Adjective brilliant has 6 senses
  1. brilliant, superb - of surpassing excellence; "a brilliant performance"; "a superb actor"
    Antonym: inferior (indirect, via superior)
  2. brainy, brilliant, smart as a whip - having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence; "some men dislike brainy women"; "a brilliant mind"; "a brilliant solution to the problem"
    Antonyms: unintelligent, stupid (indirect, via intelligent)
  3. brilliant, glorious, magnificent, splendid - characterized by or attended with brilliance or grandeur; "the brilliant court life at Versailles"; "a glorious work of art"; "magnificent cathedrals"; "the splendid coronation ceremony"
    Antonym: unimpressive (indirect, via impressive)
  4. bright, brilliant, vivid - having striking color; "bright greens"; "brilliant tapestries"; "a bird with vivid plumage"
    Antonyms: colorless, colourless (indirect, via colorful)
  5. brilliant - full of light; shining intensely; "a brilliant star"; "brilliant chandeliers"
    Antonym:
    dull (indirect, via bright)
  6. bright, brilliant - clear and sharp and ringing; "the bright sound of the trumpet section"; "the brilliant sound of the trumpets"
    Antonyms: unreverberant, nonresonant (indirect, via reverberant)
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