Bright vs. Intelligent

Visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, clear, radiant; not dark.

Example: ‘Could you please dim the light? It's far too bright.’;

Having a clear, quick intellect; intelligent.

Example: ‘He's very bright. He was able to solve the problem without my help.’;

Vivid, colourful, brilliant.

Example: ‘The orange and blue walls of the sitting room were much brighter than the dull grey walls of the kitchen.’;

Happy, in spirits.

Example: ‘I woke up today feeling so bright that I decided to have a little dance.’;

Sparkling with wit; lively; vivacious; cheerful.

Illustrious; glorious.

Clear; transparent.

(archaic) Manifest to the mind, as light is to the eyes; clear; evident; plain.

An artist's brush used in oil and acrylic painting with a long ferrule and a flat, somewhat tapering bristle head.

(obsolete) splendour; brightness

(neologism) A person with a naturalistic worldview with no supernatural or mystical elements.

The high-beam intensity of motor vehicle headlamps.

Example: ‘Your brights are on.’;

See Brite, v. i.

Radiating or reflecting light; shedding or having much light; shining; luminous; not dark.

Example: ‘The sun was bright o'erhead.’; ‘The earth was dark, but the heavens were bright.’; ‘The public places were as bright as at noonday.’;

Transmitting light; clear; transparent.

Example: ‘From the brightest winesHe 'd turn abhorrent.’;

Having qualities that render conspicuous or attractive, or that affect the mind as light does the eye; resplendent with charms; as, bright beauty.

Example: ‘Bright as an angel new-dropped from the sky.’;

Having a clear, quick intellect; intelligent.

Sparkling with wit; lively; vivacious; shedding cheerfulness and joy around; cheerful; cheery.

Example: ‘Be bright and jovial among your guests.’;

Illustrious; glorious.

Example: ‘In the brightest annals of a female reign.’;

Manifest to the mind, as light is to the eyes; clear; evident; plain.

Example: ‘That he may with more ease, with brighter evidence, and with surer success, draw the bearner on.’;

Of brilliant color; of lively hue or appearance.

Example: ‘Here the bright crocus and blue violet grew.’;

Splendor; brightness.

Example: ‘Dark with excessive bright thy skirts appear.’;

Brightly.

Example: ‘I say it is the moon that shines so bright.’;

emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts;

Example: ‘the sun was bright and hot’; ‘a bright sunlit room’;

having striking color;

Example: ‘bright greens’; ‘brilliant tapestries’; ‘a bird with vivid plumage’;

characterized by quickness and ease in learning;

Example: ‘some children are brighter in one subject than another’; ‘smart children talk earlier than the average’;

having lots of light either natural or artificial;

Example: ‘the room was bright and airy’; ‘a stage bright with spotlights’;

made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow;

Example: ‘bright silver candlesticks’; ‘a burnished brass knocker’; ‘she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves’; ‘rows of shining glasses’; ‘shiny black patents’;

splendid;

Example: ‘the bright stars of stage and screen’; ‘a bright moment in history’; ‘the bright pageantry of court’;

not made dim or less bright;

Example: ‘undimmed headlights’; ‘surprisingly the curtain started to rise while the houselights were still undimmed’;

clear and sharp and ringing;

Example: ‘the bright sound of the trumpet section’; ‘the brilliant sound of the trumpets’;

characterized by happiness or gladness;

Example: ‘bright faces’; ‘all the world seems bright and gay’;

abounding with sunlight;

Example: ‘a bright sunny day’; ‘one shining norming’; ‘when it is warm and shiny’;

full or promise;

Example: ‘had a bright future in publishing’; ‘the scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political career’;

with brightness;

Example: ‘the stars shone brilliantly’; ‘the windows glowed jewel bright’;

giving out or reflecting much light; shining

Example: ‘the sun was dazzlingly bright’; ‘her bright, dark eyes’;

full of light

Example: ‘the rooms are bright and spacious’;

(of a period of time) having sunny, cloudless weather

Example: ‘the long, bright days of June’;

(of colour) vivid and bold

Example: ‘the bright green leaves’;

having a vivid colour

Example: ‘a bright tie’;

intelligent and quick-witted

Example: ‘a bright young journalist’; ‘a bright idea’;

cheerful and lively

Example: ‘she gave a bright smile’; ‘at breakfast she would be persistently bright and chirpy’;

(of someone's future) likely to be successful and happy

Example: ‘these young people have a bright future ahead of them’;

(of sound) clear, vibrant, and typically high-pitched

Example: ‘her voice is fresh and bright’;

brightly

Example: ‘a full moon shining bright’;

bold and vivid colours

Example: ‘a choice of colours from pastels through to brights’;

headlights switched to full beam

Example: ‘he turned the brights on and we drove along the dirt road’;

Of high or especially quick cognitive capacity, bright.

Well thought-out, well considered.

Example: ‘The engineer had a very intelligent design proposal for the new car.’; ‘The general devised an intelligent strategy for the southern campaign.’;

Characterized by thoughtful interaction.

Example: ‘My girlfriend and I had an intelligent conversation.’;

Having the same level of brain power as mankind.

Example: ‘The hunt for intelligent life.’;

Having an environment-sensing automatically-invoked built-in computer capability.

Example: ‘an intelligent network or keyboard’;

Endowed with the faculty of understanding or reason; as, man is an intelligent being.

Possessed of a high level of intelligence, education, or judgment; knowing; sensible; skilled; exhibiting high intelligence; as, an intelligent young man; an intelligent architect; an intelligent answer.

Cognizant; aware; communicative.

Example: ‘Intelligent of seasons.’; ‘Which are to France the spies and speculationsIntelligent of our state.’;

having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree;

Example: ‘is there intelligent life in the universe?’; ‘an intelligent question’;

possessing sound knowledge;

Example: ‘well-informed readers’;

exercising or showing good judgment;

Example: ‘healthy scepticism’; ‘a healthy fear of rattlesnakes’; ‘the healthy attitude of French laws’; ‘healthy relations between labor and management’; ‘an intelligent solution’; ‘a sound approach to the problem’; ‘sound advice’; ‘no sound explanation for his decision’;

endowed with the capacity to reason

having or showing intelligence, especially of a high level

Example: ‘an intelligent guess’; ‘Anna is intelligent and hard-working’;

(of a device or building) able to vary its state or action in response to varying situations and past experience.

(of a computer terminal) incorporating a microprocessor and having its own processing capability.