What is the meaning of brilliant?

adjective

• Of surpassing excellence.
  • usage: "a brilliant performance"; "a superb actor"
  • synonyms: superb
• Having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence.
  • usage: "some men dislike brainy women"; "a brilliant mind"; "a brilliant solution to the problem"
  • synonyms: brainy, smart as a whip
• Characterized by grandeur.
  • usage: "the brilliant court life at Versailles"; "a glorious work of art"; "magnificent cathedrals"; "the splendid coronation ceremony"
  • synonyms: glorious, magnificent, splendid
• Having striking color.
  • usage: "bright dress"; "brilliant tapestries"; "a bird with vivid plumage"
  • synonyms: bright, vivid
• Full of light; shining intensely.
  • usage: "a brilliant star"; "brilliant chandeliers"
• Clear and sharp and ringing.
  • usage: "the bright sound of the trumpet section"; "the brilliant sound of the trumpets"
  • synonyms: bright