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* S: (n) glare, blaze, brilliance (a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted) "a glare of sunlight"
* S: (n) magnificence, brilliance, splendor, splendor, grandeur, grandness (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"
* S: (n) brilliance, genius (unusual mental ability)

The noun brilliance has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)

1. (1) glare, blaze, brilliance -- (great brightness; "a glare of sunlight"; "the flowers were a blaze of color")
2. (1) magnificence, brilliance, splendor, splendour, grandeur, grandness -- (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")
3. brilliance, genius -- (unusual mental ability)

3 senses of brilliance

Sense 1
glare, blaze, brilliance -- (great brightness; "a glare of sunlight"; "the flowers were a blaze of color")
-> brightness -- (the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white)
=> glare, blaze, brilliance -- (great brightness; "a glare of sunlight"; "the flowers were a blaze of color")
=> dazzle -- (brightness enough to blind partially and temporarily)
=> glitter, glister, glisten, scintillation, sparkle -- (the quality of shining with a bright reflected light)
=> flash -- (a momentary brightness)
=> glint -- (a spatially localized brightness)
=> opalescence, iridescence -- (the visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface)
=> radiance, radiancy, shine, effulgence, refulgence, refulgency -- (the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light)
=> luster, lustre, brilliancy, splendor, splendour -- (a quality that outshines the usual)

Sense 2
magnificence, brilliance, splendor, splendour, grandeur, grandness -- (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")
-> elegance -- (a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste; "she conveys an aura of elegance and gentility")
=> dash, elan, flair, panache, style -- (distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer")
=> daintiness, delicacy, fineness -- (the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance; "the daintiness of her touch"; "the fineness of her features")
=> courtliness -- (elegance suggestive of a royal court)
=> tastefulness -- (elegance indicated by good taste)
=> breeding, genteelness, gentility -- (elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression)
=> chic, chicness, chichi, modishness, smartness, stylishness, swank, last word -- (elegance by virtue of being fashionable)
=> magnificence, brilliance, splendor, splendour, grandeur, grandness -- (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")
=> pomp, eclat -- (ceremonial elegance and splendor; "entered with much eclat in a coach drawn by eight white horses")
=> class -- (elegance in dress or behavior; "she has a lot of class")

Sense 3
brilliance, genius -- (unusual mental ability)
-> intelligence -- (the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience)
=> brain, brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit -- (mental ability; "he's got plenty of brains but no common sense")
=> breadth, comprehensiveness, largeness -- (the capacity to understand a broad range of topics; "a teacher must have a breadth of knowledge of the subject"; "a man distinguished by the largeness and scope of his views")
=> mind, intellect -- (knowledge and intellectual ability; "he reads to improve his mind"; "he has a keen intellect")
=> nonverbal intelligence -- (intelligence that is manifested in the performance of tasks requiring little or no use of language)
=> verbal intelligence -- (intelligence in the use and comprehension of language)
=> mental quickness, quickness, quick-wittedness -- (intelligence as revealed by an ability to give correct responses without delay)
=> nimbleness, mental dexterity -- (intelligence as revealed by quickness and alertness of mind; "nimbleness of wit and imagination")
=> brilliance, genius -- (unusual mental ability)
=> precociousness, precocity -- (intelligence achieved far ahead of normal developmental schedules)
=> acuteness, acuity, sharpness, keenness -- (a quick and penetrating intelligence; "he argued with great acuteness"; "I admired the keenness of his mind")
=> brightness, cleverness, smartness -- (intelligence as manifested in being quick and witty)
=> shrewdness, astuteness, perspicacity, perspicaciousness -- (intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings))
=> wits, marbles -- (the basic human power of intelligent thought and perception; "he used his wits to get ahead"; "I was scared out of my wits"; "he still had all his marbles and was in full possession of a lively mind")