brilliance meaning and definition

BRILLIANCE noun

Definition of brilliance (noun)

1. 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
2. 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
3. unusual mental ability
   • synonyms: genius