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Brighten

🔄 Synonyms of "Brighten"

5 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
clearverb	Transparent in colour.
light upverb	(transitive) To illuminate, to bring light to something, to brighten.
lightenverb	(transitive) To alleviate; to reduce the burden of.
clear upverb	(transitive) To clarify, to correct a misconception.
lighten upverb	(idiomatic, intransitive, transitive) To make (something) or to become less serious and more cheerful or casual; to relax.

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
dimnoun	Not bright or colorful.
overcastnoun	Covered with clouds; overshadowed; darkened; (meteorology) more than 90% covered by clouds.
cloudnoun	A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.
darkenverb	(transitive) To make dark or darker by reducing light.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
lightenverb	(transitive) To alleviate; to reduce the burden of.
light upverb	(transitive) To illuminate, to bring light to something, to brighten.
clearverb	(transitive) To remove obstructions, impediments or other unwanted items from.
clear upverb	(transitive) To clarify, to correct a misconception.
lighten upverb	(idiomatic, intransitive, transitive) To make (something) or to become less serious and more cheerful or casual; to relax.
illuminateverb	(transitive, figurative) To clarify or make something understandable.
enlightenverb	(transitive, figurative) To make something clear to (someone); to give knowledge or understanding to.
enhanceverb	To augment or make something greater.
gildverb	(transitive) To cover with a thin layer of gold; to cover with gold leaf.
upbrightenverb	(ambitransitive, poetic) To make or become brighter.
brighten upverb	(transitive) To make cheerful.
embrightenverb	(rare, chiefly literary) To brighten; to vivify.
bright	Emitting much light; visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, radiant.
colourishverb	(obsolete, transitive) To add colour to, to brighten with colour.
alightenverb	To lighten; to reduce in weight or heaviness.
burnishnoun	(countable) A shine of something which has been polished; a lustre, a polish.
enlivenverb	(transitive) To make more lively, cheerful or interesting.
serenizeverb	(obsolete, transitive) To make bright; to glorify.
illumineverb	Synonym of illuminate.
belightverb	(transitive, rare, dialectal) To light up; illuminate.