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Definition: Brilliant |
BrilliantAdjective1. Of surpassing excellence; "a brilliant performance"; "a superb actor". 2. Having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence; "some men dislike brainy women"; "a brilliant mind"; "a brilliant solution to the problem". 3. Characterized by or attended with brilliance or grandeur; "the brilliant court life at Versailles"; "a glorious work of art"; "magnificent cathedrals"; "the splendid coronation ceremony". 4. Having striking color; "bright greens"; "brilliant tapestries"; "a bird with vivid plumage". 5. Full of light; shining intensely; "a brilliant star"; "brilliant chandeliers". 6. Clear and sharp and ringing; "the bright sound of the trumpet section"; "the brilliant sound of the trumpets". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "brilliant" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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Computing | Brilliant One of five pedagogical languages based on Markov algorithms, used in ["Nonpareil, a Machine Level Machine Independent Language for the Study of Semantics", B. Higman, ULICS Intl Report No ICSI 170, U London (1968)]. See also Diamond, Nonpareil, Pearl, Ruby. Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing. |
Chemistry | A diamond of the finest cut; formed into facets so as to reflect light. Source: European Union. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | Term applied to wines, particularly white wines, which are free of any visible suspended matter and have a sparkling clarity. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Brilliant is a town located in Marion County, Alabama. As of the 2000 census, the population of the town is 762.Geography
Brilliant is located at 34°1'22" North, 87°46'3" West (34.022764, -87.767372)1. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 8.9 km² (3.4 mi²). 8.9 km² (3.4 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census2 of 2000, there are 762 people, 343 households, and 220 families residing in the town. The population density is 85.5/km² (221.7/mi²). There are 402 housing units at an average density of 45.1/km² (116.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 99.61% White, 0.00% Black or African American, 0.13% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.26% from two or more races. 0.66% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 343 households out of which 27.7% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.7% are married couples living together, 12.2% have a female householder with no husband present, and 35.6% are non-families. 34.1% of all households are made up of individuals and 16.0% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.22 and the average family size is 2.81. In the town the population is spread out with 22.7% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 25.1% from 25 to 44, 25.5% from 45 to 64, and 19.6% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 41 years. For every 100 females there are 91.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 85.8 males. The median income for a household in the town is $18,224, and the median income for a family is $27,857. Males have a median income of $28,611 versus $15,703 for females. The per capita income for the town is $14,516. 26.5% of the population and 22.4% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 37.3% are under the age of 18 and 27.0% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Brilliant, Alabama."
Synonyms: BrilliantSynonyms: brainy (adj), bright (adj), glorious (adj), magnificent (adj), smart as a whip (adj), splendid (adj), superb (adj), vivid (adj). (additional references) |
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Beauty | Brilliant, shining; beamy, beaming; sparkling, splendid, resplendent, dazzling, glowing; glossy, sleek. |
Inexpedience | Tidbit; gem, gem of the first water; bijou, precious stone, jewel, pearl, diamond, ruby, brilliant, treasure; good thing; rara avis, one in a thousand. |
Jewelry | Diamond, brilliant, rock; beryl, emerald; chalcedony, agate, heliotrope; girasol, girasole; onyx, plasma; sard, sardonyx; garnet, lapis lazuli, opal, peridot, tourmaline, chrysolite; sapphire, ruby, synthetic ruby; spinel, spinelle; balais; oriental, oriental topaz; turquois, turquoise; zircon, cubic zirconia; jacinth, hyacinth, carbuncle, amethyst; alexandrite, cat's eye, bloodstone,diamond, brilliant, rock; beryl, emerald; chalcedony, agate, heliotrope; girasol, girasole; onyx, plasma; sard, sardonyx; garnet, lapis lazuli, opal, peridot, tourmaline, chrysolite; sapphire, ruby, synthetic ruby; spinel, spinelle; balais; oriental, oriental topaz; turquois, turquoise; zircon, cubic zirconia; jacinth, hyacinth, carbuncle, amethyst; alexandrite, cat's eye, bloodstone, hematite, jasper, moonstone, sunstone. |
Repute | Illustrious, glorious, splendid, brilliant, radiant; bright; full-blown; honorific. |
Wit | Jest, joke, jape, jibe; facetiae, levity, quips and cranks; capital joke; canorae nugae; standing jest, standing joke, private joke, conceit, quip, quirk, crank, quiddity, concetto, plaisanterie, brilliant idea; merry thought, bright thought, happy thought; sally; flash of wit, flash of merriment; scintillation; mot, mot pour rire; witticism, smart saying, bon-mot,jeu d'esprit,epigram; jest book; dry joke, quodlibet, cream of the jest. |
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Crosswords: Brilliant |
| Specialty definitions using "brilliant": ANGELO, arkansite ♦ BARBER, BATH, bevel cut, bright attritus, Brilliant Madman, Bristol Diamonds ♦ Church of the SubGenius ♦ Devil and Dr. Faustus, diamond cleavage, dull attritus ♦ Either ♦ faceting machine, Fire, Fog-eater, framesite ♦ green flash ♦ Jewels ♦ lots of MIPS but no I/O, lumachelle ♦ Manon Lescaut, mercerized thread, Moon-maker ♦ neat hack, Neither ♦ Painters and Artists, Peacock, Phosphorus, precious opal, Pre-Raphaelites ♦ Rupert of Debate ♦ secondary bow, secondary rainbow, specular iron ore, split brilliant ♦ Thumb, tights ♦ Wharton, white Bengal fire. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "brilliant": Lamping. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Brilliant" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. German (brillant). |
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Screenplays | ! Sydney, this man is the leader of the free world. He's brilliant, he's funny, he's handsome, and he's an above-average dancer (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin.) Ah. Ellen Roark, brilliant law student (A Time to Kill; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman) Well gentlemen, now that the moment has come to bid you farewell, I congratulate both you, Doctor, and you, Professor, on your brilliant work in the development of the submarine tracking system (The Spy Who Loved Me; writing credit: Christopher Wood) Brilliant gold taps, virginal white marble, a seat carved from ebony, a cistern full of chanel number five, and a flunky handing me pieces of raw silk toilet roll (Trainspotting; writing credit: Irvine Welsh; John Hodge) Brilliant gold taps, virginal white marble, a seat carved from ebony, a cistern full of Chanel No. 5, and a flunky handing me pieces of raw silk toilet roll (Trainspotting; writing credit: John Hodge. Based on the novel by Irvine Welsh.) | |
Lyrics | Is that me baby or just a brilliant disguise (BRILLIANT DISGUISE; performing artist: Bruce Springsteen) Sometimes brilliant busted thoughts (Promise; performing artist: Eve 6) You were always brilliant in the morning (Foolish Games; performing artist: Jewel) | |
Clever | My mind works like lightning. One brilliant flash, and it is gone. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Brilliant Marriage (1936) | |
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 | DNA gel being stained with Commassie brilliant blue dye. Various images are included. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | In the most active starburst region in the local universe resides a cluster of brilliant, ... Credit: NASA. |
 | Namaqualand in South Africa is known as the "gem of the Northern Cape." Portions of this area were turned into a national park in 1999, to preserve the abundant wildlife and brilliant wildflowers native to the area. Credit: NASA. |  | A brilliant Hawaiian rainbow. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | A brilliant red sunset reflecting off the frozen tundra. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | Halo with brilliant reflection off ice surface. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | The lights of the camera bring out the brilliant colors of the reef. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP). |  | AML Glass Butte, Burns District. Cinnabar Ore (cinnabar: a mineral consisting of mercuric sulfide occurring in brilliant red crystals or in red or brownish masses and being the only important ore of mercury.). Credit: John Craig. |
 | "Commanding Officer of the Marine "Devilcats" Squadron (VMF-212) returns aboard the escort carrier USS Rendova (CVE-114) from the British destroyer HMS Comus. Brilliant was shot down by enemy anti-aircraft fire and after bailing out of his damaged plane, was rescued at sea by the Comus. Photograph and quoted portion of caption released by Commander Naval Forces, Far East, under date of 20 October 1951. Note details of breeches bouy used for the transfer, and crew working jackets marked with Rendova's hull number. Credit: NAVY. |  | Customer: Sakes alive, Carline! yo' orter see how brilliant it am : if I didn't know dat war Wenus ... Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Brilliant Sky 2" by Alan Lee Commentary: "Just a pretty sky." | "Morning Sky" by Rahul Pilani Commentary: "A picture of a brilliant looking sky I took at 5.30 in the morning." |
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Ansel Adams | There is nothing worse than a brilliant image of a fuzzy concept. |
Duc de La Rochefoucauld | However brilliant an action it should not be esteemed great unless the result of a great motive. |
Francois De La Rochefoucauld | How ever a brilliant an action, it should not be viewed as great unless it is the result of a great motive. |
Oscar Wilde | Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast. |
Thucydides | It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs; they expect too much of ordinary men. |
Voltaire | Shun idleness is the rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant metals. |
Walter Bagehot | A princely marriage is the brilliant edition of a universal fact, and, as such, it rivets mankind. |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | Never had the exquisite sight, smell, sensation of nature, tranquil, warm, and brilliant after a storm, been more attractive to her. |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | To such a professional body Roger Chillingworth was a brilliant acquisition |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Christmas in the year 1823 was particularly brilliant at Montfermeil |
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Economic History | Syria | Archaeologists have discovered extensive writings and evidence of a brilliant culture rivaling those of Mesopotamia and Egypt in and around the ancient city of Ebla. (references) |
Denmark | The astronomical discoveries of Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) and the brilliant contributions to atomic physics of Niels Bohr (1885-1962) indicate the range of Danish scientific achievement. (references) | |
China | Research And Development: Poor links among government, university and industry researchers make it very difficult for China to efficiently utilize its many brilliant scientists and engineers. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | TIGHTS, n. An habiliment of the stage designed to reinforce the general acclamation of the press agent with a particular publicity. Public attention was once somewhat diverted from this garment to Miss Lillian Russell's refusal to wear it, and many were the conjectures as to her motive, the guess of Miss Pauline Hall showing a high order of ingenuity and sustained reflection. It was Miss Hall's belief that nature had not endowed Miss Russell with beautiful legs. This theory was impossible of acceptance by the male understanding, but the conception of a faulty female leg was of so prodigious originality as to rank among the most brilliant feats of philosophical speculation! It is strange that in all the controversy regarding Miss Russell's aversion to tights no one seems to have thought to ascribe it to what was known among the ancients as "modesty." The nature of that sentiment is now imperfectly understood, and possibly incapable of exposition with the vocabulary that remains to us. The study of lost arts has, however, been recently revived and some of the arts themselves recovered. This is an epoch of renaissances, and there is ground for hope that the primitive "blush" may be dragged from its hiding-place amongst the tombs of antiquity and hissed on to the stage. |
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Don Imus | I like Dennis Miller. I love Dennis Miller. I mean, I think he is brilliant. I wish he wouldn't do the football thing. It's just demeaning for him. I mean, there's all kinds of people, Frank Rich. |
Elton John | God, female artists. There's so many of them. India Arie has been nominated for a lot of Grammies. And she's from Georgia, too. And I think she's brilliant. |
John Hartmann | Phil made money in a lot of directions. He was a Renaissance man. He was a brilliant artist who worked for me as my art department when I was managing a lot of top musical acts. And he did other album covers and logos and ad layouts, and he was a genius. |
Merv Griffin | My mother used to call me from California and say he's so brilliant and I never told her because he really didn't know. We had to prep him. But Alex Trebek is a different cup of tea. He knows. He knows. |
Rosie O'Donnell | You know what, I have to say that Elmo's good friend Kevin is one of the most talented men I've met in show business. I think it is brilliant, that whole character, that whole thing, it is brilliant. |
Rush Limbaugh | Remember, the Founding Fathers had a brilliant understanding of the human spirit to be free in all aspects. |
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James Monroe | 1817-1825 | His gallantry in a brilliant exploit in the late war added to the renown of his country. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | Free Europe is entering into a new phase of its long and brilliant history. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Two centuries ago our Nation's birth was a milestone in the long quest for freedom, but the bold and brilliant dream which excited the founders of this Nation still awaits its consummation. |
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| "Brilliant" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Brilliant" is used about 3,494 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 3,494 | 2,777 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "brilliant" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Brilliant | Last name | 170 | 48,118 |
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| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Germany | Brilliant AG | Singapore | Brilliant Manufacturing Limited |
| USA | Brilliant Digital Entertainment, Inc. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Brilliant, AL (town, FIPS 9424) 2. Brilliant, OH (village, FIPS 8812) |
Expressions using "brilliant": a brilliant idea ♦ be brilliant ♦ brilliant achievement ♦ brilliant cut ♦ Brilliant green ♦ brilliant idea ♦ brilliant pebble ♦ brilliant role ♦ cut a brilliant figure ♦ make brilliant. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "brilliant": brilliant-coloured, brilliant-white. | |
Ending with "brilliant": less-than-brilliant. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "brilliant"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | skitterend (bright), pragtig (bright, lovely), blink (bright). (various references) | |
Albanian | madhështor (dignified, distinguished, exalted, gorgeous, grandiose, imperial, imposing, impressive, kingly, lordly, luxurious, magnificent, majestic, monumental, olympian, palatial, princely, proud, royal, spectacular, splendid, stately, sublime, superb), i shndritshëm (bright, effulgent, glaring, glistening, lucent, lustrous, shiny), i shkëlqyer (admirable, bright, capital, choice, copybook, corking, crack, cracking, Dandy, divine, excellent, fabulous, famous, fantastic, fantastical, fine, first rate, flamboyant, gaudy, glazy, glorious, glossy, gorgeous, great, heavenly, immense, marvellous, marvelous, perfect, pink, plum, powerful, prize, pukka, rare, ripping, royal, smashing, splendid, splendiferous, whizzbang, wicked), i ndritshëm (alert, bright, flaming, light, lucid, sheeny, shining, shiny, splendent, starry), diamant (diamond, minikin, rock). (various references) | |
Arabic | فاقع (bright, intense, vivid), متألق (aglitter, bright, effulgent, glorious, luminescent, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, shining, sparkling, staring), ماسة (diamond, sparkler), مشرق (agleam, beaming, beamy, bright, clear, luminous, radiant, shining, shiny, splendid, vivid), لامع (blazing, bright, burnished, dazzling, flamboyant, flashing, glazed, gleaming, glimmering, glistering, glittering, glossed, glossy, golden, high, lambent, lucid, lustrous, outstanding, polished, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, sheen, shining, shiny, showy, sleek, slick, sparkle, sparkling, star, staring), زاهر (luminous, lustrous), ذكي (acute, agile, astute, brainy, bright, clever, cute, dashing, fox, ingenious, intelligent, knowledgeable, luminous, natty, penetrating, quick, sagacious, sharp, sharp-witted, smart, wise, witty), باهي (bright, flourishing, glaring, rich), بارع (able, accomplished, adroit, artful, bright, capable, clever, crafty, cunning, dexterous, dextrous, educated, fancy, fiend, foxy, handsome, handy, ingenious, intelligent, masterful, masterly, neat, nice, pretty, skilful, skilled, skillful, smart, subtle, superior, sweet, very beautiful, witty, workmanlike, workmanly), براق (flaming, glossy, incandescent, lustrous, meretricious, opalescent, prismatic, radiant, sheeny, shining, shiny, specular, tawdriness). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | брилянт (diamond), бляскав (effulgent, glamorous, glamourous), блестящ (agleam, bright, flaring, fulgent, garish, gay, glistening, imperial, lambent, lucent, lucid, luminous, lustrous, oriental, pyrotechnic, refulgent, relucent, resplendent, shining, sparkling, splendent, splendid, splendiferous, superb, vivid). (various references) | |
Chinese | 耀 (glorious), 高明 (clever, smart, wise), 英明 (wise), 矔 , 烜 , 精采, 精彩 (splendid), 灼 (cauterize), 煌 (glorious), 煥 (lustrous), 燿 (glorious), 燦 (bright, glorious, lustrous, resplendent), 熿 , 焜 (set fire), 炳 (bright, luminous). (various references) | |
Czech | briliant (cut diamond), brilantní, zářivý (bright, effulgent, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, sparkling), virtuózní, skvìlý (accomplished, admirable, bright, dashing, distinguished, excellent, fine, glorious, grand, palmy, proud, splendid, swell, tiptop, wonderful), oslnivý (dazzling, fascinating, glaring, radiant), geniální (great, ingenious). (various references) | |
Danish | strålende, funklende. (various references) | |
Dutch | briljant (bright), schitterend (bright), lumineus (bright), glanzend (bright). (various references) | |
Esperanto | brila (bright). (various references) | |
Faeroese | blankur (bright), glitrandi (bright), glógvandi (bright). (various references) | |
Farsi | مشعشع , تابان (Agleam, Aglow, Bright, Hot, Light, Luminous, Perfervid, Shiner), زیرک (Acute, Adroit, Agile, Alert, Astute, Cagey, Canny, Clever, Cunning, Gash, Keen, Perspicacious, Sagacious, Sharp, Shrewd, Smart, Subtle, Uncanny), الماس درخشان , بااستعداد (Able, Capable, Clever), برلیان . (various references) | |
Finnish | loistava (bright, glorious brilliant, magnificent, shining, splendid), kirkas (bright, clear, limpid, shiny), hohtokivi, häikäisevä (dazzling). (various references) | |
French | brillant (bright, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy). (various references) | |
German | glänzend (brilliantly, clinking, dazzling, effulgent, effulgently, gleaming, gleamy, glistening, glittering, glossily, glossing, glossy, ingenious, ingeniously, lustered, lustrous, lustrously, marvelous, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, resplendently, sheeny, shinily, shining, shiny, sparkling, splendid, splendidly, vintage), brillant (brilliantly, diamond). (various references) | |
Greek | έξοχος (gorgeous, magnificent, spanking), στιλπνότατοσ, φανταστικός (fancy, imaginary), είδοσ αδαμάντοσ, λαμπρόσ (bright, glorious, gorgeous, radiant, refulgent, sheeny, shining, splendid), λαμπρότατοσ, λαμπρός (glistening, grand), λαμπερός (bright, resplendent, twinkling), αδαμάντασ (adamant, diamond, diamonda, solitaire, sparkler), διαμάντι (diamond). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מבריק (glossy, glowing, lustrous, shining, shiny, sparkling, spick and span, vivid, whizz), נוצץ (glistening, shiny, smart, sparkle). (various references) | |
Hungarian | ragyogó (agleam, beamy, blazing, bodacious, bright, coruscating, dazzling, effulgent, fulgent, glaring, glistening, glittering, glorious, glowing, gorgeous, incandescent, irradiant, light, lucent, luminescent, luminous, lurid, lustrous, polished, radiant, resplendent, royal, sheeny, shining, shiny, splendid, starry, sunny, top-hole), brilliáns. (various references) | |
Indonesian | brilyan, benderang, gemilang (bright, glittering, overwhelming, shining, sparkling), cerdas (adroit, agile, brainy, educated, intelligent, mentally agile), cemerlang (bright, dazzling, gleaming, sparkle). (various references) | |
Italian | brillante (bright, diamond, refulgent, refulgently, scintilating, shining, shiny, slick, smart, snappy, splendit, starry). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 鮮やか (clear, vivid). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | こうこうたる (dazzling, light), はなやか (florid, gay, gorgeous, showy), はなばなしい (magnificent, spectacular), けんらん (dazzling, gaudy, gorgeous), らんたる (bright), めもあや (dazzlingly beautiful), あざやか (clear, vivid), めざましい (remarkable, splendid, striking), えいめい (bright, clear-sighted, English name of plants and animals, fame, glory, intelligent, reputation, wise), れいろうたる (clear, sweetly ringing, translucent), ブリリアント , こうさいりくりたる (dazzling), こうきある (glorious, shining, splendid), かっかく (brilliantly brightly, glorious), かっかくたる (glorious, splendid), かくかく (brilliantly brightly, glorious), かがやかしい (glittering, glorious), さんらんたる (bright, radiant), さんさんたる (bright), れいろう (clear). (various references) | |
Korean | 화려한 (gorgeous, Ornate, showy, splendid, sumptuous). (various references) | |
Manx | sollys (bright, clear, lamp, light, resplendent, shining, shiny, transparent), soilsheanagh (beaming, glistening, glowing, lit up, luminous, lustrous, radiant, shiny, splendid, vivid), kiare-phoynt, clagh yiarrit, ard-inchynagh (highbrow). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | illiantbray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | brilhante (ablaze, agleam, champion, clear, diamond, effulgent, flamboyant, flaming, fulgent, gay, glaring, glowing, lambent, light, lucent, lucid, luculent, luminous, lustrous, orient, resplendent, sheeny, shining, shiny, sparkling, splendent, starry, top-hole, vivid). (various references) | |
Romanian | briliant, strãlucitor (ablaze, bright, effulgent, flaming, flash, flashing, flashy, fresh, fulgent, gorgeous, irradiant, luminous, luminously, radiant, refulgent, relucent, resplendent, shining, shiny, splendid, starry, vivid), strãlucit (bright, brilliantly, gorgeous, illustrious, luminous), splendid (exquisite, fine, glorious, gorgeous, grand, lofty, magnificent, noble, princely, proud, refulgent, resplendent, splendid, stunning, superb), sclipitor (bright, brilliantly, flaming, flashy, fulgent, gleaming, shining), scânteietor (flash, flashing, glittering, sparkling, starry), mãreţ (aerial, August, grand, grandiose, kingly, loftily, lofty, magnificent, magnificently, majestic, mighty, palatial, princely, proud, splendid, stately, sumptuous, unearthly), luminos (bright, candent, cheerful, clear, glorious, glowing, happy, light, lightsome, living, lucent, lucid, luminous, serene), genial (brilliantly, gifted, great), auriu (golden), aprins (ablaze, aflame, aglow, alight, ardent, blazing, bright, burning, eager, fervent, fiery, glowing, hasty, heated, hot, hot-blooded, hothead, kindled, live, living, lurid, mercurial, passionate, peppery, perfervid, sharp, sudden, vehement, violent, vivid). (various references) | |
Russian | блестящий (glistening, glittery, glitzy, glossy, lambent, luminous, resplendent, sheeny, shining, shiny, sparkly, splendent, splendorous). (various references) | |
Scottish | lomhair. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | briljantan, brilijant, sjajan (beaming, bright, effulgent, fulgent, glace, glittering, glossal, glossy, gorgeous, luminous, lustrous, polished, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, shining, shiny, spanking, splendent, splendid, splendiferous), genijalan (daedal, great, ingenious). (various references) | |
Spanish | magnífico (beautiful, bright, champion, crackerjack, grand, great, lovely, magnific, magnificent, marvellous, marvelous, nailing, royal, splendid, superb, super-duper), genial (affable, genial, individual, masterly, pleasant, typical), brillante (agleam, alight, bright, dashing, diamond, flashing, gay, glaring, glazy, glistening, glossy, glowing, high, lurid, quicksilver, radiant, reflective, scintillant, scintillating, sheeny, shining, shiny, sparkling, starry, twinkling). (various references) | |
Swedish | spirituell (lively, witty), snillrik, lysande (bright, glorious, glowing, illustrious, lambent, lucid, luminous, pageant, shining, vibrant), genial (ingenious), briljant (diamond, first rate). (various references) | |
Turkish | zeki (apt, as fresh as paint, astute, brainy, bright, clear, clever, cute, discerning, ingenious, intellectual, intelligent, keen, keen-witted, longheaded, luminous, neat, nifty, nimble-witted, penetrating, penetrative, perceptional, perspicacious, quick of comprehension, quick on the trigger, quick-witted, sapient, sharp, sharp-witted, shrewd, smart, sparkling, spiritual, subtile, subtle, understanding), parlak zekâlı (sparkling), parlak (aglow, ardent, bright, brightly, clear, dazzling, effulgent, flamboyant, flaming, flaring, flashily, flashy, fulgent, fulgurant, glace, glittering, glossy, glowing, gorgeous, illuminant, incandescent, irradiant, jazzy, lambent, live, lively, loud, lucent, luminescent, luminous, lustrous, meteoric, oriental, polished, pyrotechnic, pyrotechnical, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, sheeny, shining, shiny, sleek, sparkling, splendent, splendid, star, staring, starry, sunny, vivid), pırlanta (ice), görkemli (brave, bright, effulgent, fulgent, gallant, gorgeous, grandiose, imperial, magnificent, majestic, olympian, palatial, pompous, proud, puffy, queenlike, queenly, refulgent, splendid, stately, sublime, sumptuous), üç puntoluk harf, ışıl ışıl (ablaze, agleam, alight, ardent, brightly, brilliantly, flaring, fresh, fulgurant, glaring, glaringly, glittering, irradiant, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, shining, sparkling, sparklingly, starry). (various references) | |
Turkmen | rцwюen (light, radiant), яalpyldawuk (shining, sparkling), яalp, lowurdawuk. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | яскравий (bright, catchy, cheesy, colorful, colourful, flamboyant, flaming, florid, garish, gorgeous, high-colored, high-coloured, illustrious, lightsome, noisy, obvious, oriental, pictorial, picturesque, powerful, quicksilver, sober, starry, vivid), визначний (definable, illustrious, notable, noteworthy, observable, protuberant), брильянт (diamond, shiner), блискучий (coruscating, crackajack, crackerjack, crackling, glossy, incandescent, lambent, luminous, lustrous, nitid, oriental, polished, quicksilver, radiant, resplendent, sensational, shining, showy, signal, sparkling, splendent, splendid), діамант (diamond, sparkler). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sáng chói (bright, dazzling, glaring, glaringly, glary, irradiant, lucent, luminous, radiant), lỗi lạc (grand, prominent, shining), hạt kim cương nhiều mặt, chói loà; rực rỡ tài giỏi. (various references) | |
Welsh | trybelid (bright), tanbaid (fervent, fiery, hot), llachar (bright, flashing), gwych (fine, splendid), gem (gem, jewel), disglair (bright). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | dag. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | aureolam, coruscus, inlustrem, inlustris, purpureus, resplendentem, speciosa, speciosae, speciosam, speciosas, speciosi, speciosior, speciosique, speciosis, speciosissima, speciosissimam, speciosissimas, speciositas, specioso, speciosum, speciosus, splendens, splendidus. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | xshôithnîm. (various references) |
| Italian | 900-Modern | brillare. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "brilliant": brilliantine, brilliantines, brilliantly, brilliants. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "brilliant": unbrilliant. (additional references) | |
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"Brilliant" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Berilia, Bilijana, Branlant, briliant, brillant, Brillat, brillent, brillian, brilligant, Brillouin. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "brilliant" (pronounced bri"lyunt) |
| 6 | -i" l y u n t | resilient. |
| 5 | -l y u n t | ebullient, valiant. |
| 4 | -y u n t | convenient, inconvenient, poignant. |
| 3 | -u n t | agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-i-i-l-l-n-r-t" | |
-3 letters: nitril, ratlin, tibial, tribal, trinal. | |
-4 letters: alibi, bairn, biali, binal, binit, blain, blini, brail, brain, brant, brill, ilial, libra, libri, litai, riant, tibia, trail, train, trial, trill. | |
-5 letters: abri, airn, airt, alit, anil, anti, aril, bail, bait, ball, bani, barn, bill, bint, birl, blat, blin, bran, brat, brin, brit, ilia, inia, inti, lain. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-i-i-l-l-n-r-t" | |
+1 letter: brilliants. | |
+2 letters: antiliberal, brilliantly, librational, unbrilliant. | |
+3 letters: antiliberals, brilliantine, fibrillating, fibrillation, trailblazing. | |
+4 letters: antibillboard, brilliantines, fibrillations, unreliability, vulnerability. | |
+5 letters: antiliberalism, defibrillating, defibrillation, inalterability, intolerability, liberalization, rationalizable, unalterability, urbanistically. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Quotations: Spoken | 13. Quotations: Speeches 14. Usage Frequency 15. Names: Frequency 16. Names: Company Usage | 17. Cities 18. Expressions 19. Expressions: Internet 20. Translations: Modern | 21. Translations: Ancient 22. Derivations 23. Rhymes 24. Anagrams | 25. Bibliography |
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