brilliant

brilliant is a 9-letter English word with 11 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Sparkling with luster; glittering; very bright; as, a brilliant star. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 15 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. participial adjectivedjectiveectivest participial adjectivedjectiveectiverticipler. Sparkling with luster; glittering; very bright; as, a brilliant star.
2. participial adjectivedjectiveectivest participial adjectivedjectiveectiverticipler. Distinguished by qualities which excite admiration; splendid; shining; as, brilliant talents.
3. adjective. A diamond or other gem of the finest cut, formed into faces and facets, so as to reflect and refract the light, by which it is rendered more brilliant. It has at the middle, or top, a principal face, called the table, which is surrounded by a number of sloping facets forming a bizet; below, it has a small face or collet, parallel to the table, connected with the girdle by a pavilion of elongated facets. It is thus distinguished from the rose diamond, which is entirely covered with facets on the surface, and is flat below.
4. adjective. The smallest size of type used in England printing.
5. adjective. A kind of cotton goods, figured on the weaving.
6. adjective. full of light; shining intensely

   "a brilliant star"

   "brilliant chandeliers"

7. adjective. having striking color

   "bright dress"

   "brilliant tapestries"

   Synonyms: bright, vivid

8. adjective. characterized by grandeur

   "the brilliant court life at Versailles"

   "a glorious work of art"

   Synonyms: glorious, magnificent, splendid

9. adjective. having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence

   "some men dislike brainy women"

   "a brilliant mind"

   Synonyms: brainy

10. adjective. clear and sharp and ringing

    "the bright sound of the trumpet section"

    "the brilliant sound of the trumpets"

    Synonyms: bright

11. adjective. of surpassing excellence

    "a brilliant performance"

    "a superb actor"

    Synonyms: superb

Synonyms

bright, vivid, glorious, magnificent, splendid, brainy, superb

Common word forms

brilliants, brilliantly, brilliantness

Words from these letters

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