brilliance
NounUS[bril-yuhns]/ˈbrɪljəns/2 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (3)
- a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted“a glare of sunlight”Synonyms: glareblazeType of brightness
- the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand“for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's hotel”“his ‘Hamlet’ lacks the brilliance that one expects”“it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor”“an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful art”“advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products”Synonyms: magnificencesplendorsplendourgrandeurgrandnessType of eleganceKinds eclat
- unusual mental abilitySynonyms: geniusType of intelligenceKinds pyrotechnics, coruscation, savant syndrome, scintillation
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