Synonyms for brilliance
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : bril-yuhns |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbrɪl yəns |
Top 10 synonyms for brilliance Other synonyms for the word brilliance
Définition of brilliance
Origin :- 1755, from brilliant + -ance. Figurative sense (of wit, intelligence, etc.) is from 1779. Distinguished from brilliancy in that the latter usually is applied to things measurable in degrees.
- noun genius
- noun brightness
- noun splendor
- They achieve repartee the brilliance of which dazzles him to contemptible silence.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Toward the south the waves moved with great velocity and brilliance.
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
- The sun shone with a brilliance that to such eyes as mine was a very mockery.
- Extract from : « Bardelys the Magnificent » by Rafael Sabatini
- Their faces shone with a brilliance of awareness and he knew that they loved him.
- Extract from : « Pleasant Journey » by Richard F. Thieme
- For the brilliance of its social life there were several reasons.
- Extract from : « The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia » by Frank Cousins
- And their brilliance penetrated the mists with ease at this distance of about two miles.
- Extract from : « Vulcan's Workshop » by Harl Vincent
- I don't know that I am completely reassured now, after beholding him in all his brilliance.
- Extract from : « Lord Jim » by Joseph Conrad
- The match flared to a point of brilliance in the murky gloom.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 » by Various
- He pointed to a tiny light which had suddenly flashed into brilliance.
- Extract from : « Giants on the Earth » by Sterner St. Paul Meek
- When the wars began his lustreless spirit burst into brilliance.
- Extract from : « Debts of Honor » by Maurus Jkai
Antonyms for brilliance
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