BRILLIANCE

• (noun) the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand

  "for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's hotel", "his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects", "it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor", "an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful art", "advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products"

  synonyms : grandeur , grandness , magnificence , splendor , splendour

• (noun) a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted

  "a glare of sunlight"

  synonyms : blaze , glare

• (noun) unusual mental ability

  synonyms : genius

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