<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>brighter</li><li>brightest</li><li>radiating or reflecting light; luminous; shining: The bright coins shone in the gloom.</li><li>filled with light: The room was bright with sunshine.</li><li>vivid or brilliant: a bright red dress; bright passages of prose.</li><li>quick-witted or intelligent: They gave promotions to bright employees.</li><li>clever or witty, as a remark: Bright comments enlivened the conversation.</li><li>animated; lively; cheerful: a bright and happy child; a bird's bright song.</li><li>characterized by happiness or gladness: All the world seems bright and gay.</li><li>favorable or auspicious: bright prospects for the future.</li><li>radiant or splendid: the bright pageantry of court.</li><li>illustrious or glorious, as an era: the bright days of the Renaissance.</li><li>clear or translucent, as liquid: The bright water trickled through his fingers.</li><li>having a glossy, glazed, or polished finish.</li><li>intensely clear and vibrant in tone or quality; clear and sharp in sound: a bright singing voice.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>brights: the automobile or truck headlights used for driving at night or under conditions of decreased visibility.</li><li>the brighter level of intensity of these lights, usually deflected upward by switching on a bulb in the headlamp that strikes the lens at a different angle.</li><li>flue-cured, light-hued tobacco.</li><li>an artist's paintbrush having short, square-edged bristles.</li><li>Archaic: brightness; splendor.</li></ul><p><strong>Adverb</strong></p><ul><li>in a bright manner; brightly.</li></ul>