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Synonyms for brilliant
ˈbrɪl yəntbril·liant
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Wiktionary
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?
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.
The Post’s really too difficult, anthony Bourdain was Anthony Bourdain. I really ca n’t talk about Anthony Bourdain. . . He was brilliant and sharp and funny.
An understanding heart is everything in a teacher, and cannot be esteemed highly enough. One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feeling. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.
I knew he was brilliant, but I never knew how brilliant until I saw that.
There are some really brilliant moments between Mark Harmon and Joe Spano's Fornell, it's them working through the loss and grief.
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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