brilliant

adj

1. shining, bright, sunny, sunshiny; illuminated, alight, light, lit, lighted; white, golden, rutilant, aureate; radiant, irradiant, lambent, resplendent, beaming, beamy; dazzling, vivid, intense, ablaze, aflame, afire; fulgent, effulgent, refulgent, shiny, glossy, gleaming, agleam, glaring; lucid, lucent, Rare. relucent, luciferous; lustrous, (both usu. of gems) orient, oriental; sheenful, sheeny, nitid, polished, burnished; aglow, glowing, luminous, luminescent, lumi-niferous, incandescent, phosphorescent; sparkling, scintillating, scintillant, coruscating, twinkling, shimmering; glimmering, aglimmer, glistening, aglisten, Archaic. glistering, glittering, aglitter, fulgid.

2. magnificent, superb, rich, beautiful, gorgeous; sparkling, dazzling, splendid, splendrous, Music. bravura; glorious, illustrious, distinguished; renowned, famous, celebrated, eminent, prominent; august, admirable, majestic, honorable, noble, revered; exceptional, laudable, praiseworthy, worthy, remarkable; creditable, estimable, commendable, meritorious, deserving, exemplary; prime, choice, select, rare, best, sterling.

3. intelligent, bright, intellectual, cerebral, brainy; gifted, precocious, talented, apt; expert, adroit, dextrous, skillful, deft, handy; inventive, resourceful, ingenious, proficient, accomplished, masterful; capable, competent, able, efficient; quick, clever, alert, keen, sharp, alive; perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, discerning; astute, penetrating, acute, subtle; nimble-witted, sharp-witted, keen-witted, quick-witted; aware, observant, clear-eyed, far-sighted; sagacious, shrewd, long-headed, hard-headed; understanding, apprehending, comprehending, knowing, cognitive; sage, sapient, wise, profound, deep; scholarly, erudite, educated, learned, well-read; enlightened, enlightening, luminous.