Main entry: brilliant
Definition: full of light; shining intensely
Usage: a brilliant star; brilliant chandeliers
Main entry: bright, brilliant, vivid
Definition: having striking color
Usage: bright dress; brilliant tapestries; a bird with vivid plumage
Main entry: magnificent, glorious, brilliant, splendid
Definition: characterized by grandeur
Usage: the brilliant court life at Versailles; a glorious work of art; magnificent cathedrals; the splendid coronation ceremony
Main entry: smart as a whip, brainy, brilliant
Definition: having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence
Usage: some men dislike brainy women; a brilliant mind; a brilliant solution to the problem
Definition: clear and sharp and ringing
Usage: the bright sound of the trumpet section; the brilliant sound of the trumpets
Definition: of surpassing excellence
Usage: a brilliant performance; a superb actor