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Synonyms for brilliant
ˈbrɪl yəntbril·liant
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brilliantadjective
shining brightly
the brilliant lights along the promenade
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exceptional, glorious, distinctive, striking, shining, wonderful, superb, brainy, glittering, ingenious, magnificent, splendid, marvelous, excellent, marvellousbrilliantadjective
both light and saturated
butterflies with brilliant blue wings
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distinctive, brainy, wonderful, marvellous, splendid, shining, magnificent, superb, ingenious, exceptional, glittering, striking, glorious, excellent, marvelousbrilliantadjective
having a sharp, clear tone
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striking, brainy, splendid, excellent, superb, glorious, distinctive, marvellous, shining, glittering, marvelous, wonderful, exceptional, magnificent, ingeniousbrilliantadjective
of surpassing excellence
The actor's performance in the play was simply brilliant.
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superb, glittering, brainy, excellent, shining, splendid, marvellous, glorious, wonderful, magnificent, ingenious, marvelous, distinctive, exceptional, strikingbrilliantadjective
magnificent or wonderful
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glorious, exceptional, glittering, marvelous, brainy, magnificent, marvellous, wonderful, splendid, striking, excellent, shining, superb, ingenious, distinctivebrilliantadjective
highly intelligent
She is a brilliant scientist.
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glittering, shining, exceptional, magnificent, superb, splendid, distinctive, excellent, brainy, wonderful, glorious, marvelous, marvellous, ingenious, striking
English Synonyms and Antonyms
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
brilliant, superbadjective
of surpassing excellence
"a brilliant performance"; "a superb actor"
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magnificent, superb, glorious, bright, smart as a whip, brainy, splendid, vividAntonyms:
unreverberant, stupid, unimpressive, colourless, inferior, dull, nonresonant, colorless, unintelligentbrainy, brilliant, smart as a whipadjective
having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence
"some men dislike brainy women"; "a brilliant mind"; "a brilliant solution to the problem"
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magnificent, superb, glorious, bright, smart as a whip, brainy, splendid, vividAntonyms:
dull, inferior, unintelligent, unimpressive, nonresonant, unreverberant, colorless, colourless, stupidbrilliant, glorious, magnificent, splendidadjective
characterized by grandeur
"the brilliant court life at Versailles"; "a glorious work of art"; "magnificent cathedrals"; "the splendid coronation ceremony"
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fantabulous, splendiferous, magnificent, excellent, resplendent, superb, first-class, glorious, bright, smart as a whip, brainy, splendid, vividAntonyms:
nonresonant, colorless, unintelligent, unimpressive, inferior, stupid, colourless, dull, unreverberantbright, brilliant, vividadjective
having striking color
"bright dress"; "brilliant tapestries"; "a bird with vivid plumage"
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shining, promising, hopeful, splendid, intense, smart, smart as a whip, lifelike, superb, bright, lustrous, pictorial, burnished, brainy, graphic, vivid, magnificent, undimmed, glorious, shinyAntonyms:
inferior, unimpressive, colourless, unintelligent, stupid, unreverberant, dull, colorless, nonresonantbrilliantadjective
full of light; shining intensely
"a brilliant star"; "brilliant chandeliers"
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magnificent, superb, glorious, bright, smart as a whip, brainy, splendid, vividAntonyms:
colorless, unintelligent, inferior, nonresonant, colourless, stupid, unimpressive, dull, unreverberantbright, brilliantadjective
clear and sharp and ringing
"the bright sound of the trumpet section"; "the brilliant sound of the trumpets"
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shining, promising, hopeful, splendid, smart, smart as a whip, superb, bright, lustrous, burnished, brainy, vivid, magnificent, undimmed, glorious, shinyAntonyms:
unintelligent, unimpressive, stupid, nonresonant, unreverberant, inferior, colorless, colourless, dull
Dictionary of English Synonymes
brilliantadjective
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sparkling, glittering, splendid, lustrous, shining, bright, beaming, radiant, effulgent, refulgent, resplendentbrilliantadjective
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illustrious, glorious, celebrated, famousbrilliantnoun
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diamond (cut into facets)
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
brilliantadjective
Synonyms:
sparkling, glittering, scintillating, dazzling, gleaming, glistening, flashing, splendid, glorious, signal, eminent, striking
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "brilliant":
bright, shiny, gloss, glossy, glorious, brillantes, splendid, awesome, excellent, glittering, briiliant, sparkly, resplendent, high-gloss, shining, great, guanghui, lustrous, brilliantly, fantastic, wonderful, smart, magnificent, glowing, outstanding, distinguished, amazing, clever, terrific, stellar, sparkling
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#209 | great | |
#348 | white | |
#613 | light | |
#907 | clear | |
#1353 | excellent | |
#2207 | smart | |
#2430 | graphic | |
#2767 | wonderful | |
#2928 | amazing | |
#3490 | outstanding | |
#3757 | bright | |
#3887 | flashing | |
#4089 | fantastic | |
#4491 | awesome | |
#6035 | brilliant | |
#6385 | exceptional | |
#7174 | intense | |
#7377 | superb | |
#7379 | transparent | |
#7425 | distinguished | |
#8853 | striking | |
#9664 | magnificent | |
#9756 | promising | |
#10110 | distinctive | |
#10247 | clever | |
#10810 | vivid | |
#12056 | glorious | |
#12244 | terrific | |
#12379 | shining | |
#12764 | gloss | |
#13343 | shiny | |
#13678 | stellar | |
#13717 | glossy | |
#14219 | sparkling | |
#15331 | radiant | |
#15458 | splendid | |
#17640 | hopeful | |
#18433 | glowing | |
#18571 | pictorial | |
#19151 | marvelous | |
#20603 | luminous | |
#20791 | dazzling | |
#22357 | crystalline | |
#24803 | lucid | |
#26519 | brilliantly | |
#28297 | ingenious | |
#29587 | marvellous | |
#31555 | glittering | |
#35783 | gleaming | |
#39862 | lustrous | |
#43828 | lifelike | |
#46602 | beaming | |
#51677 | sparkly | |
#52276 | burnished | |
#59260 | brainy | |
#62172 | resplendent | |
#111878 | illumined | |
#114270 | fantabulous | |
#241176 | undimmed | |
#272496 | effulgent | |
#310247 | guanghui |
How to use brilliant in a sentence?
There was no way George could have explained what he could see on the set when we were out there, i knew he was brilliant, but I never knew how brilliant until I saw that.
After his family released their statement, I realized that he was living with his illness the entire time I knew him. Because he was a caretaker, a leader, and a man of faith, dignity and pride, heshielded his collaborators from his suffering, he lived a beautiful life. And he made great art. Day after day, year after year. That was who he was. He was an epic firework display. I will tell stories about being there for some of the brilliant sparks till the end of my days. What an incredible mark hes left for us.
Spend time with them and see them as people. At school, they operate as a herd, and as hard as I try as a teacher, I can't give them all the attention they deserve, at home they should be seen as the unique, individual, interesting and brilliant people they are.
From my privileged vantage point, I've encountered a lot of extraordinary people with exciting things to say. This is a chance to get those voices heard. We look forward to publishing an unusual mix of new authors, existing works, neglected or under-appreciated masterworks, and translations of people from elsewhere who we think are just too damned brilliant not to be available in English.
At some point, are they going to be there for the next 200 years? At some point what's going on? It's going to be a long time, we made a terrible mistake getting involved there in the first place. We had real brilliant thinkers that didn't know what the hell they were doing. And it's a mess. It's a mess. And at this point, you probably have to (stay) because that thing will collapse about two seconds after they leave. Just as I said that Iraq was going to collapse after we leave.
Translations for brilliant
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- متألقArabic
- брилянт, блестящ, великолепен, искрящ, яръкBulgarian
- clar, brillantCatalan, Valencian
- zářivýCzech
- strålendeDanish
- strahlend, genial, BrillantGerman
- geniaEsperanto
- brillanteSpanish
- برلیانPersian
- kirkas, nerokas, loistava, briljantti, säteileväFinnish
- brillantFrench
- ard-inçhynaghManx
- מבריקHebrew
- briliánsHungarian
- փայլունArmenian
- cemerlangIndonesian
- splendente, superlativo, sgargiante, eccezionale, squillante, geniale, luccicante, pietra preziosa, lucente, brillante, talentuoso, fantastico, gemma, di successo, meravigliosoItalian
- ブリリアントJapanese
- praeclarumLatin
- izcils, spilgts, spožsLatvian
- koeaMāori
- briljant, meesterlijk, geniaal, virtuoos, schitterend, stralendDutch
- strålende, lysende, genial, klar, enestående, storslagenNorwegian
- świetny, znakomity, genialny, błyszczącyPolish
- claro, brilhantePortuguese
- SclipitorRomanian
- великолепный, блестящий, сочный, хрустальный, сверкающий, бриллиант, блистательныйRussian
- begåvad, virtuosmässig, högt, mästerlig, gnistrande, storslagen, glänsande, genialisk, briljant, strålande, lysandeSwedish
- nidikVolapük
- בריליאַנטYiddish
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