Bridle, n. Restraint, curb, check.
Bridle, v. a.
- 1. Put a bridle on, bit.
- 2. Restrain, check, curb, control, govern.
- 3. [Usually with up.] Ruffle, rustle, bristle, toss the head, be incensed, put on an air of offended dignity.
Brief, a.
- 1. Short, concise, succinct, compendious, laconic, curt.
- 2. Short, transitory, fleeting, transient, temporary, short-lived, ephemeral.
Brief, n.
- 1. Epitome, compendium, summary, synopsis, syllabus, abstract, breviary, abridgment, conspectus.
- 2. Pontifical letter, papal rescript.
- 3. (Law.) Writ, precept.
Briefless, a. Without clients, unretained, unemployed, without business.
Briefly, ad. Concisely, in short, in brief, in a few words.
Brigand, n. Robber, highwayman, footpad, freebooter, marander, outlaw, bandit.
Bright, a.
- 1. Luminous, shining, resplendent, glowing, lustrous, beaming, gleaming, glittering, glistening, glistering,
twinkling, beaming, shimmering, sparkling, scintillating, scintillant, coruscating, flashing, flaming, blazing,
dazzling, irradiant, radiant, brilliant, effulgent, refulgent, splendid, luminiferous, luciferous, light, vivid,
nitid, sheeny, glossy, burnished, sunny, orient, noon-day, meridian, noontide, fulgid, fulgent, beamy, silvery,
argent.
- 2. Clear, transparent, lucid, pellucid, lucent, lambent, cloudless, untroubled, limpid.
- 3. Illustrious, glorious, famous.
- 4. Acute, ingenious, discerning, keen. See intelligent.