Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun brilliance

3 senses of brilliance

Sense 1
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")
       => brightness -- (the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white)

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")

Sense 3
brilliance, genius -- (unusual mental ability)
       => intelligence -- (the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience)