brilliancenoun [ U ]
uk/ˈbrɪl.jəns/us/ˈbrɪl.jəns/brilliance noun [ U ] (INTELLIGENCE)
great skill or intelligence:
Her first novel showed signs of brilliance.
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Intelligence
- acuity
- acumen
- agile
- apt
- artful
- as (if) to the manner born idiom
- gumption
- highbrow
- horse sense
- imaginative
- ingenious
- presence of mind
- profound
- quick-witted
- razor-sharp
- ready
- resource
- resourceful
- scholarly
- sharply
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brilliance noun [ U ] (SHINE)
great brightness of light or colour:
I had never seen diamonds shine with such brilliance before.
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Light
- beam
- candlelight
- daylight
- firelight
- glossy
- incandescent
- incident ray
- lamplight
- light
- luminescent
- luminous
- moonlight
- opalescent
- phosphorescent
- photo
- shiny
- starlight
- sun
- sunlight
- sunshine
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