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brilliancy

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of brilliancy

the quality or state of having or giving off light

the brilliancy of the diamond is shown to good effect by the museumʼs lighting

Synonyms of brilliancy

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

Words Related to brilliancy

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 of brilliancy

dimness, gloominess, somberness

cloudiness, haziness, murkiness, obscureness, obscurity

colorlessness, grayness, lackluster, paleness, shadiness, shadowiness

Antonyms of brilliancy

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

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