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brilliancy
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | genius |
| Synonyms: | brilliance, cleverness, excellence, inspiration, intelligence, inventiveness, sagacity, smartness, smarts, talent, wisdom |
| Main Entry: | brilliancy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | splendor |
| Synonyms: | brilliance, glory, grandeur, grandness, magnificence, radiance, resplendence, resplendency |
| Main Entry: | light |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | luminescence from sun or other source |
| Synonyms: | aurora, beacon, blaze, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, bulb, candle, coruscation, dawn, daybreak, daylight, daytime, effulgence, emanation, flare, flash, fulgor, glare, gleam, glimmer, glint, glitter, glow, illumination, incandescence, irradiation, lambency, lamp, lantern, lighthouse, luminosity, luster, morn, morning, phosphorescence, radiance, radiation, ray, refulgence, scintillation, sheen, shine, sparkle, splendor, star, sun, sunbeam, sunrise, sunshine, taper, torch, window |
| Antonyms: | dark, darkness, night, obscurity |
| Main Entry: | luster |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gloss, shine |
| Synonyms: | afterglow, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, burnish, candescence, dazzle, effulgence, glaze, gleam, glint, glitter, glow, incandescence, iridescence, lambency, luminousness, opalescence, polish, radiance, refulgence, resplendence, sheen, shimmer, sparkle |
| Antonyms: | darkness, dullness, matte |
| Main Entry: | brilliance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | genius |
| Synonyms: | brilliancy, cleverness, excellence, inspiration, intelligence, inventiveness, sagacity, smartness, smarts, talent, wisdom |
| Main Entry: | brilliance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brightness |
| Synonyms: | blaze, brilliancy, effulgence, glitter, glow, luminosity, luster, radiance, shine, sparkle |
| Main Entry: | brilliance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | splendor |
| Synonyms: | brilliancy, glory, grandeur, grandness, magnificence, radiance, resplendence, resplendency |
| Main Entry: | gorgeousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beauty |
| Synonyms: | brilliance, brilliancy, glamour, glory, magnificence, radiance, resplendence, resplendency, sparkle, splendor, sumptuousness |
| Main Entry: | resplendence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | glitter |
| Synonyms: | beam*, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, coruscation, display, flash*, gaudiness, glamour, glare, gleam, glint, glisten, glister, glitz, glory, gorgeousness, luster, magnificence, pageantry, radiance, resplendency, scintillation, sheen, shimmer, shine*, show, showiness, sparkle, splendor, sumptuousness, tinsel, twinkle, zap |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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