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say it: BRI-lyuhnt
brilliant is an adjective meaning "of surpassing excellence". It is pronounced /ˈbɹɪljənt/ — BRI-lyuhnt. It carries 6 recorded senses.
having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence
“our project needs brainy women”
“a brilliant mind”
“a brilliant solution to the problem”
characterized by grandeur
“the brilliant court life at Versailles”
“a glorious work of art”
“magnificent cathedrals”
“the splendid coronation ceremony”
clear and sharp and ringing
“the bright sound of the trumpet section”
“the brilliant sound of the trumpets”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for brilliant come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.