Need another word that means the same as “brighten”? Find 25 synonyms and 30 related words for “brighten” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Brighten” are: clear, clear up, light up, lighten, lighten up, become bright, make bright, become brighter, make brighter, cast light on, shed light on, throw light on, illuminate, illumine, irradiate, enhance, embellish, make more attractive, enrich, freshen, cheer up, buoy up, perk up, wake up, rally
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “brighten” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| become bright | Enhance the appearance of. |
| become brighter | Enhance the appearance of. |
| buoy up | Keep afloat. |
| cast light on | Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment. |
| cheer up | Become cheerful. |
| clear | Grant authorization or clearance for. McAllister s lob was cleared off the line by Kernaghan. |
| clear up | Settle, as of a debt. |
| embellish | Add details to. Blue silk embellished with golden embroidery. |
| enhance | Increase. This sauce will enhance the flavor of the meat. |
| enrich | Improve or enhance the quality or value of. Top party members had enriched themselves. |
| freshen | Become or make oneself fresh again. She freshened up after the tennis game. |
| illuminate | Make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear. A flash of lightning illuminated the house. |
| illumine | Light up; brighten. He moved her lamp so that her face was illumined. |
| irradiate | Illuminate (something) by or as if by shining light on it. Irradiate food. |
| light up | To come to rest, settle. |
| lighten | Reduce the weight on; make lighter. Lighten the burden of caring for her elderly parents. |
| lighten up | Reduce the weight on; make lighter. |
| make bright | Induce to have sex. |
| make brighter | Form by assembling individuals or constituents. |
| make more attractive | Make or cause to be or to become. |
| perk up | Raise. |
| rally | Drive in a rally. We re driving off to Spain to rally. |
| shed light on | Cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers. |
| throw light on | Convey or communicate; of a smile, a look, a physical gesture. |
| wake up | Arouse or excite feelings and passions. |
| beam | An oscillating shaft which transmits the vertical piston movement of a beam engine to the crank or pump. A compulsory set of exercises on floor vault bars and beam. |
| bright | Made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing reflecting a sheen or glow. These young people have a bright future ahead of them. |
| brightly | In a cheerful and lively way. Brightly painted fingernails. |
| brightness | The quality of being vividly and boldly coloured. The brightness of a winter s day. |
| brilliance | Intense brightness of light. Lapis lazuli was highly regarded for the brilliance of its colour. |
| brilliantly | In an extremely intelligent way. The brilliantly hued orchid. |
| comet | A celestial object consisting of a nucleus of ice and dust and, when near the sun, a ‘tail’ of gas and dust particles pointing away from the sun. |
| dazzling | Extremely bright, especially so as to blind the eyes temporarily. The sunlight was dazzling. |
| effulgence | The quality of being bright and sending out rays of light. |
| flash | A newsflash. She flashed him a withering look. |
| glimmer | A flash of light (especially reflected light. He saw a faint glimmer of light from her window. |
| gloss | Apply a glossy substance to. The pebble dash of the walls was glossed white. |
| glow | Have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink. The fireflies were glowing and flying about in the garden. |
| illuminate | Make lighter or brighter. This is a carefully written large format manuscript illuminated by Leonardo Bellini. |
| illumine | Light up; brighten. He moved her lamp so that her face was illumined. |
| light | Characterized by or emitting light. A light lilting voice like a silver bell. |
| lighten | Make or become lighter in weight, pressure, or severity. The room lightened up. |
| lightness | Having a light color. The lightness of her silky hair. |
| limelight | A lamp consisting of a flame directed at a cylinder of lime with a lens to concentrate the light; formerly used for stage lighting. He enjoyed being in the limelight. |
| luminosity | The intrinsic brightness of a celestial object (as distinct from its apparent brightness diminished by distance. Acrylic colours retain freshness and luminosity. |
| lunar | Of or relating to or associated with the moon. A lunar landscape. |
| luster | The visual property of something that shines with reflected light. |
| opalescence | The visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface. |
| polish | A preparation used in polishing. The machine refines the shape of the stone and gives it polish. |
| radiance | The amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface. The radiance of her countenance. |
| shine | Make a surface shine. His shoes were shined to perfection. |
| sky | Heaven; heavenly power. Hundreds of stars were shining in the sky. |
| star | Feature as the star. The movie stars Dustin Hoffman as an autistic man. |
| sunlight | Light from the sun. A shaft of sunlight. |
| twinkle | Gleam or glow intermittently. The lights twinkled in the distance. |
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