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Synonyms for glimpse
glɪmpsglimpse

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Wiktionary3.0 / 1 vote

  1. glimpseverb

    Synonyms:
    notice, perceive, catch sight of, spot, detect

  2. glimpseverb

    To see or view briefly or incompletely.

    I have only begun to glimpse the magnitude of the problem.

    Synonyms:
    notice, catch sight of, detect, spot, perceive

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 6 votes

  1. glimpse

    Synonyms:
    sight, inkling, glance, glimmering, survey

    Antonyms:
    observation, scrutiny, investigation, inspection, analysis, examination, exposure

Princeton's WordNet2.8 / 6 votes

  1. glance, glimpse, coup d'oeilnoun

    a quick look

    Synonyms:
    glance, coup d'oeil

  2. glimpsenoun

    a brief or incomplete view

    "from the window he could catch a glimpse of the lake"

    Synonyms:
    glance, coup d'oeil

  3. glimpseverb

    a vague indication

    "he caught only a glimpse of the professor's meaning"

    Synonyms:
    glance, coup d'oeil

  4. glimpseverb

    catch a glimpse of or see briefly

    "We glimpsed the Queen as she got into her limousine"

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Dictionary of English Synonymes1.0 / 1 vote

  1. glimpsenoun

    Synonyms:
    glance, glimmering, GLINT, transitory view, rapid look, momentary perception

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words1.4 / 5 votes

  1. glimpsenoun

    Synonyms:
    glance, flash, inkling

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "glimpse":

    overview, glimmer, refresher, chronic

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#4440glance
#4901chronic
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How to use glimpse in a sentence?

  1. Jailson Correia:

    We are just getting a glimpse of the dimension of a problem likely to remain with us for years to come.

  2. The Grammy:

    Mary and Puff gave to me a trust that gave birth to a vibe that helped create a historical moment in music, this' My Life' documentary is a glimpse into that vibe that moved RB music forever.

  3. Joel Leja:

    This is our first glimpse back this far, so it’s important that we keep an open mind about what we are seeing, while the data indicates they are likely galaxies, I think there is a real possibility that a few of these objects turn out to be obscured supermassive black holes. Regardless, the amount of mass we discovered means that the known mass in stars at this period of our universe is up to 100 times greater than we had previously thought. Even if we cut the sample in half, this is still an astounding change.

  4. Judah HaLevi:

    My heart in the East But the rest of me far in the West— How can I savor this life, even taste what I eat? How, in the bonds of the Moor, Zion chained to the Cross, Can I do what I’ve vowed to and must? Gladly I’d leave All the best of grand Spain For one glimpse of the ruined Shrine’s dust.

  5. Dr Kwakkel:

    They offer a rare glimpse into the informal or private world of medieval monks, personally, I love the thumbprint, which was left by a careless scribe who spilled ink on his work. It seems so fresh and human, yet it happened 700 years ago.


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