That shines; luminous, lustrous, gleaming, beaming; also, of bright or brilliant aspect or exterior; resplendent in dress or equipment.

Bright; shining, luminous. Of a fire: burning brightly. Now rare.

Bright, shining, luminous; (of a colour) pale in hue.

Bright, shining, resplendent.

Bright, clear.

Bright, shining. Obsolete.

Of jewels, eyes, stars: Brilliant. In later use only of eyes, in the poetical phrase steep and gray. Obsolete.

That shimmers.

Of light, a beam or ray of light, etc.: intense, brilliant.

Of conditions or qualities: present to a high degree. Also: relating to such conditions or qualities. Of illumination, light, shadow, colour: vivid…

originally. Expressing the vividness or intensity of light: Brightly shining, bright, brilliant.

Bright, light, shining. Also figurative. Obsolete.

With participles, forming adjectives with the sense ‘that is brightly ——’, as in bright-burning, bright-lit, bright-shining, etc. Now chiefly literary…

Of sunlight, moonlight, etc.: bright. Obsolete.

Of colours, flames, etc.: Clear; bright.

Bright, lucent.

Bright.

Originally: †shining, glittering (obsolete). In later use: (of colours) bright, vivid, garish.

Full of light; bright, clear, shining. Now rare.

Shining brightly by virtue of inherent light.

Bright, illuminatory.

Shining, bright, luminous.

figurative. Bright, shining.

Of light: Bright, shining. Of water, crystal, etc.: Clear and pure; translucent. Obsolete.

Shining, resplendent.

Giving forth light like a torch; bright, clear.

= splendent, adj. 1a 1b.

Bright, shining, luminous, resplendent. Now poetic and technical. Entomology and Botany = Smooth and shining. Astronomy. Of a star: Visible to the…

Clear, bright. Obsolete.

Shining, bright.

Of light: that shines through or across something; emitting penetrating rays. In recent use sometimes influenced by sense 1b: soft, hazy, diffused.

Of a light source, combustible material, etc.: fully ignited, brightly burning; = well-lit, adj. 1. Now rare.

Bright, shining; polished, glossy. Also figurative.

Bright, lucent.

literal. Clear to the sight; pure, bright. rare.

Of light: that shines through or across something; emitting penetrating rays. Cf. translucent, adj. 2a. Obsolete. rare.

Of light: bright, glaring; that casts strong, well-defined shadows. Also (chiefly Cinematography and Video Recording): designating a light source…