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1. (adj.) brilliant
shining brightly; sparkling; glittering:
brilliant jewels.
2. brilliant
distinguished; outstanding:
a brilliant performance.
3. brilliant
having or showing great intelligence, talent, etc.
4. brilliant
strong and clear in tone; vivid; bright:
a brilliant blue.
5. brilliant
splendid or magnificent:
a brilliant social event.
6. (n.) brilliant
a gem, esp. a diamond, having any of several varieties of the brilliant cut.
7. brilliant
½-point.
Etymology: (1675–85; < F brillant shining, prp. of briller < It brillare to glitter; see -ant)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) brilliant, superb
of surpassing excellence
"a brilliant performance"; "a superb actor"
2. (adj) brainy, brilliant, smart as a whip
having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence
"some men dislike brainy women"; "a brilliant mind"; "a brilliant solution to the problem"
3. (adj) brilliant, glorious, magnificent, splendid
characterized by grandeur
"the brilliant court life at Versailles"; "a glorious work of art"; "magnificent cathedrals"; "the splendid coronation ceremony"
4. (adj) bright, brilliant, vivid
having striking color
"bright dress"; "brilliant tapestries"; "a bird with vivid plumage"
5. (adj) brilliant
full of light; shining intensely
"a brilliant star"; "brilliant chandeliers"
6. (adj) bright, brilliant
clear and sharp and ringing
"the bright sound of the trumpet section"; "the brilliant sound of the trumpets"
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1. (adjective) brilliant
very intelligent or skillful
a brilliant scientist/mathematician; a brilliant idea
2. brilliant
≠ dull
a brilliant white
3. brilliant
excellent, great
***The play was brilliant!; ***the gem's brilliance; ***the professor's brilliance; brilliantly colored floor tiles; a brilliantly written novel; ***water sparkling brilliantly in the sun
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) brilliant
a diamond or other gem of the finest cut, formed into faces and facets, so as to reflect and refract the light, by which it is rendered more brilliant. It has at the middle, or top, a principal face, called the table, which is surrounded by a number of sloping facets forming a bizet; below, it has a small face or collet, parallel to the table, connected with the girdle by a pavilion of elongated facets. It is thus distinguished from the rose diamond, which is entirely covered with facets on the surface, and is flat below
2. (adj) brilliant
the smallest size of type used in England printing
3. (adj) brilliant
a kind of cotton goods, figured on the weaving
4. brilliant
sparkling with luster; glittering; very bright; as, a brilliant star
5. brilliant
distinguished by qualities which excite admiration; splendid; shining; as, brilliant talents
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Sense: very bright
the bird's brilliant feathers.
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 Afrikaans: glinsterend, glansryk |
 Arabic: لامِع، ساطِع |
 Bulgarian: ярък |
 Brazilian: brilhante |
 Czech: oslnivý, třpytivý |
 German: glänzend |
 Danish: strålende |
 Greek: αστραφτερός |
 Spanish: brillante, luminoso |
 Estonian: särav |
 Farsi: تابناک؛ درخشان |
 Finnish: loistava |
 French: éclatant |
 Hebrew: מַברִיק |
 Hindi: चमकदार |
 Croatian: sjajan |
 Hungarian: ragyogó |
 Indonesian: gemerlapan, cemerlang |
 Icelandic: ljómandi |
 Italian: brillante, splendente |
 Japanese: 輝かしい |
 Korean: 눈부신 |
 Lithuanian: spindintis |
 Latvian: mirdzošs; spožs |
 Malay: terang |
 Dutch: schitterend |
 Norwegian: strålende, funklende, ski |
 Polish: błyszczący |
 Persian: تابناک؛ درخشان |
 Pashto: ځلیدونکی |
 Portuguese: brilhante |
 Romanian: strălucitor |
 Russian: блестящий |
 Slovak: ligotavý |
 Slovenian: lesketajoč se |
 Serbian: sjajan |
 Swedish: glänsande |
 Thai: แพรวพราย |
 Turkish: parlak, pırıl pırıl |
 Taiwanese: 光亮的 |
 Ukrainian: блискучий, яскравий |
 Urdu: جگمگاتا ہوا |
 Vietnamese: rực rỡ |
 Chinese: 明亮的 |
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