Synonyms for brilliancy
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Noun
1. Luster
luster US, lustre UK, splendor US, splendour UK, brilliance, brightness, radiance, glory, gloss, resplendence, effulgence
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Definitions
- n. 1
A shining quality; brilliance.
Forms
- Plural
- brilliancies → lusters, splendors, brilliances, brightnesses…
Example sentences
- glory You can't appreciate the flies in all their glory.
- brightness Each night we spot the brightness in the distance.
- brilliance His brilliance has taken him quite some places in life.
- radiance What is life without the radiance of love?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| brilliancy | steady | |
| glory | rising | |
| brightness | steady | |
| brilliance | steady | |
| radiance | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- glory2, gloss1
- 6 letters
- luster2, lustre2
- 8 letters
- splendor2, radiance3
- 9 letters
- splendour
- 10 letters
- brightness2, brilliance2, effulgence
- 12 letters
- resplendence
- 13 letters
- brilliantness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (glory2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- brillance
- Italiano
- brillantezza
- Español
- brillantez
- Deutsch
- Brillanz