An artist's brush used in acrylic and oil painting with a long ferrule and a flat, somewhat tapering bristle head.
A person with a naturalistic worldview with no mystical or supernatural elements.
Something (especially a product intended for sale) that has vivid colours or a lustrous appearance.
Of a musical instrument, sound, or a voice: clearly audible; clear, resounding, and often high-pitched.
Of the face or eyes, or a smile: showing happiness or hopefulness; cheerful, lively.
Of an object, surface, etc.: reflecting much light; having a high lustre; gleaming, shiny.
Of an object, surface, etc.: having vivid colour(s); colourful.
Of a colour: not muted or pale; bold, brilliant, vivid.
Clearly apparent; conspicuous.
In good spirits; happy, optimistic.
Of climate or weather: not cloudy or gloomy; fair; also, of a period of time, the sky, etc.: characterized by much sunshine and good weather.
Of conversation, writing, etc.: imaginative or sparkling with wit; clever, witty.
Of an opportunity or outlook: having a reasonable chance of success; favourable, good.
Of a place: not dark; well-lit.
Of a period of history or time: happy, prosperous, successful.
Of light: brilliant, intense.
Of a person: lively, vivacious.
Glorious; illustrious.
Of a scent or taste: not bland or mild; bold, sharp, strong.
Emitting much light; visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, radiant.
Having a clear, quick intellect; intelligent.
Of a rhythm or tempo: lively, upbeat.
Of a metal object or surface: lacking any protective coating or surface treatment for the prevention of corrosion.
Of a substance: clear, transparent; also, pure, unadulterated; (specifically) of wine: free of suspended particles; not cloudy; fine.
Of a room or other place: having acoustic qualities that tend to cause much echoing or reverberation of sound, particularly at high frequencies.
Referring to colour: with bold or vivid colours; brightly, boldly, vividly.
In a bright manner; brightly, glowingly, luminously, lustrously.
Often followed by up: to become bright (in various senses); to brighten.
Often followed by up: to cast light on (someone or something); to brighten, to illuminate.
Often followed by up: to cause (someone or something) to be bright (in various senses); to brighten; specifically, to make (someone or something) energetic, or happy and optimistic.
That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women.
An area where armies are engaged in conflict, especially the line of contact.
A major military subdivision of the Soviet Army.
A grill (jewellery worn on front teeth).
The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.
A seafront or coastal promenade.
A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group.
The beginning.
A field of activity.
The lateral space occupied by an element measured from the extremity of one flank to the extremity of the other flank.
An act, show, façade, persona: an intentional and false impression of oneself.
The most conspicuous part.
The side of a building with the main entrance.
When a combat situation does not exist or is not assumed, the direction toward which the command is faced.
The direction of the enemy.
The interface or transition zone between two airmasses of different density, often resulting in precipitation. Since the temperature distribution is the most important regulator of atmospheric density, a front almost invariably separates airmasses of different temperature.
Closest or nearest, of a set of futures contracts which expire at particular times, or of the times they expire; (typically, the front month or front year is the next calender month or year after the current one).
Located at or near the front.
Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the front of the mouth, near the hard palate (most often describing a vowel).
To face up to, to meet head-on, to confront.
To provide money or financial assistance in advance to.
To deceive or attempt to deceive someone with false or disingenuous appearances (on).
To appear before.
To move (a word or clause) to the start of a sentence (or series of adjectives, etc).
To pronounce with the tongue in a front position.
To adorn with, at the front; to put on the front.
To assume false or disingenuous appearances.
Of an alter in dissociative identity disorder: to be the currently actively presenting member of (a system), in control of the patient's body.
To act as a front (for); to cover (for).
To lead or be the spokesperson of (a campaign, organisation etc.).
To face, be opposite to.