The meaning of Brilliant

adjective

Burning fiercely.

Usage examples:

His clothes were ablaze

adjective

Burning or very bright

Usage examples:

Fire spread quickly until the whole building was ablaze., the ballroom was ablaze with lights.

adjective

Having the power, skill, means, or opportunity to do something.

Usage examples:

He was able to read greek at the age of eight

suffix

(forming adjectives) able to be.

Usage examples:

Calculable

adjective

Highly trained or skilled in a particular activity.

Usage examples:

An accomplished pianist

verb

Achieve or complete successfully.

Usage examples:

The planes accomplished their mission

adjective

Able to do or finish something successfully

Usage examples:

She’s an accomplished (= skilled) violinist.

adjective

(of an unpleasant or unwelcome situation or phenomenon) present or experienced to a severe or intense degree.

Usage examples:

An acute housing shortage

noun

Short for acute accent.

adjective

Very skilled or proficient at something.

Usage examples:

She is adept at cutting through red tape

noun

A person who is skilled or proficient at something.

Usage examples:

He is an adept at imitation

adjective

Skilled

Usage examples:

He’s adept at making people feel at ease.

adjective

Having or showing an ability to accurately assess situations or people and turn this to one's advantage.

Usage examples:

An astute businessman

adjective

Quick to see how to use a situation to your advantage

Usage examples:

He was politically astute, and was soon appointed to a number of powerful committees in congress.

adjective

Smiling broadly; grinning.

Usage examples:

His beaming face told its own story

verb

Transmit (a radio signal or broadcast) in a specified direction.

Usage examples:

The satellite beamed back radio signals to scientists on earth

adjective

Used to describe a smile that is very wide and happy, or someone who is smiling in this way

Usage examples:

A beaming smile

adjective

Very hot.

Usage examples:

The delicious cool of marble corridors after the blazing heat outside

verb

Burn fiercely or brightly.

Usage examples:

Plumes of smoke rose from fires blazing around the city

verb

Set an example by being the first to do something; pioneer.

Usage examples:

Small firms would set the pace, blazing a trail for others to follow

adjective

Having or showing intelligence.

Usage examples:

A brainy discussion

adjective

Giving out or reflecting much light; shining.

Usage examples:

The sun was dazzlingly bright

adverb

Brightly.

Usage examples:

A full moon shining bright

noun

Bold and vivid colours.

Usage examples:

A choice of colours from pastels through to brights

adjective

Quick to understand, learn, and devise or apply ideas; intelligent.

Usage examples:

She was an extremely clever and studious young woman

adjective

Having or showing a quick intelligence in doing something or in persuading people to do something

Usage examples:

It was certainly a clever ad and got a lot of attention., did you notice how she cleverly avoided a…

adjective

Relating to or involving the use of the imagination or original ideas to create something.

Usage examples:

Change unleashes people's creative energy

noun

A person whose job involves creative work.

Usage examples:

The most important people in the mix will be creatives and direct marketing specialists

Having the ability or power to invent or make something

adjective

Extremely bright, especially so as to blind the eyes temporarily.

Usage examples:

The sunlight was dazzling

verb

(of a bright light) blind (a person or their eyes) temporarily.

Usage examples:

She was dazzled by the headlights

adjective

Causing or likely to cause strong admiration

Usage examples:

A dazzling smile flashed across his face.

noun

A select group that is superior in terms of ability or qualities to the rest of a group or society.

Usage examples:

The elite of britain's armed forces

noun

Those people or organizations that are considered the best or most powerful compared to others of a similar type

Usage examples:

Elite female athletes

noun

The richest, most powerful, best educated, or best trained people in a particular group or society

Usage examples:

The corporate/financial/media elite

adjective

Extremely good; outstanding.

Usage examples:

The lorry was in excellent condition

exclamation

Used to indicate approval or pleasure.

Usage examples:

‘what a lovely idea! excellent!’

adjective

Extremely good

Usage examples:

The car is in excellent condition., the school is known for its excellence.

adjective

Unusual; not typical.

Usage examples:

Late claims will only be accepted in exceptional circumstances

noun

An item in a company's accounts arising from its normal activity but much larger or smaller than usual.

Usage examples:

This drop in operating profit caused pre-tax profit before accounting for exceptionals to fall from…

adjective

Not like most others of the same type; unusual

Usage examples:

This is an exceptional contract, guaranteeing no layoffs., davis has done an exceptional job of rep…

noun

A person who is very knowledgeable about or skilful in a particular area.

Usage examples:

An expert in healthcare

adjective

Having or involving a great deal of knowledge or skill in a particular area.

Usage examples:

He had received expert academic advice

noun

A person having a high level of knowledge or skill in a particular subject

Usage examples:

He is the administration’s foreign-policy expert for eastern europe., she’s an expert swimmer.

adjective

Extraordinarily good or attractive.

Usage examples:

They did a fantastic job

noun

The best group or class, esp. the most expensive seats on a plane or a train

Usage examples:

I upgraded my plane ticket to first class from tourist class., a first-class education, the price o…

adjective

Of excellent quality

Usage examples:

The work that she did on the project was first class., he really is pre-eminent in the field and ha…

adjective

Extremely good

Usage examples:

A first-rate performance

adjective

Of the highest quality

Usage examples:

The country's universities are first-rate., we were very impressed with what glasgow has to offer a…

noun

Exceptional intellectual or creative power or other natural ability.

Usage examples:

She was a teacher of genius

adjective

Very clever or ingenious.

Usage examples:

A genius idea

noun

Very great and rare natural ability or skill, especially in a particular area such as science or art, or a person who has this

Usage examples:

(an) artistic/creative/musical genius, einstein was a (mathematical) genius., from the age of three…

adjective

Having exceptional talent or natural ability.

Usage examples:

A gifted amateur musician

verb

Give (something) as a gift, especially formally or as a donation or bequest.

Usage examples:

The company gifted 2,999 shares to a charity

adjective

Having a special ability

Usage examples:

A gifted artist

adjective

Giving out or reflecting a strong or dazzling light.

Usage examples:

The glaring sun

verb

Stare in an angry or fierce way.

Usage examples:

She glared at him, her cheeks flushing

adjective

(of something bad) very obvious

Usage examples:

It was a glaring mistake.

adjective

(of a smooth surface) reflecting light, typically because very clean or polished.

Usage examples:

Gleaming black limousines

verb

Shine brightly, especially with reflected light.

Usage examples:

Light gleamed on the china cats

adjective

Of an extent, amount, or intensity considerably above average.

Usage examples:

The article was of great interest

noun

An important or distinguished person.

Usage examples:

The beatles, bob dylan, all the greats

adverb

Another term for literae humaniores.

adjective

Emitting light as a result of being heated.

Usage examples:

Plumes of incandescent liquid rock

adjective

Producing a bright light after being heated to a high temperature

Usage examples:

An incandescent light/bulb, at night, los angeles looked like a vast carpet of incandescence.

adjective

(of a person) clever, original, and inventive.

Usage examples:

He was ingenious enough to overcome the limited budget

adjective

(of a person) skilled at inventing new ways to do something, esp. to solve problems, or (of ideas or things) original, and showing esp. the ability to solve problems

Usage examples:

An ingenious engineer/songwriter, she devised an ingenious solution to the problem.

adjective

Relating to the intellect.

Usage examples:

Children need intellectual stimulation

noun

A person possessing a highly developed intellect.

Usage examples:

A prominent political thinker and intellectual

adjective

Relating to the ability to think and understand ideas at a high level, or involving ideas

Usage examples:

He was among the political and intellectual leaders of his time.

adjective

Having or showing intelligence, especially of a high level.

Usage examples:

Anna is intelligent and hard-working

adjective

Showing intelligence, or the ability to understand and learn well

Usage examples:

A highly intelligent woman, she writes intelligently about the life of mary baker eddy.

adjective

Able to learn and understand things quickly and easily

Usage examples:

A lot of thoroughly intelligent, sensible people have fallen for the salesman's charm., a highly in…

adjective

Of extreme force, degree, or strength.

Usage examples:

The job demands intense concentration

adjective

Extreme

Usage examples:

Intense heat/cold, a look of intense joy, an intense 13-week course, he was young and intense, and …

adjective

Having the ability to create or design new things or to think originally.

Usage examples:

The most inventive composer of his time

adjective

Having or showing the ability to design or create something new

Usage examples:

He is famous for his zany, inventive books for children.

adjective

Very good at thinking of new and original ideas

Usage examples:

He is very inventive, always dreaming up new gadgets for the home.

adjective

Shining brightly.

Usage examples:

An orchard, ripe with juice and irradiant, coloured fruits, flowers opened out, rotting apples....

noun

The natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible.

Usage examples:

The light of the sun

verb

Provide with light or lighting; illuminate.

Usage examples:

The room was lit by a number of small lamps

adjective

Having a considerable or sufficient amount of natural light; not dark.

Usage examples:

The bedrooms are light and airy

adjective

Emitting light not caused by heat.

Usage examples:

The team is developing a transparent luminescent solar concentrator

adjective

(of a substance) producing light without being heated

Usage examples:

Bacteria produce distinctive, luminescent signals as detected by a photometer., a selection of duwe…

adjective

Giving off light; bright or shining.

Usage examples:

The luminous dial on his watch

adjective

Producing or reflecting light, esp. in the dark

Usage examples:

The snowy landscape was growing luminous in the late afternoon light.

adjective

Having lustre; shining.

Usage examples:

Large, lustrous eyes

adjective

Very shiny

Usage examples:

Long, lustrous hair

adjective

Extremely beautiful, elaborate, or impressive.

Usage examples:

A dramatic landscape of magnificent mountains

adjective

Causing great wonder; extraordinary.

Usage examples:

These marvellous technological toys are fun to play with

adjective

Extremely good

Usage examples:

He's done a marvellous job of the decorating., it took me ages to get it right, but it was a marvel…

adjective

Showing great skill; very accomplished.

Usage examples:

His masterly account of rural france

adjective

Done extremely well

Usage examples:

She gave a masterly performance as kate in "the taming of the shrew".

adjective

So good as to be unequalled; incomparable.

Usage examples:

The parthenon has a matchless beauty

adjective

Of a standard or quality so good that it cannot be equaled

Usage examples:

The museum has a matchless collection of rembrandt etchings.

adjective

Exceptionally good.

Usage examples:

The team's outstanding performance

Of major significance or importance

adjective

Unequalled; unrivalled.

Usage examples:

A peerless cartoonist

adjective

Better than all others

Usage examples:

Peerless beauty

adjective

Giving off or shining with light, and giving off little or no heat

adjective

(of a state, quality, or emotion) very great or intense.

Usage examples:

Profound feelings of disquiet

noun

The deepest part of something, especially the ocean.

Usage examples:

Nor billowy surge disturbs the vast profound

adjective

Felt or experienced strongly; extreme

Usage examples:

The speech had a profound influence on her., you’re touching on a very profound question.

adjective

Sending out light; shining or glowing brightly.

Usage examples:

A bird with radiant green and red plumage

noun

A point or object from which light or heat radiates, especially a heating element in an electric or gas heater.

Usage examples:

I sat down by my hissing gas fire—one of the radiants was missing

adjective

Attractive and impressive through being richly colourful or sumptuous.

Usage examples:

She was resplendent in a sea-green dress

adjective

Beautiful and seeming to shine

Usage examples:

A white hat resplendent with red velvet flowers

adjective

Sparkling or shining brightly.

Usage examples:

The scintillating sun

verb

Emit flashes of light; sparkle.

Usage examples:

The sleek boat seemed to scintillate with a dark blue light

adjective

Brilliantly clever

adjective

Giving out or reflecting bright light.

Usage examples:

A shining expanse of water

verb

(of the sun or another source of light) give out a bright light.

Usage examples:

The sun shone through the window

adjective

Sending out or reflecting light

Usage examples:

A shining silver cup, people described seeing a bright, shining light., she looked at him with shin…

adjective

Having or showing skill.

Usage examples:

A skilful midfielder

adjective

Good at doing something, especially because you have practised doing it

Usage examples:

Police officers have to be skilful drivers., a skilful piece of playing on the clarinet

adjective

(of a person) clean, tidy, and well dressed.

Usage examples:

You look very smart

verb

(of a wound or part of the body) feel or cause a sharp stinging pain.

Usage examples:

Her legs were scratched and smarting

noun

Sharp stinging pain.

Usage examples:

The smart of the recent cuts

adjective

Magnificent; very impressive.

Usage examples:

A splendid view of windsor castle

adjective

Extremely good, large, or important

Usage examples:

Our splendid weather ended with a terrible storm., the splendid old opera house was torn down.

adjective

Very good; excellent.

Usage examples:

A superb performance

adjective

Of the highest quality or degree.

Usage examples:

A superlative piece of skill

noun

(of an adjective or adverb) expressing the highest or a very high degree of a quality (e.g. bravest, most fiercely ).

adjective

Having a natural aptitude or skill for something.

Usage examples:

A talented young musician

adjective

Having a natural ability or skill

Usage examples:

Talented employees/people/staff the development of talented employees is critical for ensuring orga…

adjective

Of great size, amount, or intensity.

Usage examples:

There was a terrific bang

adjective

Very good or enjoyable

Usage examples:

Kate looks absolutely terrific tonight., this book has had a terrific influence on me.

adjective

Very great in amount, scale, or intensity.

Usage examples:

Penny put in a tremendous amount of time

adjective

Great in amount, size, or degree; extremely large

Usage examples:

She is under tremendous pressure at work., a tremendous book/concert/athlete

noun

A person highly skilled in music or another artistic pursuit.

Usage examples:

A celebrated clarinet virtuoso

adjective

Producing powerful feelings or strong, clear images in the mind.

Usage examples:

Memories of that evening were still vivid

adjective

Brightly colored or (of descriptions or memories) producing clear, powerful, and detailed images in the mind

Usage examples:

Vivid colors, vivid memories, the author vividly describes his early life on the farm.

adjective

Inspiring delight, pleasure, or admiration; extremely good; marvellous.

Usage examples:

They all think she's wonderful

adjective

Extremely good

Usage examples:

Becoming a father was the most wonderful experience of my life., i took a vacation and feel wonderf…