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brilliance
Overview of noun brilliance
The noun brilliance has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (1) glare, blaze, brilliance -- (great brightness; "a glare of sunlight"; "the flowers were a blaze of color")
2. (1) magnificence, brilliance, splendor, splendour, grandeur, grandness -- (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")
3. brilliance, genius -- (unusual mental ability)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun brilliance
3 senses of brilliance
Sense 1
glare, blaze, brilliance
=> brightness
=> light, lightness
=> visual property
=> property
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
magnificence, brilliance, splendor, splendour, grandeur, grandness
=> elegance
=> quality
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
brilliance, genius
=> intelligence
=> ability, power
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun brilliance
2 of 3 senses of brilliance
Sense 2
magnificence, brilliance, splendor, splendour, grandeur, grandness
=> eclat
Sense 3
brilliance, genius
=> coruscation
=> pyrotechnics
=> scintillation
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun brilliance
3 senses of brilliance
Sense 1
glare, blaze, brilliance
=> brightness
Sense 2
magnificence, brilliance, splendor, splendour, grandeur, grandness
=> elegance
Sense 3
brilliance, genius
=> intelligence
Antonyms of noun brilliance
Member Holonyms of noun brilliance
Substance Holonyms of noun brilliance
Part Holonyms of noun brilliance
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Meronyms of noun brilliance
Holonyms of noun brilliance
Attributes of noun brilliance
Derived Forms of noun brilliance
3 senses of brilliance
Sense 1
glare, blaze, brilliance
RELATED TO>(adj) brilliant#5
=> brilliant
Sense 2
magnificence, brilliance, splendor, splendour, grandeur, grandness
RELATED TO>(adj) brilliant#1
=> brilliant, superb
RELATED TO>(adj) brilliant#3
=> brilliant, glorious, magnificent, splendid
Sense 3
brilliance, genius
RELATED TO>(adj) brilliant#2
=> brainy, brilliant, smart as a whip
Domain of noun brilliance
Domain Terms of noun brilliance
Familiarity of noun brilliance
brilliance used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun brilliance
3 senses of brilliance
Sense 1
glare, blaze, brilliance
> brightness
=> glare, blaze, brilliance
=> dazzle
=> glitter, glister, glisten, scintillation, sparkle
=> flash
=> glint
=> opalescence, iridescence
=> radiance, radiancy, shine, effulgence, refulgence, refulgency
=> luster, lustre, brilliancy, splendor, splendour
Sense 2
magnificence, brilliance, splendor, splendour, grandeur, grandness
> elegance
=> dash, elan, flair, panache, style
=> daintiness, delicacy, fineness
=> courtliness
=> tastefulness
=> breeding, genteelness, gentility
=> chic, chicness, chichi, modishness, smartness, stylishness, swank, last word
=> magnificence, brilliance, splendor, splendour, grandeur, grandness
=> pomp, eclat
=> class
Sense 3
brilliance, genius
> intelligence
=> brain, brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit
=> breadth, comprehensiveness, largeness
=> mind, intellect
=> nonverbal intelligence
=> verbal intelligence
=> mental quickness, quickness, quick-wittedness
=> nimbleness, mental dexterity
=> brilliance, genius
=> precociousness, precocity
=> acuteness, acuity, sharpness, keenness
=> brightness, cleverness, smartness
=> shrewdness, astuteness, perspicacity, perspicaciousness
=> wits, marbles
Meronyms of noun brilliance
3 senses of brilliance
Holonyms of noun brilliance
Grep of noun brilliance
brilliance
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