BRIGHT AS A NEW PENNY Synonyms

• of surpassing excellence

• having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence

• characterized by grandeur

• having strong or striking color

• full of light; shining intensely

• clear and sharp and ringing

• amazingly impressive; suggestive of the flashing of lightning

• shining intensely

• a flash of light (especially reflected light)

• an appearance of reflected light

• bright with a steady but subdued shining

• the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface

• highly enthusiastic

• softly bright or radiant

• radiating or as if radiating light

• having great beauty and splendor

• the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it

• marked by exceptional merit

• made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow

• reflecting light

• used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide

• a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash

• shining with brilliant points of light like stars