1. Luisant.
2. Resplendissant. Astre brillant.
3. (Au figuré) Remarquable.
4. Éblouissant. Esprit brillant.
Bright with a steady but subdued shining; SYN. gleaming, nitid.
ETYM French brillant, from briller to shine or sparkle (cf. Pr. and Spanish brillar, Italian brillare), from Latin beryllus a precious stone of sea-green color, Prov. Italian brill. Related to Beryl.
1. Characterized by or attended with brilliance or grandeur; SYN. glorious, magnificent, splendid.
2. Full of light; shining intensely.
3. Of surpassing excellence; SYN. superb.
1. Having a smooth, gleaming surface; SYN. satin, satiny, sleek, silken, silky, silklike, slick.
2. (Of paper and fabric and leather) Having a surface made smooth and glossy especially by pressing between rollers; SYN. calendered.
ETYM Latin intelligens, intellegens, -entis, p. pr. of intelligere, intellegere, to perceive; inter between + legere to gather, collect, choose: cf. French intelligent. Related to Legend.
1. Endowed with the capacity to reason; SYN. reasoning, thinking.
2. Having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree.
3. Possessing sound knowledge; SYN. well-informed.
ETYM Cf. French lustreux. Related to Luster.
Brilliant.
1. Having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing
2. Keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point
3. Quick and forceful
4. Very sudden and in great amount or degree
5. Harsh; SYN. sharp-worded, tart.
6. (Music) Raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone
1. Emitting or radiating light
2. Marked by exceptional merit
3. Reflecting an inner radiance
Bright; well polished; reflecting light
1. Of or associated with people of fashion
2. Showing mental alertness and calculation and resourcefulness.
3. A synonym for intelligent. See intelligence.