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brilliant

How many syllables in brilliant?

  2 syllables

Divide brilliant into syllables:   bril-liant
Stressed syllable in brilliant:   bril-liant
How to pronounce brilliant:   bril-yunt
How to say brilliant:

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Synonyms for brilliant


1 syllable
  • bright
  • swell
  • Strong
2 syllables
  • brainy
  • cloudless
  • glaring
  • starry
  • vivid
  • clever
  • endowed
  • spangled
  • vibrant
3 syllables
4 syllables
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What rhymes with brilliant

3 syllables
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