brilliant
adjective
1. of surpassing excellence
- a brilliant performance
Similar word(s): superior, superb
2. having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence
- a brilliant mind
- a brilliant solution to the problem
Similar word(s): intelligent, brainy
3. characterized by grandeur; impressive.
- the brilliant court life at Versailles
Similar word(s): impressive, glorious, magnificent, splendid
4. having strong or striking color
- brilliant tapestries
Similar word(s): colorful, colourful, bright, vivid
5. full of light; shining intensely
- a brilliant star
- brilliant chandeliers
Similar word(s): bright
6. clear and sharp and ringing
- the brilliant sound of the trumpets
Similar word(s): reverberant, bright
Sentences with brilliant as an adjective:
- the brilliant lights along the promenade
- butterflies with brilliant blue wings
- The actor's performance in the play was simply brilliant.
- She is a brilliant scientist.
noun
1. A finely cut gemstone, especially a diamond, having many facets.
2. (uncountable, printing, dated) The size of type between excelsior and diamond, standardized as 4-point.
3. A kind of cotton goods, figured on the weaving.