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Spell Bee Word: Bright


What does bright mean?

Word: Bright

Part of Speech: Adjective

Meaning: Bright means full of light, like a lamp or the sun at noon. A bright child is also clever and quick to learn.

Synonyms: sunny, clever

Antonyms: dark, dim, dull

How do you spell bright?

Syllables: bright

Tricky part: The g and h are silent. Together with i, they make the long i sound: i-g-h.

Watch out for: brigt, briht

Memory tip: The long i in bright is spelt i-g-h, as in night and light, and the g and h stay quiet.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. look on the bright side: think about the good part of a bad situation Example: "The picnic was cancelled, but on the bright side we can play carrom."

Bright in a sentence

Example 1: The classroom walls are painted bright yellow.

Example 2: The full moon looked very bright tonight.

Example 3: Meera is a bright student who loves science.

Fun Fact

Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

bright

a) heavy
b) shiny
c) cold
d) quiet

Show answer

b) shiny. A shiny coin and a bright coin both catch the light.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

b_ight

a) t
b) w
c) r
d) d

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c) r. Say br at the start, as in brown.

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

dark, dim, ____

a) shadow
b) night
c) bright
d) black

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c) bright. The light grows along the line: no light, a little light, then plenty of light.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) happy
b) bright
c) beutiful
d) clever

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c) beutiful. Beautiful has e, a and u together after the b.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which is the brightest thing in the daytime sky?

a) the moon
b) the sun
c) a rainbow
d) a cloud

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b) the sun

2. Which sentence uses bright to mean clever?

a) The stars look bright tonight.
b) We painted the door bright red.
c) Asha is bright and solves every sum.
d) The lamp is too bright for my eyes.

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c) Asha is bright and solves every sum.

Associated Words

Words that end in -ight: overnight, midnight, highlight, twilight, straight, moonlight

Related words on the Spell Bee lists: sunny, dull

More words from this list

couch, fawn, health, minute, prank, sister, tongue, always

Next steps

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