'brilliance' definitions:
Definition of 'brilliance'
(from WordNet)
noun
A light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted; "a glare of sunlight" [syn: glare, blaze, brilliance]
noun
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" [syn: magnificence, brilliance, splendor, splendour, grandeur, grandness]
noun
Unusual mental ability [syn: brilliance, genius]
Synonyms of 'brilliance'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ability,
- acuity,
- acuteness,
- address,
- adeptness,
- adroitness,
- airmanship,
- aptitude,
- aptness,
- artfulness,
- artisanship,
- artistry,
- aura,
- Babylonian splendor,
- blare,
- blaze,
- blaze of glory,
- blazing light,
- blinding light,
- braininess,
- bravura,
- bright color,
- bright light,
- brightness,
- brilliancy,
- brilliant light,
- burst of light,
- capability,
- capacity,
- charisma,
- clear thinking,
- cleverness,
- color,
- colorfulness,
- command,
- competence,
- control,
- coordination,
- craft,
- craftsmanship,
- cunning,
- dazzle,
- dazzling light,
- deftness,
- dexterity,
- dexterousness,
- dextrousness,
- diplomacy,
- efficiency,
- effulgence,
- elaborateness,
- elegance,
- envelope,
- esprit,
- expertise,
- facetiousness,
- facility,
- finesse,
- flair,
- flamboyance,
- flood of light,
- fulgor,
- funniness,
- gaiety,
- genius,
- giftedness,
- gifts,
- glamour,
- glare,
- glaring light,
- glitter,
- gloriousness,
- glory,
- gorgeousness,
- grace,
- grandeur,
- grandiosity,
- grandness,
- grip,
- halo,
- handiness,
- heavenliness,
- horsemanship,
- humorousness,
- illustriousness,
- imposingness,
- impressiveness,
- ingeniousness,
- ingenuity,
- intellect,
- intelligence,
- intensity,
- jocoseness,
- jocularity,
- joking,
- joshing,
- keen-wittedness,
- keenness,
- know-how,
- lavishness,
- light,
- luster,
- luxuriousness,
- luxury,
- magic,
- magnificence,
- majesty,
- marksmanship,
- mastership,
- mastery,
- mental alertness,
- mercurial mind,
- mystique,
- native cleverness,
- nimble mind,
- nimble-wittedness,
- nimbleness,
- nimbus,
- nobility,
- nous,
- numinousness,
- pleasantry,
- plushness,
- poshness,
- practical ability,
- precocity,
- proficiency,
- proudness,
- prowess,
- pungency,
- pure color,
- quick parts,
- quick thinking,
- quick wit,
- quick-wittedness,
- quickness,
- radiance,
- radiancy,
- radiant splendor,
- ravishingness,
- readiness,
- ready wit,
- refulgence,
- refulgency,
- resource,
- resourcefulness,
- resplendence,
- resplendency,
- richness,
- ritziness,
- sagacity,
- saltiness,
- saturation,
- savoir-faire,
- savvy,
- seamanship,
- sharp-wittedness,
- sharpness,
- skill,
- skillfulness,
- smartness,
- smarts,
- sparkle,
- splendidness,
- splendiferousness,
- splendor,
- splendorousness,
- splendrousness,
- sprightly wit,
- state,
- stateliness,
- streaming light,
- style,
- sublimity,
- sumptuousness,
- tact,
- tactfulness,
- talent,
- technical brilliance,
- technical mastery,
- technical skill,
- Technicolor,
- technique,
- timing,
- virtuosity,
- vividness,
- wit,
- wittiness,
- wizardry,
- workmanship