Antonyms for brighter


Grammar : Adj
Spell : brahyt
Phonetic Transcription : braɪt


Definition of brighter

Origin :
  • Old English bryht, by metathesis from beorht "bright; splendid; clear-sounding; beautiful; divine," from Proto-Germanic *berhta- "bright" (cf. Old Saxon berht, Old Norse bjartr, Old High German beraht, Gothic bairhts "bright"), from PIE root *bhereg- "to gleam, white" (cf. Sanskrit bhrajate "shines, glitters," Lithuanian breksta "to dawn," Welsh berth "bright, beautiful"). Meaning "quick-witted" is from 1741.
  • adj shining, glowing in appearance
  • adj sunny, clear (weather)
  • adj intelligent
  • adj hopeful, promising
  • adj cheerful
  • adj famous, outstanding
  • adj vivid in color
Example sentences :
  • She was brighter than she had been for days, more interested.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • But brighter than all glittered the silver scarfs which Arabs begged us to buy.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • Suddenly, too, the world took to his eyes a brighter and fairer aspect.
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • If you look at the dark side first, the other seems all the brighter.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • About noon the sky began to clear; it grew brighter and brighter.
  • Extract from : « Moni the Goat-Boy » by Johanna Spyri
  • The sunlight was quite different from the evening sunlight, so much lighter and brighter.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • The flowers along the vista, brighter than the victor-wreaths at its close.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862 » by Various
  • The earth swallowed all their rays, and was no brighter for it.
  • Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald
  • The sun was nearer the horizon now, and the red glow was brighter.
  • Extract from : « Southern Lights and Shadows » by Various
  • He must have been so much kindlier then and brighter, more human to live with.
  • Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole

Synonyms for brighter

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