful in statecraft or management.; "an astute and sagacious statesman" |
| ~ politic | marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness.; "it is neither polite nor politic to get into other people's quarrels"; "a politic decision"; "a politic manager"; "a politic old scoundrel"; "a shrewd and politic reply" |
Recent comments
4 days 3 hours ago
4 weeks 5 days ago
6 weeks 1 day ago
21 weeks 3 days ago
21 weeks 3 days ago
21 weeks 3 days ago
22 weeks 1 day ago
26 weeks 2 days ago
27 weeks 1 day ago
28 weeks 8 hours ago