| Main Entry: | blink |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wink of eye; twinkle |
Synonyms: |
bat, flash, flicker, flutter, glimmer, glitter, nictate, nictitate, scintillate, shimmer, sparkle, squint |
| Main Entry: | blink |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ignore |
Synonyms: |
bypass, condone, connive, cushion, discount, disregard, fail, forget, neglect, omit, overlook, overpass, pass by, slight, turn a blind eye |
Antonyms: |
attend, be aware, pay attention |
| Main Entry: | fail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abandon, forsake |
Synonyms: |
abort, back out, blink, break one's word, desert, disappoint, discount, disregard, fault, forget, funk, go astray, ignore, let down, miscarry, neglect, omit, overlook, overpass, slight, slip |
Antonyms: |
capture, complete, deliver, finish, obtain, procure |
| Main Entry: | flash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shimmer, flicker |
Synonyms: |
beam, bedazzle, blaze, blink, coruscate, dazzle, flame, flare, glance, glare, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glitter, glow, incandesce, light, phosphoresce, radiate, reflect, scintillate, shine, shoot out, spangle, spark, sparkle, twinkle |
| Main Entry: | flicker |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sparkle, flutter |
Synonyms: |
blare, blaze, blink, burn, dance, flare, flash, flit, flitter, fluctuate, glance, gleam, glimmer, glint, glitter, glow, hover, oscillate, quaver, quiver, scintillate, shimmer, swing, tremble, twinkle, vibrate, waver |
| Main Entry: | flinch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shy away, wince |
Synonyms: |
avoid, balk, blanch, blench, blink, cower, cringe, crouch, draw back, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, flee, quail, recede, recoil, retire, retreat, shirk, shrink, shun, start, swerve, withdraw |
Antonyms: |
confront, face, meet |
| Main Entry: | forget |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave behind |
Synonyms: |
blink, discount, disregard, drop, fail, ignore, lose sight of, neglect, omit, overlook, overpass, pass over, skip, slight, transgress, trespass |
Antonyms: |
carry, remember, take |
| Main Entry: | glimmer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flash, sparkle |
Synonyms: |
blink, coruscation, flicker, glance, gleam, glint, glow, grain, hint, inkling, ray, scintillation, shimmer, suggestion, trace, twinkle |
Antonyms: |
dullness |
| Main Entry: | glimmer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sparkle |
Synonyms: |
blink, coruscate, fade, flash, flicker, glance, gleam, glint, glisten, glister, glitter, glow, scintillate, shimmer, shine, twinkle |
| Main Entry: | ignore |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disregard on purpose |
Synonyms: |
avoid, be oblivious to, blink, brush off, bury one's head in sand, cold-shoulder, discount, disdain, evade, fail, forget, let it go, look the other way, neglect, omit, overlook, overpass, pass over, pay no attention to, pay no mind, pooh-pooh, reject, scorn, shut eyes to, slight, take no notice, tune out, turn back on, turn blind eye, turn deaf ear, wink |
| Notes: | ignore is properly used of things that are present in our surroundings; but for things like rules, conventions, stipulations, contracts, the right word is disregard |
Antonyms: |
acknowledge, heed, look at, note, notice, pay attention, recognize, regard, take notice |