• Danish: munter, livlig
• Dutch: bont, levendig
• Finnish: kirkas
• German: lebhaft
• Icelandic: skær m|f, skært ; bjartur , björt , bjart
• Interlingua: vive
• Italian: brillante, allegro
• Japanese: (, senmeina)
• Lithuanian: gyvybingas, ryškus
• Norwegian: livlig, lystig
• Portuguese: vivído, alegre
• Russian: яркий
• Spanish: expresivo, vívido
• Swedish: klar, färggrann
• Vietnamese: sáng sủa; tươi (as in, a bright color)

• Danish: munter
• Dutch: vrolijk, opgeruimd
• Finnish: iloinen
• German: heiter
• Icelandic: hýr m|f, hýrt ; glaðlegur , glaðleg , glaðlegt
• Norwegian: glad
• Spanish: alegre
• Swedish: glad
• Portuguese: radiante, alegre

Translations to be checked

• ttbc Bulgarian: ярък (jarǎk) , ярка (jarka) , ярко (jarko) , светъл (svetǎl), светла (svetla) , светло (svetlo)
• ttbc Cornish: Ylyn
• Guaraní: esakã (h), ory (h)
• ttbc Indonesian: terang, terang-benderang, cerah
• ttbc Interlingua: clar, allegre
• ttbc Italian: allegro, felice
• ttbc Scots: bricht
• ttbc Spanish: subido (colour)
• Tupinambá: endy (s), oryb (s)

Derived terms

• bright as a button‎
• brighten
• brightness
• bright-eyed
• bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

Noun

1. An artists brush used in oil and acrylic painting with a long ferrule and a flat, somewhat tapering bristle head.
2. A neologism intended as a positive-sounding umbrella term to describe various kinds of non-religious and non-superstitious people. (There is a Wikipedia article on this usage.)

   Definition A person whose world view is free of supernatural and mystical elements. The ethics and actions of a bright are based on a naturalistic world view. (2003, Paul Geisert and Mynga Futrell)

Bright may refer to:

• Brightness, the perception of how dark or light a source of luminance is
• Being bright, describing colloquially, something with intelligence (trait)
• The Brights movement, a social movement promoting the naturalistic worldview

Places

• Bright, County Down, a village in County Down, Northern Ireland
• Bright, Victoria, a town in Australia
• Electoral district of Bright in South Australia
• Bright, Indiana, a census-designated place in the United States

People

• Bill Bright (1921-2003), American evangelist
• Bobby Bright, the current mayor of Montgomery, Alabama, and a candidate for Congress
• Jesse Bright (1812-1875), U.S. Senator removed from office during the American Civil War
• John Bright (1811-1889), British Liberal politician
• Richard Bright (actor) (1937–2006), American actor
• Richard Bright (physician) (1789–1858), English physician and early pioneer in the research of kidney disease
• Susie Bright (b. 1958), sexuality writer
• William Bright (1928–2006), linguist

Other uses

• Bright 106.4 FM, local radio station in Sussex, UK
• Bright (band), an experimental pop group from Brooklyn, New York
  • Bright (album), the eponymous debut from the aforementioned group
• Bright (Japanese band), a dance vocal band from Japan
• Bright Noa, a fictional character from the Gundam anime metaverse
• Bright (Suikoden), a character from the Genso Suikoden series of games
• BRIGHT (nanosatellite), the BRIght-star Target Explorer

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