The Meaning of brighten

• (a.) To make bright or brighter; to make to shine; to increase the luster of; to give a brighter hue to.
• (a.) To make illustrious, or more distinguished; to add luster or splendor to.
• (a.) To improve or relieve by dispelling gloom or removing that which obscures and darkens; to shed light upon; to make cheerful; as, to brighten one's prospects.
• (a.) To make acute or witty; to enliven.
• (v. i.) To grow bright, or more bright; to become less dark or gloomy; to clear up; to become bright or cheerful.

Synonyms

lighten up , lighten , clear up , clear , light up

Antonyms

darken , overcast

Homophones

breighton , brighton

Rhymes

breighton , brighton , criton , dreighton , enlighten , frighten , heighten , iten , knighten , knighton , lighten , litan , reitan , righten , tighten , titan , triton , whiten , witan , write-in