ADJECTIVE | all | brilliant, superb | of surpassing excellence |
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all | brilliant, brainy, smart as a whip | having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence | |
all | brilliant, glorious, magnificent, splendid | characterized by grandeur | |
all | brilliant, bright, vivid | having striking color | |
all | brilliant | full of light | |
all | brilliant, bright | clear and sharp and ringing |
Sounds | brih'lyahnt | |
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Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... |
Meaning | Of surpassing excellence. | |
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Example | "a brilliant performance" | |
Synonym | superb | |
Broader | superior | Of high or superior quality or performance |
Spanish | brillante | |
Nouns | brilliance | the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand |
brilliancy | a quality that outshines the usual / usual |
Meaning | Having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence. | |
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Synonyms | brainy, smart as a whip | |
Broader | intelligent | Having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree |
Spanish | brillante, sesudo | |
Catalan | brillant, intel·ligent | |
Nouns | brilliance | unusual mental ability |
brilliancy | a quality that outshines the usual / usual | |
Adverbs | brilliantly | in an extremely intelligent way |
Meaning | Characterized by grandeur. | |
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Example | "the brilliant court life at Versailles" | |
Synonyms | glorious, magnificent, splendid | |
Broader | impressive | making a strong or vivid impression |
Spanish | brillante, espléndido, macanudo, magnífico | |
Catalan | grandiós, magnífic | |
Nouns | brilliance | the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand |
brilliancy | a quality that outshines the usual / usual |
Meaning | Having striking color. | |
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Example | "brilliant tapestries" | |
Synonyms | bright, vivid | |
Broader | colorful, colourful | Having striking color |
Spanish | brillante, vivo | |
Catalan | brillant, viu | |
Nouns | brilliancy | a quality that outshines the usual / usual |
Meaning | Full of light; shining intensely. | |
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Broader | bright | emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts |
Spanish | brillante | |
Catalan | brillant | |
Nouns | brilliance | a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted |
brilliancy | a quality that outshines the usual / usual | |
Adverbs | brilliantly | with brightness |
Meaning | Clear and sharp and ringing. | |
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Example | "the brilliant sound of the trumpets" | |
Synonym | bright | |
Broader | reverberant | Having a tendency to reverberate or be repeatedly reflected |
Nouns | brilliancy | a quality that outshines the usual / usual |
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