brilliant

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

Synonyms

superb brainy smart as a whip magnificent glorious splendid bright vivid

Words of close approximity

brilliantine brilliantly brilliant pebble