brilliancy

bril·lian·cy

noun \-yən(t)-sē\

plural bril·lian·cies

Definition of BRILLIANCY

1

: brilliance

2

: an instance of brilliance

Examples of BRILLIANCY

1. <the brilliancy of the diamond is shown to good effect by the museum's lighting>

First Known Use of BRILLIANCY

1747

Related to BRILLIANCY

Synonyms: brightness, brilliance, candor, dazzle, effulgence, illumination, lambency, lightness, luminance, luminosity, luminousness, luster (or lustre), lustrousness, radiance, refulgence, splendor

Antonyms: blackness, dark, darkness, dullness (also dulness), duskiness

Related Words: blaze, flare, flash, flicker, light; fluorescence, incandescence, luminescence; burnish, gloss, polish, sheen, shine, shininess; fire, flame, glare, glow; flash, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glitter, scintillation, shimmer, sparkle, twinkle

Near Antonyms: dimness, gloominess, somberness; cloudiness, haziness, murkiness, obscureness, obscurity; colorlessness, grayness, lackluster, paleness, shadiness, shadowiness

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