1. (

• glare ,
• blaze ,
• brilliance

) a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted; "a glare of sunlight" ;

2. (

• magnificence ,
• brilliance ,
• splendor ,
• splendour ,
• grandeur ,
• grandness

) the quality of being magnificent or splendid or grand; "for magnificence and personal service there is the Queen's hotel"; "his `Hamlet' lacks the brilliance that one expects"; "it is the university that gives the scene its stately splendor"; "an imaginative mix of old-fashioned grandeur and colorful art"; "advertisers capitalize on the grandness and elegance it brings to their products" ;

3. (

• brilliance ,
• genius ,

) unusual mental ability ;