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brilliant

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adjective

bril·​liant ˈbril-yənt How to pronounce brilliant (audio)
1
: very bright : glittering
a brilliant light
2
a
: striking, distinctive
a brilliant example
b
: distinguished by unusual mental keenness or alertness
brilliant scientists
3
British : very good : excellent
brilliantly adverb

brilliant

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noun

: a gem (such as a diamond) cut in a particular form with numerous facets so as to have special brightness or brilliance

Illustration of brilliant

Illustration of brilliant
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  • 4 pavilion
  • 5 culet

Synonyms

Adjective

Noun

Choose the Right Synonym for brilliant

bright, brilliant, radiant, luminous, lustrous mean shining or glowing with light.

bright implies emitting or reflecting a high degree of light.

brilliant implies intense often sparkling brightness.

radiant stresses the emission or seeming emission of rays of light.

luminous implies emission of steady, suffused, glowing light by reflection or in surrounding darkness.

lustrous stresses an even, rich light from a surface that reflects brightly without glittering.

Example Sentences

Adjective a brilliant star in the sky a store decorated in brilliant colors He pitched a brilliant game. She gave a brilliant performance. She has a brilliant mind. Noun the diamond cutter set out an array of brilliants to show the various ways the diamond could be cut See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
There were some ideas that were clearly brilliant, like the QR code that displayed when the bike was first turned on. John Timmer, Ars Technica, 8 Sep. 2022 Arizona right-hander Ryne Nelson was brilliant in his big-league debut, allowing four hits in seven innings and retiring 17 straight batters at one point to lead the Diamondbacks over the Padres 5-0 in San Diego on Monday. San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Sep. 2022 Flightline, a son of Tapit, has raced just four times but has been brilliant each time, including a 12 3/4-length victory here last summer in an allowance race (when his odds were 1-5). Jay Posner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2022 But Oasis were brilliant at going for the obvious, so who wanted to work so hard at hearing them? Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2022 Radke popped the question with a sparkling Nicole Rose ring featuring a 3.5-carat square brilliant cut cushion with two half-moon diamonds on the side (making the ring 4/-2 carats total). Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 28 Aug. 2022 Thank you to all of the brilliant collaborators and musicians, composers, and everyone involved in creating this piece of art. Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 28 Aug. 2022 No tennis player is more closely associated with New York City than John McEnroe, the brilliant if volatile lefty who won his hometown U.S. Open four times and continues to cover it as a TV analyst. Jason Gay, WSJ, 27 Aug. 2022 On a brilliant August day, sunlit vistas still stretched before us. Martin Weil, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

French brillant, present participle of briller to shine, from Italian brillare

Noun

borrowed from French brillant, noun derivative of brillant brilliant entry 1

First Known Use

Adjective

circa 1681, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun

1690, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of brilliant was circa 1681

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