| 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: | beam |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ray of light |
Synonyms: |
bar, beacon, chink, column, dartle, emission, finger, flicker, glare, gleam, glimmer, glint, glitter, glow, laser, radiation, ray, shaft, shimmer, shoot, sparkle, streak, stream, twinkle |
| Notes: | ray is distinguished from beam in that it describes a smaller quantity of light (beam being a collection of parallel rays) |
| Main Entry: | beam |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | broadcast on air waves |
Synonyms: |
emit, give off, give out, glare, glimmer, glow, radiate, send, shed, shine, throw off, transmit |
| 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: | dawn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start |
Synonyms: |
appear, begin, develop, emerge, glimmer, initiate, lighten, loom, open, originate, rise, show itself, unfold |
Antonyms: |
end, finish, set |
| Main Entry: | flash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shimmer, flicker |
Synonyms: |
beam, bedazzlement, blaze, burst, coruscation, dazzle, flame, flare, glance, glare, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glitter, glow, illumination, imprint, impulse, incandescence, luster, phosphorescence, quiver, radiation, ray, reflection, scintillation, shine, spark, sparkle, streak, stream, twinkle, twinkling, vision |
| 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: | glance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reflection of light |
Synonyms: |
coruscation, flash, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, shimmer, sparkle, twinkle |
