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- Dictionarybrilliant/ˈbrɪlj(ə)nt/
adjective
- 1. (of light or colour) very bright: "brilliant sunshine illuminated the scene" Similar Opposite
- 2. exceptionally clever or talented: "he was quite brilliant and was promoted almost at once" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. a diamond of brilliant cut: "an elegant necklace with four rows of brilliants"
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BRILLIANT definition: 1. extremely intelligent or skilled: 2. full of light, shining, or bright in colour: 3. very…. Learn more.
The meaning of BRILLIANT is very bright : glittering. How to use brilliant in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Brilliant.
A brilliant person, idea, or performance is extremely clever or skilful. She had a brilliant mind. Her brilliant performance had earned her two Golden Globes. It is a very high quality production, brilliantly written and acted. He was a deeply serious musician who had shown his brilliance very early.
BRILLIANT meaning: 1. extremely intelligent or skilled: 2. full of light, shining, or bright in colour: 3. very…. Learn more.
Brilliant definition: shining brightly; sparkling; glittering; lustrous. See examples of BRILLIANT used in a sentence.
Some common synonyms of brilliant are bright, luminous, lustrous, and radiant. While all these words mean "shining or glowing with light," brilliant implies intense often sparkling brightness. When could bright be used to replace brilliant?
A brilliant person, idea, or performance is extremely clever or skillful. She had a brilliant mind. It is a very high quality production, brilliantly written and acted. He was a deeply serious musician who had shown his brilliance very early. A brilliant career or success is very successful.
Brilliant describes something super bright, like intense lights at a football stadium, a super sparkly diamond, or the student who graduates from Harvard at age 13. Brilliant comes from the Italian word brillare , to "sparkle" like those bright lights, diamonds, and brainiac kid.
Definition of brilliant adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. extremely clever or impressive. What a brilliant idea! He made two brilliant saves to keep his side in the match. The system is brilliant in its simplicity. Her performance was technically brilliant but lacked feeling.
brilliant is one of the 5,000 most common words in modern written English. It is similar in frequency to words like bell , declaration , hydrogen , migration , and pursuit . It typically occurs about 20 times per million words in modern written English.
