Synonyms for Brighten:

• n.

  •
  • rejoice,
  • improve,
  • shade,
  • be happy for someone,
  • treasure,
  • jump for joy,
  • live happily ever after,
  • thrive on.
  •
  • paint,
  • color,
  • tint,
  • perk up.
  •
  • happy.
  •brighten (noun)
  • lighten up.

• v.

  •brighten (verb)
  • illumine,
  • burnish,
  • shine,
  • lighten.
  •change (verb)
  • brighten.
  •cheer (verb)
  • please,
  • console,
  • hearten,
  • inspire,
  • gladden.
  •cheer up (verb)
  • improved in spirits,
  • improving in spirits,
  • improved outlook,
  • improves in mood,
  • improves in spirits,
  • improving spirits,
  • improve mood,
  • improving in outlook,
  • improved in outlook,
  • improve outlook,
  • improving in mood,
  • improving outlook,
  • improves in outlook,
  • improve spirits,
  • brightens up,
  • improved spirits,
  • improves spirits,
  • improved in mood,
  • improved mood,
  • brightening up,
  • improves mood,
  • improving mood,
  • improves outlook.
  •clear (verb)
  • dis-encumber,
  • dis engaging,
  • dis engage,
  • dis-encumbers,
  • unclogs,
  • dis encumbering,
  • dis-encumbered,
  • un-loaded,
  • re-fines,
  • un-packing,
  • dis encumbered,
  • dis-encumbering,
  • un-clogged,
  • un-clogs,
  • dis engages,
  • un burdening,
  • un-loosed,
  • un clogs,
  • burning off,
  • un packs,
  • burnt off,
  • un load,
  • un clog,
  • un packing,
  • un-burdening,
  • re-fining,
  • dis encumbers,
  • un-looses,
  • un clogged,
  • un loads,
  • un-burdens,
  • dis entangling,
  • dis entangled,
  • un-tying,
  • dis-entangle,
  • un tying,
  • dis-engaged,
  • un looses,
  • un loading,
  • un loose,
  • un clogging,
  • un-packed,
  • un-burdened,
  • un-clog,
  • un-clogging,
  • dis entangles,
  • un burdens,
  • un tied,
  • un pack,
  • un-loose,
  • re fine,
  • dis-entangled,
  • burned off,
  • re fines,
  • un packed,
  • dis engaged,
  • un burdened,
  • un-pack,
  • dis-engages,
  • re-fine,
  • un-loading,
  • dis-entangling,
  • un-loads,
  • dis-engage,
  • un loaded,
  • un loosed,
  • dis-entangles,
  • re fined,
  • un-loosing,
  • un loosing,
  • un-packs,
  • dis-engaging,
  • un-load,
  • un burden,
  • burns off,
  • dis encumber,
  • un-tied,
  • dis entangle,
  • un-burden.
  •clear up (verb)
  • becomes fair,
  • became sunny,
  • becoming sunny,
  • runs its course,
  • running its course,
  • died away,
  • dieing away,
  • dieing down,
  • dies away,
  • becomes sunny,
  • awaying,
  • becoming fair,
  • became fair.
  •decorate (verb)
  • be dizens,
  • dresses out,
  • jazzed up,
  • drest out,
  • be-dizen,
  • be-decks,
  • be-dizening,
  • be-dizens,
  • be-deck,
  • be-decked,
  • be dizening,
  • be decks,
  • be dizened,
  • adds finishing touches,
  • jazzing up,
  • be-dizened,
  • dressing out,
  • be-decking,
  • be dizen,
  • jazzes up,
  • be deck,
  • gussying up,
  • co-loring,
  • dressed out,
  • co loring,
  • be decked,
  • be decking.
  •elevate (verb)
  • ex-cite,
  • ex-cites,
  • in-spire,
  • ex cited,
  • ex cites,
  • ex cite,
  • in spire,
  • ex citing,
  • in spired,
  • in-spires,
  • ex-cited,
  • in-spiring,
  • in spiring,
  • in-spired,
  • in spires.
  •encourage (verb)
  • giving shot arm,
  • enheartens,
  • gave shot arm,
  • re store,
  • re stores,
  • enheartening,
  • re stored,
  • Re-store,
  • re-stores,
  • giving shot in arm,
  • re freshes,
  • re-assured,
  • re-storing,
  • re-fresh,
  • re-assuring,
  • re fresh,
  • psyching up,
  • re assured,
  • gave shot in arm,
  • enheartened,
  • re storing,
  • re assures,
  • gives shot in arm,
  • re-assures,
  • re-freshes,
  • gives shot arm,
  • props up,
  • re-stored,
  • psychs up,
  • give shot arm,
  • re assure,
  • re-assure.
  •enliven (verb)
  • lets sunshine in,
  • puts pep into,
  • letting sunshine in,
  • letted sunshine in,
  • juices up,
  • vivificated,
  • spices up,
  • re new,
  • re create,
  • re news,
  • giving life to,
  • gives life to,
  • juicing up,
  • gave life to,
  • puts pep in to,
  • vivificating,
  • re-news,
  • wakes up,
  • vivificates,
  • putting pep in to,
  • put pep in to,
  • re-new,
  • putting pep into,
  • spicing up,
  • spiced up,
  • firing up.
  •furbish (verb)
  • re furbishes,
  • re conditioned,
  • re furbishing,
  • re habilitates,
  • re-furbishes,
  • re-furbishing,
  • re condition,
  • re-habilitated,
  • re-conditioning,
  • re-conditions,
  • decks out,
  • re conditioning,
  • re furbish,
  • re-habilitates,
  • decking out,
  • re-condition,
  • re conditions,
  • re-furbished,
  • re-habilitate,
  • re habilitated,
  • re habilitating,
  • smartens up,
  • re-conditioned,
  • smartening up,
  • re-habilitating,
  • re-furbish,
  • re furbished,
  • re habilitate.
  •gild (verb)
  • be gilded,
  • aureating,
  • be gilding,
  • be-gilded,
  • over laid,
  • over laying,
  • aureates,
  • over-laid,
  • begilds,
  • engilded,
  • aureated,
  • aurified,
  • aurifying,
  • over-lay,
  • Begilded,
  • be-gilds,
  • aurifies,
  • engilds,
  • over lays,
  • be-gild,
  • be-gilding,
  • over lay,
  • begilding,
  • over-lays,
  • over-laying,
  • engilding,
  • be gild,
  • be gilds.
  •gladden (verb)
  • de-light,
  • de lighted,
  • de lighting,
  • de light,
  • de-lights,
  • made happy,
  • de-lighting,
  • de lights,
  • making happy,
  • makes happy,
  • de-lighted.
  •glow (verb)
  • wert suffused,
  • wast suffused,
  • pinkening,
  • were suffused,
  • am suffused,
  • pinkens,
  • pinkened,
  • art suffused,
  • are suffused,
  • was suffused,
  • is suffused,
  • being suffused.
  •illuminate (verb)
  • hitting with a light,
  • lighting up,
  • hit with light,
  • hits with light,
  • hits with a light,
  • lights up,
  • limelighted,
  • limelighting,
  • hitting with light.
  •inspirit (verb)
  • in spirit,
  • in-spirited,
  • in spirited,
  • in-spiriting,
  • in-spirit,
  • in spiriting,
  • in-spirits.
  •intensify (verb)
  • pouring it on,
  • pours on,
  • ex acerbating,
  • ex-acerbate,
  • sets off,
  • pouring on,
  • in crease,
  • Intensating,
  • ex acerbated,
  • re doubles,
  • in-creased,
  • re-doubles,
  • tones up,
  • in-crease,
  • heating up,
  • poured it on,
  • re doubled,
  • in creasing,
  • poured on,
  • ex-acerbating,
  • Intensated,
  • toning up,
  • ex acerbate,
  • re-doubling,
  • re-double,
  • re-doubled,
  • ex-acerbated,
  • adds fuel,
  • re doubling,
  • re double,
  • intensates,
  • ex-acerbates,
  • ex acerbates,
  • in-creases,
  • in creases.
  •light (verb)
  • in flamed,
  • in-flame,
  • makes bright,
  • furnishes with light,
  • furnishing with light,
  • furnished with light,
  • in-flamed,
  • in flame,
  • in-flames,
  • making bright,
  • in flaming,
  • switches on,
  • made visible,
  • makes visible,
  • made bright.
  •lighten (verb)
  • take load off,
  • became light,
  • becoming light,
  • takes load off,
  • taking a load off,
  • becomes light,
  • taking load off,
  • took a load off,
  • took load off,
  • takes a load off.
  •make happy, feel better (verb)
  • buoy up,
  • buck up,
  • become cheerful,
  • look up.
  •make shine or glow (verb)
  • punch up,
  • kindle,
  • buff up,
  • grow sunny,
  • spiff up.
  •ornament (verb)
  • ornamentalizes,
  • ornamentalizing,
  • ornamentalized.
  •perk up (verb)
  • are refreshed,
  • wert refreshed,
  • re covering,
  • re cover,
  • livens up,
  • takes heart,
  • wast refreshed,
  • taking heart,
  • were refreshed,
  • being refreshed,
  • art refreshed,
  • re-covered,
  • is refreshed,
  • took heart,
  • re-covering,
  • livened up,
  • re covers,
  • am refreshed,
  • was refreshed,
  • re-covers,
  • livening up,
  • re covered.
  •reanimate (verb)
  • re animated,
  • re animate,
  • re-activates,
  • re activates,
  • re activate,
  • re-animate,
  • re-animated,
  • re-animates,
  • re-animating,
  • re animates,
  • re activated,
  • re animating,
  • re activating.
  •reawaken (verb)
  • re awakens,
  • re awakened,
  • re-awaken,
  • re awaken,
  • re-awakening,
  • re awakening,
  • re-awakened,
  • re-awakens.
  •relieve (verb)
  • took load mind,
  • taking load off one chest,
  • take load chest,
  • taking load off ones chest,
  • takes load chest,
  • takes load one mind,
  • takes load off chest,
  • taking load off one mind,
  • take load ones chest,
  • de creases,
  • taking load chest,
  • takes load off ones mind,
  • take load off chest,
  • takes load off one chest,
  • take load mind,
  • took load off ones chest,
  • take load off ones chest,
  • taking load mind,
  • took load one's chest,
  • taking load off ones mind,
  • re lieve,
  • takes load ones chest,
  • de-crease,
  • sub-dues,
  • taking load one's mind,
  • takes load off mind,
  • took load off one's mind,
  • take load ones mind,
  • taking load one chest,
  • re-lax,
  • re-lieve,
  • taking load off one's mind,
  • takes load off one's chest,
  • sub-due,
  • sub due,
  • takes load one's chest,
  • de-creases,
  • took load off one's chest,
  • take load off one chest,
  • de-creasing,
  • took load ones chest,
  • taking load ones chest,
  • taking load ones mind,
  • takes load mind,
  • taking load off chest,
  • de creasing,
  • took load one chest,
  • takes load one's mind,
  • de creased,
  • took load off one chest,
  • take load one's chest,
  • take load off mind,
  • re lax,
  • takes load off ones chest,
  • takes load one chest,
  • taking load off one's chest,
  • take load one's mind,
  • takes load ones mind,
  • take load one mind,
  • de crease,
  • took load off chest,
  • taking load off mind,
  • took load off ones mind,
  • sub dues,
  • took load off mind,
  • take load one chest,
  • takes load off one mind,
  • took load off one mind,
  • take load off ones mind,
  • took load one mind,
  • took load ones mind,
  • took load one's mind,
  • taking load one mind,
  • take load off one mind,
  • takes load off one's mind,
  • taking load one's chest,
  • de-creased,
  • took load chest.
  •revitalize (verb)
  • re vitalizes,
  • re vitalize,
  • re vitalizing,
  • re-vitalizing,
  • re-vitalized,
  • re vitalized,
  • re-vitalize,
  • re-vitalizes.
  •revive (verb)
  • comes around,
  • came life,
  • making whole,
  • springing up,
  • brings to,
  • re-pairs,
  • came to life,
  • re kindled,
  • over coming,
  • brought to,
  • breathes new life into,
  • made whole,
  • re-paired,
  • coming around,
  • bringing to,
  • re pairing,
  • re kindles,
  • over-comes,
  • re kindle,
  • re pair,
  • breathing new life into,
  • re-pairing,
  • comes to life,
  • re pairs,
  • breathed new life into,
  • come life,
  • re paired,
  • over come,
  • springs up,
  • re-kindle,
  • breathe new life in to,
  • breathing new life in to,
  • re-kindling,
  • breathes new life in to,
  • sprang up,
  • over-coming,
  • comes life,
  • breathed new life in to,
  • re-kindled,
  • came around,
  • re-pair,
  • re kindling,
  • makes whole,
  • re-kindles,
  • sprung up,
  • over comes,
  • coming to life.
  •revivify (verb)
  • re vivify,
  • re vivified,
  • re vivifying,
  • re-vivify,
  • re-vivified,
  • re vivifies,
  • re-vivifying,
  • re-vivifies.
  •unblock (verb)
  • un blocks,
  • un block,
  • un-blocked,
  • un blocked,
  • un-blocking,
  • un blocking,
  • un-block,
  • un-blocks.
  •uplift (verb)
  • up lifted,
  • raises spirits,
  • raising spirits,
  • raised spirits,
  • up-lift,
  • up-lifted,
  • up lifts,
  • up lift,
  • up-lifts,
  • up-lifting,
  • up lifting.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • gleam,
  • belong,
  • bounce back,
  • whiten,
  • bubble with,
  • blacken,
  • look forward to,
  • rejoice in,
  • respray,
  • redden.
  •
  • radiate,
  • dye,
  • splotch,
  • yellow,
  • anticipate,
  • tarnish.
  •
  • animate,
  • pale,
  • bleach,
  • soar,
  • move on,
  • heal,
  • block in.
  •
  • get over,
  • bleed,
  • pick out,
  • mellow.
  •
  • flip,
  • splash.
  •
  • lift.
  •
  • gray.
  •
  • black.
  •
  • change.
  •
  • turn.
  •
  • run.
  •cheer
  • give a lift,
  • snap out of it,
  • let the sun shine in,
  • put on top of the world,
  • brace up,
  • put on cloud nine.
  •cheer up
  • improve in spirits,
  • brighten up,
  • improve in mood,
  • improve in outlook,
  • brightened up.
  •clear up
  • downing,
  • downed,
  • dying down,
  • run its course,
  • ran its course,
  • Downs,
  • aways,
  • become fair,
  • become sunny,
  • died down,
  • die away,
  • dies down,
  • die down.
  •elevate
  • inspires,
  • lift up,
  • lifted up,
  • lifts up,
  • elevated,
  • lifting up.
  •furbish
  • smartened up,
  • deck out,
  • smarten up,
  • refurbished,
  • decked out.
  •inspirit
  • in spirits.
  •intensify
  • Intensate,
  • heat up,
  • heated up,
  • exacerbate,
  • heats up,
  • pour on,
  • pour it on,
  • tone up,
  • toned up,
  • setting off,
  • set off.
  •light
  • furnish with light,
  • make visible,
  • switch on,
  • in flames,
  • Lights,
  • making visible,
  • switched on,
  • switching on,
  • make bright.
  •lighten
  • become light,
  • take a load off.
  •ornament
  • Prinked,
  • prettify,
  • Smarten,
  • prettified,
  • prettifying,
  • prink,
  • prettifies,
  • ornamentalize,
  • prinks,
  • Prinking.
  •perk up
  • re-cover,
  • perked up,
  • recuperate,
  • be refreshed,
  • recover.
  •reanimate
  • re-activate,
  • reactivate,
  • re-activating,
  • re-activated.
  •relieve
  • dulls,
  • Dulling,
  • take load off one's mind,
  • take load off one's chest.
  •Other relevant words:
  • ignite,
  • buoy,
  • enlighten,
  • sell,
  • dazzlingly,
  • gloss,
  • explicit,
  • scour,
  • intelligible,
  • pass,
  • shining,
  • activity,
  • adorn,
  • gloriously,
  • energy,
  • gain,
  • restore,
  • brilliant,
  • zip,
  • authorise,
  • Relumine,
  • boost,
  • lucid,
  • break,
  • comprehensible,
  • brilliance,
  • polish off,
  • tone,
  • lamp,
  • brush up,
  • cleanse,
  • prune,
  • acquire,
  • strength,
  • DO,
  • furbish up,
  • realize,
  • wax,
  • Overshine,
  • arrange,
  • vividly,
  • lustrous,
  • top,
  • come on,
  • brightness,
  • straighten out,
  • highlight,
  • beacon,
  • magnificently,
  • shiningly,
  • coherent,
  • take heart,
  • force,
  • invigorate,
  • alight,
  • Glitteringly,
  • diaphanous,
  • push,
  • realise,
  • rejoice the heart,
  • make,
  • vivid,
  • tidy,
  • gild the lily,
  • animation,
  • exhilarate,
  • chirp,
  • assoil,
  • brush,
  • brilliancy,
  • cook,
  • Relume,
  • limpid,
  • resplendently,
  • get through,
  • lucent,
  • buff,
  • earn,
  • clarify,
  • lightness,
  • urge on,
  • remove,
  • sack,
  • twinkling,
  • resolve,
  • vigor,
  • brightly,
  • crystalline,
  • finish off,
  • elucidate,
  • pep,
  • crystallize,
  • smooth,
  • pep up,
  • activation,
  • revitalize,
  • exculpate,
  • sane,
  • superbly,
  • inflame,
  • fulfill,
  • net,
  • touch up,
  • pull-in,
  • distinct,
  • limber up,
  • touch off,
  • vamp up,
  • bright,
  • splendidly,
  • liven,
  • rub,
  • liven up,
  • radiantly,
  • glowing,
  • radiance,
  • brilliantly,
  • raise,
  • evident,
  • luster,
  • bring in,
  • sack up,
  • Luminate,
  • potency,
  • mop up,
  • clean,
  • radiancy,
  • Brightened,
  • vitalize,
  • bloom,
  • exonerate,
  • shine on,
  • comfort,
  • finish up,
  • intensely,
  • luminous,
  • drive,
  • while,
  • buoyancy,
  • acquit,
  • bolster up,
  • quicken,
  • bear up,
  • rub up,
  • luminously,
  • tune,
  • put in order,
  • sort out,
  • delight,
  • dawn,
  • repair,
  • become jaunty,
  • spotlight,
  • shed light on,
  • solace,
  • smile,
  • produce,
  • make clear,
  • wrap up,
  • take-in,
  • logical,
  • freshen,
  • sweeten,
  • authorize,
  • articulate,
  • glory,
  • crystalise,
  • throw light upon,
  • zest,
  • become clear,
  • crystallise,
  • elate,
  • transparent,
  • solve,
  • illume.

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.