BRILLIANTS Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

brilliants

noun

plural of brilliant

as in jewels

a usually valuable stone cut and polished for ornament the diamond cutter set out an array of brilliants to show the various ways the diamond could be cut

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Recent Examples of brilliants The first hour is brilliants, razor sharp dialogue, top notch performances by Kidman and Cruise. — Elaina Patton, IndieWire, 24 Dec. 2025

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Noun

And unlike other eye-catching artifacts such as jewels, paintings can’t be chopped up and sold for parts without losing their entire worth.

— Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
And unlike other eye-catching artifacts such as jewels, paintings can't be chopped up and sold for parts without losing their entire worth.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of jewels

Noun

Everyone will be racing to the table to grab a second–er, third–helping of these smoky gems.

— Krissy Tiglias, Southern Living, 15 Sep. 2026
My colleagues would stock up on skin care gems during trips to Seoul, convinced that Korea was home to some of the most innovative options in that space.

— Sophie Dunne, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of gems

Noun

Thousands of years ago, the region was the southernmost capital of the Nabataeans—the ancient civilization that built Petra—whose ornate tombs are hewn into the rocks.

— Ruby Tandoh, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
Much of it entered the oceans over geological timescales as uranium was weathered from rocks and carried into the sea.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026

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