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| Main Entry: | glance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brief look |
| Synonyms: | eye*, flash*, glimpse, lamp*, look, peek, peep, sight, slant*, squint, swivel*, view, eyeball, fleeting look, gander, look-see, quick look |
| Notes: | a glance captures more than a glimpse; the verb glance takes no object while glimpse does |
| Antonyms: | stare |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | glance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | look at briefly |
| Synonyms: | browse, check out, dip into*, flash*, gaze, glimpse, peek, peep, peer, run through, scan, see, take in, view, flip through, get a load of, leaf through, riffle through, run over, skim through, take a gander, thumb through |
| Antonyms: | stare |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | glance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reflection of light |
| Synonyms: | flash, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, shimmer, sparkle, twinkle, coruscation |
| Main Entry: | glance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reflect light |
| Synonyms: | coruscate, flash, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glitter, shimmer, shine, sparkle, twinkle |
| Main Entry: | glance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ricochet, hit off of something |
| Synonyms: | bounce, brush, careen, carom, contact, dart, graze, kiss*, rebound, scrape, shave*, skim, skip, slant, slide, strike, touch, sideswipe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | burnish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | polish, brighten |
| Synonyms: | buff, furbish, glance, glaze, gloss, luster, rub, sheen, shine, smooth, wax, patina, put on a finish |
| Antonyms: | dull, tarnish |
| Main Entry: | flicker |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sparkle, flutter |
| Synonyms: | blare, blaze, blink, burn, dance, flare, flash, flit, fluctuate, glance, gleam, glimmer, glint, glitter, glow, hover, oscillate, quaver, quiver, scintillate, shimmer, swing, tremble, twinkle, vibrate, waver, flitter |
| Main Entry: | glaze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | varnish, lacquer |
| Synonyms: | buff, burnish, coat, cover, enamel, furbish, glance, glass, gloss, overlay, polish, rub, shine, incrust, make lustrous, make vitreous, vitrify |
| Antonyms: | strip |
| Main Entry: | gleam |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brightness, sparkle |
| Synonyms: | beam, flash, flicker, glance, glimmer, glint, glitz, gloss, glow, luster, ray, sheen, shimmer, splendor, twinkle, brilliance, coruscation, glim, scintillation |
| Antonyms: | dullness |
| Main Entry: | gleam |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sparkle |
| Synonyms: | beam, burn, coruscate, flare, flash, glance, glimmer, glint, glisten, glitter, glow, radiate, scintillate, shimmer, shine, twinkle, glister |
| Antonyms: | dull |
| Main Entry: | glimmer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flash, sparkle |
| Synonyms: | blink, flicker, glance, gleam, glint, glow, grain, hint, inkling, ray, shimmer, suggestion, trace, twinkle, coruscation, scintillation |
| Antonyms: | dullness |
| Main Entry: | glimmer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sparkle |
| Synonyms: | blink, coruscate, fade, flash, flicker, glance, gleam, glint, glisten, glitter, glow, scintillate, shimmer, shine, twinkle, glister |
| Main Entry: | glimpse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brief look |
| Synonyms: | eye, flash*, glance, gun*, impression, lamp*, peek, peep, sight, slant, squint, swivel*, eyeball, gander, glom, look-see, quick look, sighting |
| Antonyms: | stare |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | glint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sparkle |
| Synonyms: | flash, glance, gleam, glimmer, glitter, look, shine, trace, twinkle |
| Main Entry: | glisten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shimmer |
| Synonyms: | coruscate, flash, flicker, glance, glare, gleam, glimmer, glint, glitter, glow, scintillate, shine, sparkle, twinkle, glister |
| Main Entry: | glitter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sparkle |
| Synonyms: | coruscate, flash, glance, glare, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glow, scintillate, shimmer, shine, spangle, twinkle, glister |
| Main Entry: | kiss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | touch one's lips to another's |
| Synonyms: | blow, brush, glance, graze, greet, lip*, make out*, mush*, neck*, osculate, peck, salute, smack*, smooch*, French*, butterfly*, pucker up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | leaf |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flip through |
| Synonyms: | browse, dip into, glance, run through, scan, skim, riff, riffle, thumb |
| Main Entry: | peek/peep |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sneaked look |
| Synonyms: | blink, glance, glimpse, sight, gander, look-see |
| Main Entry: | peek/peep |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sneak a look |
| Synonyms: | blink, glance, glimpse, look, peer, snatch, snoop, spy, squint, stare, have a gander, take a look |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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