| NOUN | attribute | brilliance, glare, blaze | a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted |
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| attribute | brilliance, magnificence, splendor, splendour, grandeur, grandness | the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand | |
| cognition | brilliance, genius | unusual mental ability |
| Sounds | brih'lyahns | |
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| Rhymes | abeyance ... virulence: 273 rhymes with ahns... | |
| Meaning | A light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted. | |
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| Synonyms | glare, blaze | |
| Broader | brightness | The location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white |
| Spanish | brillo, fulgor, resplandor | |
| Catalan | resplendor | |
| Adjectives | brilliant | full of light |
| Meaning | The quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand. | |
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| Example | "his 'Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects" | |
| Synonyms | magnificence, splendor, splendour, grandeur, grandness | |
| Narrower | eclat | brilliant or conspicuous success or effect |
| Broader | elegance | A refined quality of gracefulness and good taste |
| Spanish | brillantez, esplendor, grandeza, grandiosidad, magnificencia | |
| Catalan | esplendor, grandiositat, magneficència | |
| Adjectives | brilliant | characterized by grandeur |
| brilliant | of surpassing excellence | |
| Meaning | unusual mental ability. | |
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| Synonym | genius | |
| Narrower | coruscation | A sudden or striking display of brilliance |
| pyrotechnics | (music) brilliance of display (as in the performance of music) | |
| scintillation | A brilliant display of wit | |
| Broader | intelligence | The ability to comprehend |
| Spanish | brillantez, genio, talento | |
| Catalan | brillantor, geni, talent | |
| Adjectives | brilliant | having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence |
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