1
[ verb ] make lighter or brighter

Synonyms

lighten lighten_up

Examples

"The paint will brighten the room"

Used in print

(Guideposts BR-E01. Mr. America, 4:6 (November, 1961)...)

Some are so filled with gratitude , for the gift of life and the love of God , that their joy spills_out on the paper and brightens the lives of thousands whom they have never known , and will never see .

Related terms

darken change

2
[ verb ] become clear

Synonyms

clear light_up clear_up

Examples

"The sky cleared after the storm."

Related terms

overcast

3
[ verb ] become brighter

Examples

"The sky brightened around noon" "Her face brightened when she heard the good news"

Related terms

darken change_intensity

4
[ verb ] become brighter

Synonyms

lighten

Examples

"The sky brightened"

Related terms

darken change

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Rhymes with

brighton triton frighten briton britain breton britten rotten boughten baton button batten tighten titan lighten whiten beaten heighten boston biotin written craton forgotten burton bitten whiten straighten scranton unbutton brinton eaten patten paton charlatan often cotton enlighten austin mutton fatten lawton laughton latin satin actin tartan hutton houghton ashton unbeaten puritan stanton stockton misbegotten dayton captain benton seton keaton satan tonne wheaten ton danton sultan mountain canton wharton morton marten martin flatten carton wanton dalton platen fountain walton galton shorten keratin huston hearten compton trenton verboten tibetan typewritten charleston crichton caxton capstan spartan sheraton guncotton prolactin plantain threaten paxton hampton sweeten johnston tungsten neapolitan wheaten skeleton middleton metropolitan hamilton cosmopolitan forgotten exoskeleton curtain newton certain mitten merton lytton sittin' kitten wotan unwritten charleston manhattan kindergarten huntington samaritan frostbitten plankton phytoplankton handwritten bulletin appleton lewiston princeton thornton chieftain binghamton gelatin smitten singleton badminton arlington washington gluten galveston farmington edmonton minnesotan dentin nekton molten milton liston weston wilton fulton pectin piston chesterton stun intestine predestine clinton capoten uncertain sexton kingston houston burlington bloomington bennington wellington eddington ellington lexington livingston wilmington

Phonetic and Homophones

B R AY1 T AH0 N Brighton  breighton

Similar Spelling

Bright Brighton Brightman Brogden brightness bright_side bright_blue Brigitte brightly Brigette Broughton Brigit brecht Bracht Brightwell brigade Brogdon Bragdon

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