brilliance

bril·liance  (brlyns)

n.

1. The state or quality of being brilliant, as:

a. Extreme brightness.

b. Exceptional clarity and agility of intellect or invention.

2. Splendor; magnificence.

3. Music Sharpness and clarity of tone.

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brilliance or brilliancy

Noun

1. great brightness

2. excellence in physical or mental ability

3. splendour

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	brilliance - a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted; "a glare of sunlight" glare, blaze brightness - the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white
	2.	brilliance - 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" grandeur, magnificence, splendor, splendour, grandness elegance - a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste; "she conveys an aura of elegance and gentility" eclat - brilliant or conspicuous success or effect; "the eclat of a great achievement"
	3.	brilliance - unusual mental ability genius intelligence - the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience coruscation - a sudden or striking display of brilliance; "coruscations of great wit" pyrotechnics - (music) brilliance of display (as in the performance of music) scintillation - a brilliant display of wit

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brilliance or brilliancy

noun 1. cleverness, talent, wisdom, distinction, genius, excellence, greatness, aptitude, inventiveness, acuity, giftedness, braininess << OPPOSITE stupidity

noun 2. brightness, blaze, intensity, sparkle, glitter, dazzle, gleam, sheen, lustre, radiance, luminosity, vividness, resplendence, effulgence, refulgence << OPPOSITE darkness

noun 3. splendour, glamour, grandeur, magnificence, éclat, gorgeousness, illustriousness, pizzazz or pizazz (informal) gilt

Translations

brilliance [ˈbrɪljəns] n → brillo, brillantez f;

(fig) [of person] → inteligencia

brilliance [ˈbrɪljəns] n → éclat m (fig) [of person]; brio m

brilliance [ˈbrɪljəns] n → Strahlen nt;

(of person) → Genialität f, Brillanz f;

(of talent, skill) → Großartigkeit f

brilliance [ˈbrɪljəns] n → splendore m;

(fig) [of person] → genialità, talento