Synonyms for flicker
ˈflɪk ər

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. flicker, spark, glint(noun)

   a momentary flash of light

   Synonyms:
   twinkle, waver, sparkle, discharge, glint, spark, arc, light, flutter, electric discharge, electric arc

2. flicker(noun)

   North American woodpecker

   Synonyms:
   spark, waver, flutter, glint

3. waver, flutter, flicker(verb)

   the act of moving back and forth

   Synonyms:
   commotion, fluttering, flapping, disturbance, waver, flap, glint, flutter, falter, to-do, hurly burly, spark, faltering, hesitation, hoo-ha, disruption, kerfuffle, hoo-hah

4. flicker, waver, flitter, flutter, quiver(verb)

   move back and forth very rapidly

   "the candle flickered"

   Synonyms:
   bat, quake, fleet, palpitate, quaver, flitter, flit, flick, flutter, falter, fluctuate, pulsate, beat, vacillate, weave, quiver, hesitate, dart, waver, waffle

5. flicker, flick(verb)

   shine unsteadily

   "The candle flickered"

   Synonyms:
   jerk, waver, leaf, thumb, flip, flick, ruffle, snap, riff, flutter, quiver, flitter, click, riffle

6. flicker, flick(verb)

   flash intermittently

   "The lights flicked on and off"

   Synonyms:
   jerk, waver, leaf, thumb, flip, flick, ruffle, snap, riff, flutter, quiver, flitter, click, riffle

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

1. flicker

   Light, strictly denoting a form of radiant energy, is used as a general term for any luminous effect discernible by the eye, from the faintest phosphorescence to the blaze of the noonday sun. A flame is both hot and luminous; if it contains few solid particles it will yield little light, tho it may afford intense heat, as in the case of a hydrogen-flame. A blaze is an extensive, brilliant flame. A flare is a wavering flame or blaze; a flash is a light that appears and disappears in an instant; as, a flash of lightning; the flash of gunpowder. The glare and glow are steady, the glare painfully bright, the glow subdued; as, the glare of torches; the glow of dying embers. Shine and shining refer to a steady or continuous emission of light; sheen is a faint shining, usually by reflection. Glimmer, glitter, and shimmer denote wavering light. We speak of the glimmer of distant lamps through the mist; of the shimmer of waves in sunlight or moonlight. A gleam is not wavering, but transient or intermittent; a sudden gleam of light came through the half-open door; a glitter is a hard light; as, the glitter of burnished arms. A sparkle is a sudden light, as of sparks thrown out; scintillation is the more exact and scientific term for the actual emission of sparks, also the figurative term for what suggests such emission; as, scintillations of wit or of genius. Twinkle and twinkling are used of the intermittent light of the fixed stars. Glistening is a shining as from a wet surface. Illumination is a wide-spread, brilliant light, as when all the windows of a house or of a street are lighted. The light of incandescence is intense and white like that from metal at a white heat.

   Synonyms:
   blaze, flame, flare, flash, glare, gleam, gleaming, glimmer, glistening, glistering, glitter, glow, illumination, incandescence, light, luster, scintillation, sheen, shimmer, shine, shining, sparkle, twinkle, twinkling

   Antonyms:
   blackness, dark, darkness, dimness, dusk, gloom, gloominess, obscurity, shade, shadow

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. flicker

   Synonyms:
   flutter, quiver, bicker, falter, waver, glimmer, shimmer, scintillate

   Antonyms:
   stream, blaze, gleam, shine, beam

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

1. flicker(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   flutter

2. flicker(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   fluctuate, waver, float

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1. List of paraphrases:

   blinking, blink, flickering, flashing, wink, glimmer, fluctuate

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