| Main Entry: | glitter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brilliance, sparkle |
Synonyms: |
beam, brightness, coruscation, display, flash, gaudiness, glamour, glare, gleam, glint, glisten, glister, glitz, luster, pageantry, radiance, scintillation, sheen, shimmer, shine, show, showiness, splendor, tinsel, twinkle, zap |
Antonyms: |
dullness |
| Main Entry: | glitter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sparkle |
Synonyms: |
coruscate, flash, glance, glare, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glister, glow, scintillate, shimmer, shine, spangle, 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: | shine, as a light |
Synonyms: |
burn, emit, glare, gleam, glitter, glow, radiate, yield |
Antonyms: |
be dark |
| Main Entry: | blaze |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flash of light |
Synonyms: |
beam, brilliance, burst, flare, glare, gleam, glitter, glow, radiance |
| 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: | 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: | gaiety |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | happiness, celebration |
Synonyms: |
animation, blitheness, brightness, brilliance, cheer, color, colorfulness, conviviality, effervescence, elation, entertainment, exhilaration, festivity, frolic, fun, geniality, gladness, glee, glitter, good humor, grins, high spirits, hilarity, joie de vivre, jollity, joviality, joyousness, lightheartedness, liveliness, merriment, merrymaking, mirth, pleasantness, radiance, revel, reveling, revelry, shindig*, showiness, sparkle, sport, sprightliness, vivacity, whoopee, wingding |
Antonyms: |
sadness, solemnity, unhappiness |