All brighten synonyms

verb brighten

• lighten — to become less severe, stringent, or harsh; ease up: Border inspections have lightened recently.
• illuminate — to make lucid or clear; throw light on (a subject).
• clear up — When you clear up or clear a place up, you tidy things and put them away.
• light up — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
• perk up — to become lively, cheerful, or vigorous, as after depression or sickness (usually followed by up): The patients all perked up when we played the piano for them.
• improve — to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition: He took vitamins to improve his health.
• illumine — Light up ; brighten.
• gleam — a flash or beam of light: the gleam of a lantern in the dark.
• burnish — To burnish the image of someone or something means to improve their image.
• polish — to make smooth and glossy, especially by rubbing or friction: to polish a brass doorknob.
• kindle — (of animals, especially rabbits) to bear (young); produce (offspring).
• intensify — to make intense or more intense.
• gladden — to make glad.
• cheer — When people cheer, they shout loudly to show their approval or to encourage someone who is doing something such as taking part in a game.
• hearten — to give courage or confidence to; cheer.
• punch up — a thrusting blow, especially with the fist.
• buck up — If you buck someone up or buck up their spirits, you say or do something to make them more cheerful.
• cheer up — When you cheer up or when something cheers you up, you stop feeling depressed and become more cheerful.
• look up — the act of looking: a look of inquiry.