Synonyms for flash
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1. flash(noun)

   a sudden intense burst of radiant energy

   Synonyms:
   instant, flashbulb, flashgun, heartbeat, news bulletin, photoflash, split second, flare, flash bulb, wink, newsbreak, flashing, newsflash, jiffy, ostentation, flash lamp, blink of an eye, fanfare, trice, twinkling

   Antonyms:
   tasteful

2. flash(noun)

   a momentary brightness

   Synonyms:
   instant, flashbulb, flashgun, heartbeat, news bulletin, photoflash, split second, flare, flash bulb, wink, newsbreak, flashing, newsflash, jiffy, ostentation, flash lamp, blink of an eye, fanfare, trice, twinkling

   Antonyms:
   tasteful

3. flash, flashing(noun)

   a short vivid experience

   "a flash of emotion swept over him"; "the flashings of pain were a warning"

   Synonyms:
   instant, flashbulb, flashgun, heartbeat, news bulletin, photoflash, split second, flare, flash bulb, wink, newsbreak, flashing, newsflash, jiffy, ostentation, flash lamp, blink of an eye, fanfare, trice, twinkling

   Antonyms:
   tasteful

4. flash(noun)

   a sudden brilliant understanding

   "he had a flash of intuition"

   Synonyms:
   instant, flashbulb, flashgun, heartbeat, news bulletin, photoflash, split second, flare, flash bulb, wink, newsbreak, flashing, newsflash, jiffy, ostentation, flash lamp, blink of an eye, fanfare, trice, twinkling

   Antonyms:
   tasteful

5. blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling, wink, New York minute(noun)

   a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)

   "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash"

   Synonyms:
   nictitation, second, instant, blinking, flashbulb, pulse, flashgun, eye blink, beat, heartbeat, minute, news bulletin, moment, photoflash, split second, flare, pulsation, winking, flash bulb, wink, nictation, newsbreak, flashing, newsflash, jiffy, ostentation, flash lamp, blink of an eye, blink, fanfare, trice, twinkling

   Antonyms:
   tasteful

6. ostentation, fanfare, flash(noun)

   a gaudy outward display

   Synonyms:
   flare, instant, flashbulb, news bulletin, inflation, flash lamp, flashgun, tucket, heartbeat, flourish, pompousness, photoflash, blink of an eye, pretentiousness, pomposity, flash bulb, wink, newsbreak, flashing, newsflash, jiffy, ostentation, puffiness, ostentatiousness, split second, fanfare, trice, twinkling, splashiness

   Antonyms:
   tasteful

7. flare, flash(noun)

   a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate

   Synonyms:
   solar flare, instant, flashbulb, flashgun, heartbeat, news bulletin, flair, photoflash, split second, flare, flash bulb, wink, flare pass, newsbreak, flashing, newsflash, jiffy, ostentation, flash lamp, blink of an eye, fanfare, trice, twinkling

   Antonyms:
   tasteful

8. news bulletin, newsflash, flash, newsbreak(noun)

   a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story

   Synonyms:
   instant, flashbulb, flashgun, heartbeat, news bulletin, photoflash, split second, flare, flash bulb, wink, newsbreak, flashing, newsflash, jiffy, ostentation, flash lamp, blink of an eye, fanfare, trice, twinkling

   Antonyms:
   tasteful

9. flash(noun)

   a bright patch of color used for decoration or identification

   "red flashes adorned the airplane"; "a flash sewn on his sleeve indicated the unit he belonged to"

   Synonyms:
   instant, flashbulb, flashgun, heartbeat, news bulletin, photoflash, split second, flare, flash bulb, wink, newsbreak, flashing, newsflash, jiffy, ostentation, flash lamp, blink of an eye, fanfare, trice, twinkling

   Antonyms:
   tasteful

10. flash, photoflash, flash lamp, flashgun, flashbulb, flash bulb(adj)

    a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph

    Synonyms:
    instant, flashbulb, flashgun, heartbeat, news bulletin, photoflash, split second, flare, flash bulb, wink, newsbreak, flashing, newsflash, jiffy, ostentation, flash lamp, blink of an eye, fanfare, trice, twinkling

    Antonyms:
    tasteful

11. brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy(verb)

    tastelessly showy

    "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"

    Synonyms:
    forte, crummy, brazen, brazen-faced, chintzy, ratty, audacious, specious, loud, punk, shabby, flashy, meretricious, jazzy, cheapjack, bodacious, inexpensive, tinny, bum, cheap, sleazy, trashy, brassy, insolent, gaudy, garish, tatty, shoddy, sporty, cheesy, tawdry, brasslike, moth-eaten, bald-faced, barefaced, gimcrack, chinchy, showy, tacky, gilded, rubbishy

    Antonyms:
    tasteful

12. flash, blink, wink, twinkle, winkle(verb)

    gleam or glow intermittently

    "The lights were flashing"

    Synonyms:
    scintillate, winkle out, blink away, shoot, scoot, swank, show off, nictitate, blink, winkle, wink, scud, nictate, twinkle, dart, flaunt, dash, ostentate

    Antonyms:
    tasteful

13. flash(verb)

    appear briefly

    "The headlines flashed on the screen"

    Synonyms:
    winkle, ostentate, shoot, scoot, dart, blink, show off, twinkle, scud, swank, dash, wink, flaunt

    Antonyms:
    tasteful

14. flaunt, flash, show off, ostentate, swank(verb)

    display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously

    "he showed off his new sports car"

    Synonyms:
    twinkle, ostentate, winkle, shoot, scoot, dart, blink, show off, scud, swank, dash, wink, flaunt

    Antonyms:
    tasteful

15. flash(verb)

    make known or cause to appear with great speed

    "The latest intelligence is flashed to all command posts"

    Synonyms:
    winkle, ostentate, shoot, scoot, dart, blink, show off, twinkle, scud, swank, dash, wink, flaunt

    Antonyms:
    tasteful

16. dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot(verb)

    run or move very quickly or hastily

    "She dashed into the yard"

    Synonyms:
    bourgeon, winkle, shoot, swank, burgeon forth, scud, frighten away, sprout, hit, crash, film, smash, wink, rack, take, show off, pullulate, fool, fleet, flutter, scare off, flaunt, scare away, buck, scoot, fool away, ostentate, fritter, dissipate, dart, flit, blink, pall, frivol away, daunt, fritter away, charge, inject, germinate, scare, shoot down, snap, photograph, blast, dash, spud, frighten off, pip, tear, twinkle

    Antonyms:
    tasteful

17. flash(verb)

    expose or show briefly

    "he flashed a $100 bill"

    Synonyms:
    winkle, ostentate, shoot, scoot, dart, blink, show off, twinkle, scud, swank, dash, wink, flaunt

    Antonyms:
    tasteful

18. flash(verb)

    protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal

    "flash the roof"

    Synonyms:
    winkle, ostentate, shoot, scoot, dart, blink, show off, twinkle, scud, swank, dash, wink, flaunt

    Antonyms:
    tasteful

19. flash(verb)

    emit a brief burst of light

    "A shooting star flashed and was gone"

    Synonyms:
    winkle, ostentate, shoot, scoot, dart, blink, show off, twinkle, scud, swank, dash, wink, flaunt

    Antonyms:
    tasteful

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. flash(noun)

   Synonyms:
   glint, gleam

   Antonyms:
   aeon

2. flash(noun)

   A popular multimedia platform, most often used for adding animation and interactivity to webpages.

   He flashed the light at the water, trying to see what made the noise.

   Synonyms:
   gleam, glint

   Antonyms:
   aeon

3. flash(noun)

   Having plenty of ready money

   The light flashed on and off.

   Synonyms:
   glint, gleam

   Antonyms:
   aeon

4. flash(noun)

   Occurring very rapidly, almost instantaneously.

   The scenery flashed by quickly.

   Synonyms:
   glint, gleam

   Antonyms:
   aeon

5. flash(noun)

   To make visible briefly.

   A number will be flashed on the screen.

   Synonyms:
   gleam, glint

   Antonyms:
   aeon

6. flash(noun)

   To flaunt; to display in a showy manner.

   He flashed a wad of hundred-dollar bills.

   Synonyms:
   glint, gleam

   Antonyms:
   aeon

7. flash(noun)

   To communicate quickly.

   The news services flashed the news about the end of the war to all corners of the globe.

   Synonyms:
   gleam, glint

   Antonyms:
   aeon

English Synonyms and Antonyms(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. flash

   To burn is to subject to the action of fire, or of intense heat so as to effect either partial change or complete combustion; as, to burn wood in the fire; to burn one's hand on a hot stove; the sun burns the face. One brands with a hot iron, but cauterizes with some corrosive substance, as silver nitrate. Cremate is now used specifically for consuming a dead body by intense heat. To incinerate is to reduce to ashes; the sense differs little from that of cremate, but it is in less popular use. To kindle is to set on fire, as if with a candle; ignite is the more learned and scientific word for the same thing, extending even to the heating of metals to a state of incandescence without burning. To scorch and to singe are superficial, and to char usually so. Both kindle and burn have an extensive figurative use; as, to kindle strife; to burn with wrath, love, devotion, curiosity. Compare LIGHT.

   Synonyms:
   blaze, brand, burn, cauterize, char, consume, cremate, flame, ignite, incinerate, kindle, scorch, set fire to, set on fire, singe

   Antonyms:
   cool, extinguish, put out, smother, stifle, subdue

   Preposition:
   To burn in the fire, burn with fire; burn to the ground, burn to ashes; burn through the skin, or the roof; burn into the soil, etc.

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. flash(n.)

   Synonyms:
   momentary blaze, sudden burst of light

2. flash(n.)

   Synonyms:
   slang (of thieves and gypsies), cant language

3. flash(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   emit a sudden light

4. flash(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   break forth suddenly

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. flash(n)

   Synonyms:
   gleam, glare, coruscation

2. flash(n)

   Synonyms:
   instant, moment

3. flash(v)

   Synonyms:
   glitter, gleam, glisten, coruscate, sparkle

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "flash":

   flash-forward, solid-state, lightning, blink, zippy, flashback, newsflash, urgent, lightning-fast, jiffy, sudden, glimmer

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How to use flash in a sentence?

1. Gaston Bachelard:

   To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend in the flow of language the sudden flash of poetry.

2. Hunter S. Thompson:

   History is hard to know, because of all the hired bullshit, but even without being sure of history it seems entirely reasonable to think that every now and then the energy of a whole generation comes to a head in a long fine flash, for reasons that nobody really understands at the time -- and which never explain, in retrospect, what actually happened.

3. The NHC:

   These rains could result in life-threatening flash floods and mud slides.

4. National Hurricane Center:

   Hurricane conditions will continue over portions of the far western Cuban province of Pinar del Rio through this evening. Tropical storm conditions are expected across the remainder of the warning areas in Cuba and the Yucatan Peninsula through tonight, michael is expected to produce heavy rainfall and flash flooding over portions of western Cuba and the northeastern Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico during the next couple of days.

5. Hodding Carter:

   Television news is like a lightning flash. It makes a loud noise, lights up everything around it, leaves everything else in darkness and then is suddenly gone.

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