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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