Definition for Brighten:

• To make clear or shining; to increase the lustre of; to cheer; to clear up.

Synonyms for Brighten:

• n.

  •
  • rejoice,
  • treasure,
  • improve.
  •
  • color,
  • perk up.
  •brighten (noun)
  • lighten up.

• v.

  •brighten (verb)
  • illumine,
  • burnish,
  • shine,
  • lighten.
  •cheer (verb)
  • please,
  • console,
  • hearten,
  • inspire,
  • gladden.
  •make happy, feel better (verb)
  • buoy up,
  • buck up,
  • become cheerful,
  • look up.
  •make shine or glow (verb)
  • spiff up,
  • kindle,
  • grow sunny,
  • buff up.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • gleam,
  • belong,
  • respray,
  • whiten.
  •
  • tarnish,
  • yellow,
  • anticipate.
  •
  • animate,
  • pale.
  •
  • bleed,
  • mellow.
  •
  • flip.
  •
  • lift.
  •
  • gray.
  •
  • black.
  •
  • change.
  •
  • run.
  •cheer
  • give a lift.
  •cheer up
  • brighten up.
  •elevate
  • lift up.
  •furbish
  • smarten up.
  •intensify
  • tone up.
  •light
  • switch on.
  •Other relevant words:
  • twinkling,
  • dawn,
  • activity,
  • brilliant,
  • superbly,
  • cleanse,
  • brilliantly,
  • limber up,
  • crystallise,
  • radiantly,
  • touch up,
  • get through,
  • tune,
  • fulfill,
  • spotlight,
  • urge on,
  • adorn,
  • finish up,
  • animation,
  • pull-in,
  • prune,
  • realize,
  • crystallize,
  • make clear,
  • put in order,
  • smile,
  • lightness,
  • acquit,
  • clean,
  • Brightened,
  • beacon,
  • authorise,
  • brush,
  • freshen,
  • produce,
  • diaphanous,
  • bolster up,
  • vividly,
  • shine on,
  • pep,
  • resplendently,
  • bear up,
  • buff,
  • assoil,
  • bloom,
  • lucid,
  • solve,
  • Relumine,
  • straighten out,
  • illume,
  • sack,
  • shed light on,
  • while,
  • liven up,
  • earn,
  • exonerate,
  • coherent,
  • vamp up,
  • net,
  • furbish up,
  • shiningly,
  • take-in,
  • limpid,
  • brightness,
  • push,
  • distinct,
  • magnificently,
  • bright,
  • tidy,
  • sweeten,
  • highlight,
  • lamp,
  • vigor,
  • rub up,
  • lustrous,
  • remove,
  • throw light upon,
  • shining,
  • intensely,
  • pass,
  • top,
  • comprehensible,
  • glory,
  • rub,
  • ignite,
  • break,
  • inflame,
  • resolve,
  • radiancy,
  • authorize,
  • exhilarate,
  • invigorate,
  • scour,
  • lucent,
  • chirp,
  • intelligible,
  • alight,
  • crystalise,
  • arrange,
  • logical,
  • elate,
  • strength,
  • vivid,
  • raise,
  • luster,
  • brush up,
  • repair,
  • articulate,
  • revitalize,
  • Luminate,
  • zip,
  • become clear,
  • activation,
  • luminously,
  • wax,
  • mop up,
  • exculpate,
  • restore,
  • come on,
  • pep up,
  • bring in,
  • splendidly,
  • zest,
  • Overshine,
  • dazzlingly,
  • radiance,
  • quicken,
  • gloss,
  • buoyancy,
  • luminous,
  • tone,
  • finish off,
  • smooth,
  • glowing,
  • explicit,
  • make,
  • Glitteringly,
  • wrap up,
  • clarify,
  • gain,
  • solace,
  • gild the lily,
  • touch off,
  • elucidate,
  • DO,
  • sort out,
  • comfort,
  • brilliance,
  • crystalline,
  • drive,
  • energy,
  • sell,
  • sack up,
  • take heart,
  • brightly,
  • vitalize,
  • gloriously,
  • buoy,
  • enlighten,
  • realise,
  • potency,
  • acquire,
  • cook,
  • transparent,
  • brilliancy,
  • delight,
  • polish off,
  • sane,
  • force,
  • evident,
  • boost,
  • liven,
  • Relume.

Paraphrases for Brighten:

• Independent

  • Verb, base form
    heighten, enhance.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    illuminate.

Antonyms for Brighten:

• v.

  • change
    darken.
  • make happy, feel better
    worsen, bring down, dishearten, dissuade, discourage.
  • make shine or glow
    depress, deepen, dull, upset, complicate, fade.
  • weather
    overcast.
  • Other antonyms:
    mope, brood, despond, fret, despair.

Homophones for Brighten:

• brighton, breighton.

Hyponym for Brighten:

• v.

  • change
    change, modify, alter.