Antonyms for BRILLIANT
ˈbrɪl yəntbril·liant

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1. brilliantadjective

   shining brightly

   the brilliant lights along the promenade

   Synonyms:
   exceptional, glorious, distinctive, striking, shining, wonderful, superb, brainy, glittering, ingenious, magnificent, splendid, marvelous, excellent, marvellous

2. brilliantadjective

   both light and saturated

   butterflies with brilliant blue wings

   Synonyms:
   distinctive, brainy, wonderful, marvellous, splendid, shining, magnificent, superb, ingenious, exceptional, glittering, striking, glorious, excellent, marvelous

3. brilliantadjective

   having a sharp, clear tone

   Synonyms:
   striking, brainy, splendid, excellent, superb, glorious, distinctive, marvellous, shining, glittering, marvelous, wonderful, exceptional, magnificent, ingenious

4. brilliantadjective

   of surpassing excellence

   The actor's performance in the play was simply brilliant.

   Synonyms:
   superb, glittering, brainy, excellent, shining, splendid, marvellous, glorious, wonderful, magnificent, ingenious, marvelous, distinctive, exceptional, striking

5. brilliantadjective

   magnificent or wonderful

   Synonyms:
   glorious, exceptional, glittering, marvelous, brainy, magnificent, marvellous, wonderful, splendid, striking, excellent, shining, superb, ingenious, distinctive

6. brilliantadjective

   highly intelligent

   She is a brilliant scientist.

   Synonyms:
   glittering, shining, exceptional, magnificent, superb, splendid, distinctive, excellent, brainy, wonderful, glorious, marvelous, marvellous, ingenious, striking

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1. brilliant

   Antonyms:
   black, dark, dim, dismal, dusky, gloomy, murky, mysterious, obscure, opaque, sable, shadowy, shady, somber, swart, swarthy

   Synonyms:
   bright, clear, crystalline, dazzling, gleaming, glowing, illumined, light, lucid, luminous, radiant, shining, transparent, white

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1. brilliant

   Synonyms:
   flashing, radiant, shining, lustrous, glorious, luminous, effulgent, beaming, sparkling

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1. brilliant, superbadjective

   of surpassing excellence

   "a brilliant performance"; "a superb actor"

   Antonyms:
   unreverberant, stupid, unimpressive, colourless, inferior, dull, nonresonant, colorless, unintelligent

   Synonyms:
   magnificent, superb, glorious, bright, smart as a whip, brainy, splendid, brilliant, vivid

2. brainy, brilliant, smart as a whipadjective

   having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence

   "some men dislike brainy women"; "a brilliant mind"; "a brilliant solution to the problem"

   Antonyms:
   dull, inferior, unintelligent, unimpressive, nonresonant, unreverberant, colorless, colourless, stupid

   Synonyms:
   magnificent, superb, glorious, bright, smart as a whip, brainy, splendid, brilliant, vivid

3. brilliant, glorious, magnificent, splendidadjective

   characterized by grandeur

   "the brilliant court life at Versailles"; "a glorious work of art"; "magnificent cathedrals"; "the splendid coronation ceremony"

   Antonyms:
   nonresonant, colorless, unintelligent, unimpressive, inferior, stupid, colourless, dull, unreverberant

   Synonyms:
   fantabulous, splendiferous, magnificent, excellent, resplendent, superb, first-class, glorious, bright, smart as a whip, brainy, splendid, brilliant, vivid

4. bright, brilliant, vividadjective

   having striking color

   "bright dress"; "brilliant tapestries"; "a bird with vivid plumage"

   Antonyms:
   inferior, unimpressive, colourless, unintelligent, stupid, unreverberant, dull, colorless, nonresonant

   Synonyms:
   shining, promising, hopeful, splendid, intense, smart, smart as a whip, lifelike, superb, brilliant, bright, lustrous, pictorial, burnished, brainy, graphic, vivid, magnificent, undimmed, glorious, shiny

5. brilliantadjective

   full of light; shining intensely

   "a brilliant star"; "brilliant chandeliers"

   Antonyms:
   colorless, unintelligent, inferior, nonresonant, colourless, stupid, unimpressive, dull, unreverberant

   Synonyms:
   magnificent, superb, glorious, bright, smart as a whip, brainy, splendid, vivid

6. bright, brilliantadjective

   clear and sharp and ringing

   "the bright sound of the trumpet section"; "the brilliant sound of the trumpets"

   Antonyms:
   unintelligent, unimpressive, stupid, nonresonant, unreverberant, inferior, colorless, colourless, dull

   Synonyms:
   shining, promising, hopeful, splendid, smart, smart as a whip, superb, brilliant, bright, lustrous, burnished, brainy, vivid, magnificent, undimmed, glorious, shiny

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1. brilliantadjective

   Synonyms:
   sparkling, glittering, scintillating, dazzling, gleaming, glistening, flashing, splendid, glorious, signal, eminent, striking

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1. dull, gloomy

   Submitted by anonymous on January 24, 2021  

How to use BRILLIANT in a sentence?

1. Actor Matt Lucas:

   I'm chuffed to bits to be joining the most delicious show on television. I can't wait to break bread with Noel, Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood and meet the brilliant bakers, and bearing in mind my love of cake, I've already ordered some much larger trousers in anticipation.

2. Michael Cohen:

   When I say conman, I'm talking about a man who declares himself brilliant but directed me to threaten his high school, his colleges and the College Board to never release his grades or SAT scores.

3. Mike Smith:

   This horse ran a tremendous race. He's so gifted he's sent from heaven, he's just brilliant.

4. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis:

   In this age, I don’t care how tactically or operationally brilliant you are, if you cannot create harmony — even vicious harmony — on the battlefield based on trust across service lines, across coalition and national lines, and across civilian/military lines, you need to go home, because your leadership is obsolete. We have got to have officers who can create harmony across all those lines.”

5. Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia:

   My brilliant Daddy!…1000000 times kiss your feet and hands and bow to you. Loving you. Your faithful daughter 13-year-old lass, first name Nastasya (Shvybzik), last name A.N.R.P.K.Z.S.G. Patron of the Popskiy, Atamanskiy (Chieftains) Regiment. Artichokes, ‘artechokes’ and ‘elmond’-trees and ‘elmond’-trees. Never grow on the nose never grow on the nose I wish they did I wish they did (thrice and more).

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