Synonyms for brightness
ˈbraɪt nɪsbright·ness

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1. brightnessnoun

   the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white

   Synonyms:
   brightness level, smartness, light, luminosity, luminousness, cleverness, luminance

   Antonyms:
   dullness

2. brightness, cleverness, smartnessnoun

   intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty

   Synonyms:
   swank, smart, ingenuity, chichi, alacrity, brightness level, chic, last word, briskness, inventiveness, luminosity, cleverness, stylishness, smarting, luminousness, luminance, light, chicness, smartness, modishness, ingeniousness

   Antonyms:
   dullness

3. luminosity, brightness, brightness level, luminance, luminousness, lightnoun

   the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light

   "its luminosity is measured relative to that of our sun"

   Synonyms:
   illumination, twinkle, igniter, lighting, lightness, sparkle, light source, brightness level, spark, luminosity, lighter, cleverness, luminousness, luminance, light, ignitor, smartness, visible radiation, visible light

   Antonyms:
   dullness

Matched Categories

1. • Intelligence
   • Light

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1. brightnessnoun

   Synonyms:
   lustre, splendor, brilliancy, radiance, resplendence, effulgence

2. brightnessnoun

   Synonyms:
   clearness, transparency, lucidity

3. brightnessnoun

   Synonyms:
   acuteness, ingenuity, sagacity, acumen, astuteness, discernment, mother-wit, quick parts

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1. brightnessnoun

   Synonyms:
   brilliancy, splendor, luster, luminosity, resplendence, radiance, refulgence, effulgence, glow, aptness, precocity, acuteness, sharpness, discernment, vivacity, animation, liveliness

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1. List of paraphrases for "brightness":

   high-brightness, luminosity, gloss, bright, intensity, brilliance, shine, luster, glossy, glare, glow, whiteness, luminance, lightness, sheen

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How to use brightness in a sentence?

1. Dave Durenberger:

   If there is a smudge on the Seal of the United States Senate, or on the Star of the North, as we like to call our state, I will work my hardest to polish both back to brightness.

2. Frances Rodman:

   Courage is sometimes frail as hope is frail a fragile shoot between two stones that grows brave toward the sun though warmth and brightness fail, striving and faith the only strength it knows.

3. Peter Williams:

   Even though brown dwarfs are completely covered in clouds, they're too far away for us to pick out individual clouds like we do on planets within our solar system. But we can still measure how long it takes for a group of clouds to do a lap around the atmosphere ; as clouds come in and out of view they change the brightness of the planet, this lap time depends on two things : how fast the brown dwarf itself is spinning, and how fast the wind is blowing on top of that.

4. Carol Raymond:

   This extreme brightness was really unexpected.

5. William E. Channing:

   Poetry reveals to us the loveliness of nature, brings back the freshness of youthful feelings, reviews the relish of simple pleasures, keeps unquenched the enthusiasm which warmed the springtime of our being, refines youthful love, strengthens our interest in human mature, by vivid delineations of its tenderest and softest feelings, and through the brightness of its prophetic visions, helps faith to lay hold on the future life.