bright

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. adj. Emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts; shining.
2. adj. Comparatively high on the scale of brightness.
3. adj. Full of light or illumination: a bright sunny day; a stage bright with spotlights.
4. adj. Characterizing a dyestuff that produces a highly saturated color; brilliant.
5. adj. Glorious; splendid: one of the bright stars of stage and screen; a bright moment in history.
6. adj. Full of promise and hope; auspicious: had a bright future in publishing.
7. adj. Happy; cheerful: bright faces.
8. adj. Animatedly clever; intelligent.
9. adj. High and clear: the bright sound of the trumpet section.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. Radiating or reflecting light; filled with light; brilliant; shining; luminous; sparkling: as, a bright sun.
2. Transmitting light; clear; transparent, as liquors.
3. Manifest to the mind, as light is to the eye; evident; clear.
4. Resplendent, as with beauty; splendid.
5. Illustrious; glorious: as, the brightest period of a kingdom.
6. Having or marked by brilliant mental qualities; quick in wit; witty; clever; not dull: as, he is by no means bright; a bright remark; a bright book.
7. Sparkling in action or manner; animated or animating; vivacious; lively; cheerful.
8. Favorable; pleasing; auspicious: as, a bright prospect.
9. In painting, luminous; glittering; full of light. A picture is said to be bright when the lights so much prevail as to overcome the shadows, and are kept so clear and distinct as to produce an effect of brilliancy.
10. Nautical, alert; vigilant.
11. Synonyms Glowing, lustrous, gleaming, radiant, effulgent.
12. Acute, intelligent, discerning.
13. Promising, encouraging.
14. Brightly.
15. n. Brightness.
16. To make bright; brighten.
17. See brite.

Wiktionary

1. adj. Visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, clear, radiant; not dark.
2. adj. Intelligent, brilliant.
3. adj. Vivid, colourful, brilliant.
4. adj. Happy.
5. n. An artists brush used in oil and acrylic painting with a long ferrule and a flat, somewhat tapering bristle head.
6. n. A neologism intended as a positive-sounding umbrella term to describe various kinds of non-religious and non-superstitious people. (There is a Wikipedia article on this usage.)

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. See brite, v. i.
2. adj. Radiating or reflecting light; shedding or having much light; shining; luminous; not dark.
3. adj. Transmitting light; clear; transparent.
4. adj. Having qualities that render conspicuous or attractive, or that affect the mind as light does the eye; resplendent with charms.
5. adj. Having a clear, quick intellect; intelligent.
6. adj. Sparkling with wit; lively; vivacious; shedding cheerfulness and joy around; cheerful; cheery.
7. adj. Illustrious; glorious.
8. adj. Manifest to the mind, as light is to the eyes; clear; evident; plain.
9. adj. Of brilliant color; of lively hue or appearance.
10. n. Splendor; brightness.
11. adv. Brightly.

WordNet 3.0

1. adj. splendid.
2. adj. emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts
3. adj. characterized by quickness and ease in learning
4. adj. having lots of light either natural or artificial
5. adj. having striking color
6. adj. full or promise
7. adj. not made dim or less bright
8. adj. clear and sharp and ringing
9. adj. made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow
10. adv. with brightness
11. adj. characterized by happiness or gladness