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brilliant

adjective as in famous, outstanding

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That was the brilliant idea at the heart of the film Arrival.

We had a brilliant team that figured out often with duct tape and chicken wire in the early days how to get things up and running.

From Ozy

Anytime I feel the need for a little push that’s authentic and earnest, I’ll listen to an episode or two to be reminded of what brilliant and thoughtful folks are doing in the world.

From Fortune

People have been using long-tail keywords for a long time and seeing brilliant results with their search rankings.

She is a brilliant, compassionate, empathetic candidate and that came across in her speech.

These were brilliant writers who were really great at keeping it to jokes.

His speeches, which he wrote himself, were frequently brilliant, even if they too often pointed backward instead of forward.

Sachin Tendulkar may be one of the most brilliant players in the sport, but he struggles to liven up his memoirs.

Both impart the experience of sitting with brilliant Cubans over a rum to debate the State of Cuban Intellectual Life.

Of course, you can read this just as a brilliant, subversive coda to a horror movie.

In the evening, St. Peter's and its accessories were illuminated—by far the most brilliant spectacle I ever saw.

Kum Kale has been a brilliant bit of work, though I fear we have lost nearly a quarter of our effectives.

Admiration for brilliant colours, for moving things, such as feathers, is common to the two.

But in August, 1805, the approaching war with Austria caused the Emperor to summon his most brilliant cavalry leader to his side.

As a brilliant conversationalist and well-versed political economist he has few rivals in his country.

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On this page you'll find 194 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to brilliant, such as: bright, dazzling, flashy, intense, luminous, and radiant.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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