brightness
English Thesaurus
1. the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white (noun.attribute)
| hypernym | : | light, lightness, |
| definition | : | the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | blaze, brilliance, glare, |
| definition | : | a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | dazzle, |
| definition | : | brightness enough to blind partially and temporarily (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | flash, |
| definition | : | a momentary brightness (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | glint, |
| definition | : | a spatially localized brightness (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | iridescence, opalescence, |
| definition | : | the visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface (noun.attribute) |
2. the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light (noun.attribute)
| hypernym | : | physical property, |
| definition | : | any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | incandescence, |
| definition | : | light from heat (noun.attribute) |
| hyponym | : | glow, luminescence, |
| definition | : | light from nonthermal sources (noun.attribute) |
| attribute | : | bright, |
| definition | : | emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts (adj.all) |
| attribute | : | dull, |
| definition | : | emitting or reflecting very little light (adj.all) |
3. intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | intelligence, |
| definition | : | the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience (noun.cognition) |
4. the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white (noun.attribute)
| antonym | : | dullness, |
| definition | : | a lack of visual brightness (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | bright, |
| definition | : | emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts (adj.all) |
5. the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light (noun.attribute)
| derivation | : | bright, |
| definition | : | having lots of light either natural or artificial (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | bright, undimmed, |
| definition | : | not made dim or less bright (adj.all) |
6. intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | smart, |
| definition | : | showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | apt, clever, |
| definition | : | mentally quick and resourceful (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | bright, smart, |
| definition | : | characterized by quickness and ease in learning (adj.all) |
7. the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white (noun.attribute)
| antonym | : | dullness, |
| definition | : | a lack of visual brightness (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | bright, |
| definition | : | emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts (adj.all) |
8. the quality of being luminous; emitting or reflecting light (noun.attribute)
| derivation | : | bright, |
| definition | : | having lots of light either natural or artificial (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | bright, undimmed, |
| definition | : | not made dim or less bright (adj.all) |
9. intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | smart, |
| definition | : | showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | apt, clever, |
| definition | : | mentally quick and resourceful (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | bright, smart, |
| definition | : | characterized by quickness and ease in learning (adj.all) |
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