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sparkle - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | sparkle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | glitter, shine |
| Synonyms: | élan, animation, dash, dazzle, flash, flicker, gaiety, gleam, glimmer, glint, glitz, glow, life, panache, radiance, shimmer, show, spark, spirit, twinkle, vim, vitality, vivacity, zap*, zip*, brilliance, coruscation, scintillation |
| Antonyms: | dullness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sparkle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | glitter, shine |
| Synonyms: | beam, bubble, coruscate, dance, effervesce, fizz, fizzle, flash, flicker, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glow, scintillate, shimmer, spark, twinkle, wink |
| Antonyms: | darken, dull |
| Main Entry: | animation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | liveliness; activity |
| Synonyms: | élan, action, ardor, bounce, buoyancy, dash, ebullience, elation, energy, enthusiasm, esprit, excitement, exhilaration, fervor, gaiety, life, oomph*, passion, pep*, sparkle, spirit, verve, vigor, vim, vitality, vivacity, zap*, zeal, zest, zing*, zip*, brio, briskness, dynamism, high spirits, sprightliness, vibrancy |
| Antonyms: | discouragement, dullness, inactivity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | blaze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | burn brightly |
| Synonyms: | beam, coruscate, explode, fire, flame, flare, flash, flicker, glare, gleam, glow, illuminate, illumine, jet, light, radiate, scintillate, shimmer, shine, sparkle, burst out, fulgurate, incandesce |
| Main Entry: | bubble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | foam, froth up, especially with sound |
| Synonyms: | boil, burble, churn, eddy, effervesce, erupt, fester, fizz, gurgle, gush, issue, murmur, percolate, ripple, seep, seethe, simmer, smolder, sparkle, spume, stir, trickle, well, moil, swash |
| Main Entry: | ferment |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | split into simpler substances; be agitated |
| Synonyms: | boil, brew, bubble, churn, concoct, dissolve, effervesce, evaporate, excite, fester, fizz, foam, foment, froth, heat, incite, inflame, leaven, overflow, provoke, ripen, rise, rouse, seethe, simmer, sour, sparkle, work, acidify, be violent, moil, stir up |
| Main Entry: | fizz |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bubble |
| Synonyms: | buzz, effervesce, fizzle, froth, hiss, seethe, simmer, sparkle, sputter, whisper, sibilate, whoosh |
| Antonyms: | be flat |
| Main Entry: | foam |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become bubbly |
| Synonyms: | aerate, boil, burble, effervesce, ferment, fizz, froth, gurgle, hiss, lather, seethe, simmer, sparkle |
| Antonyms: | become flat |
| Main Entry: | freshness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | newness |
| Synonyms: | bloom, brightness, clearness, dew, glow, novelty, originality, shine, sparkle, vigor, youth, callowness, cleanness, dewiness, greenness, inexperience, innovativeness, inventiveness, rawness, viridity |
| Antonyms: | oldness, staleness |
| Main Entry: | gaiety |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | happiness, celebration |
| Synonyms: | animation, brightness, cheer, color, conviviality, effervescence, elation, entertainment, exhilaration, festivity, frolic, fun, geniality, gladness, glee, glitter, good humor*, hilarity, joie de vivre, jollity, lightheartedness, liveliness, merriment, merrymaking, mirth, radiance, revel, revelry, shindig*, sparkle, sport, vivacity, blitheness, brilliance, colorfulness, grins, high spirits, joviality, joyousness, pleasantness, reveling, showiness, sprightliness, whoopee, wingding |
| Antonyms: | sadness, solemnity, unhappiness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | luster |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gloss, shine |
| Synonyms: | brightness, burnish, dazzle, effulgence, glaze, gleam, glint, glitter, glow, iridescence, polish, radiance, sheen, shimmer, sparkle, afterglow, brilliance, brilliancy, candescence, incandescence, lambency, luminousness, opalescence, refulgence, resplendence |
| Antonyms: | darkness, dullness, matte |
| Main Entry: | quiver |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shaking, vibration |
| Synonyms: | convulsion, flash, glimmer, glitter, oscillation, palpitation, shake, shimmer, shiver, shudder, sparkle, spasm, throb, tic, tremble, tremor, twinkle, pulsation |
| Antonyms: | quiet, stillness |
| Main Entry: | ray |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | beam; indication |
| Synonyms: | bar, blaze, blink, emanation, flash, flicker, gleam, glimmer, glint, glitter, hint, light, patch, radiance, radiation, scintilla, shaft, shine, spark, sparkle, streak, stream, trace, wave, incandescence, irradiation, moonbeam, pencil, sunbeam |
| Notes: | ray is distinguished from beam in that it describes a smaller quantity of light (beam being a collection of parallel rays) |
| Main Entry: | scintilla |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small bit, trace |
| Synonyms: | atom, crumb, dab, dash, drop, flash, hint, iota, particle, pinch, ray, shade, shred, smidgen, soupçon, sparkle, speck, spot, whiff, whisper, small quantity |
| Main Entry: | shimmer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gleam |
| Synonyms: | flash, glimmer, glint, glisten, glitter, gloss, glow, iridescence, luster, sheen, spangle, spark, sparkle, twinkle, blinking, coruscation, diffused light, incandescence, phosphorescence, scintillation |
| Antonyms: | dullness |
| Main Entry: | shimmer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | glisten |
| Synonyms: | blaze, coruscate, dance, flare, flash, gleam, glint, glow, jiggle, scintillate, shimmy, shine, sparkle, twinkle, phosphoresce |
| Main Entry: | shine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brightness; polish |
| Synonyms: | flash, glare, glaze, gleam, glint, glitz, gloss, light, luminosity, luster, radiance, rub, sheen, shimmer, show, sparkle, lambency, patina |
| Antonyms: | darkness, dullness |
| Main Entry: | simmer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | boil, smolder |
| Synonyms: | bubble, burn, churn, cook, effervesce, ferment, fizz, fret, fume, rage, seethe, smart, sparkle, stew, stir, warm, be agitated, be angry, be tense, be uptight, fricassee, parboil |
| Antonyms: | freeze |
| Main Entry: | soupçon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small amount |
| Synonyms: | atom, crumb, dab, dash, drop, flash, hint, iota, particle, pinch, ray, scintilla, shade, shred, smidgen, sparkle, speck, spot, suggestion, tinge, trace, whiff, whisper, small bit, small quantity |
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