What is another word for brighten?
Synonyms for brighten
ˈbraɪt nbright·en
This thesaurus page includes all potential synonyms, words with the same meaning and similar terms for the word brighten.
Princeton's WordNet
brighten, lighten up, lightenverb
make lighter or brighter
"The paint will brighten the room"
Synonyms:
lighten, clear up, buoy up, light up, lighten up, relieve, clearAntonyms:
darkenclear up, clear, light up, brightenverb
become clear
"The sky cleared after the storm"
Synonyms:
discharge, earn, take in, pull in, wrap up, sack, authorize, pass, make, shed light on, finish up, crystalise, illuminate, light up, acquit, crystalize, fire up, finish off, bring in, polish off, crystallise, illume, gain, mop up, clarify, realise, solve, exculpate, unclutter, clear, elucidate, authorise, assoil, crystallize, clear up, enlighten, exonerate, straighten out, sack up, top, sort out, lighten, realize, lighten up, light, get through, illumine, netAntonyms:
darken
Dictionary of English Synonymes
brightenverb
Synonyms:
polish, burnish, furbish, make brightbrightenverb
Synonyms:
make cheerful, make joyousbrightenverb
Synonyms:
grow bright
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "brighten":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
---|---|---|
#104 | top | |
#132 | make | |
#613 | light | |
#674 | net | |
#907 | clear | |
#1493 | pass | |
#2491 | gain | |
#3644 | earn | |
#4781 | realize | |
#4953 | solve | |
#5685 | discharge | |
#10047 | clarify | |
#10918 | authorize | |
#12748 | realise | |
#13778 | relieve | |
#15199 | sack | |
#28198 | brighten | |
#28268 | illuminate | |
#31814 | lighten | |
#33465 | enlighten | |
#38869 | authorise | |
#43164 | elucidate | |
#93817 | crystallize | |
#95762 | acquit | |
#113449 | exonerate | |
#156842 | illumine | |
#224484 | crystallise | |
#229443 | unclutter | |
#265102 | exculpate | |
#300354 | illume |
How to use brighten in a sentence?
Friendly customer service isn't just a transaction; it's an opportunity to spread love and brighten someone's day.”
The irony for me is meat is the normal star of the show, but I like all of the sides, fixings and vegetables, roast some vegetables, of course, but make sure you have a great slaw and innovate a little bit. Maybe do some slaws with some new flavors : soy sauce, fish sauce and brighten everything up with a lot of acids like citrus to match with the fats and to pair well with your beer.
I just wanted to do something to brighten it up so I didn't have to look at a grey bus stop for the next however-long.
I drink a cup of sunlight every morning to brighten myself.
Our aim to look at present day as an opportunity to be Joyful, purpose driven and full of self love will naturally brighten our future.
Translations for brighten
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- سطعArabic
- aufhellen, schönenGerman
- aclararSpanish
- 밝아지다, 환해지다, 밝다, 밝히다, 하다Korean
- animar-se, clarear, animar, iluminarPortuguese
Get even more translations for brighten »
Translation
Find a translation for the brighten synonym in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Citation
Use the citation below to add these synonyms to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"brighten." Synonyms.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 10 May 2024. <https://www.synonyms.com/synonym/brighten>.
Discuss these brighten synonyms with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In