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ˈglɪt ərglit·ter
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
glitter
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, flicker, glare, gleam, gleaming, glimmer, glistening, glistering, glow, illumination, incandescence, light, luster, scintillation, sheen, shimmer, shine, shining, sparkle, twinkle, twinklingAntonyms:
blackness, dark, darkness, dimness, dusk, gloom, gloominess, obscurity, shade, shadow
Princeton's WordNet
glitter, glister, glisten, scintillation, sparklenoun
the quality of shining with a bright reflected light
Synonyms:
twinkle, sparkle, glisten, spark, sparkling, light, glister, scintillation, coruscationglitter, sparkle, coruscationverb
the occurrence of a small flash or spark
Synonyms:
twinkle, sparkle, glisten, spark, light, glister, scintillation, coruscationglitter, glisten, glint, gleam, shineverb
be shiny, as if wet
"His eyes were glistening"
Synonyms:
smooth, shine, beam, glimmer, peek, radiate, polish, reflect, glance, smoothen, gleam, strike, glint, fall, glisten, glow
Dictionary of English Synonymes
glitterverb
Synonyms:
glisten, glister, sparkle, gleam, flare, glare, make a splendid showglitternoun
Synonyms:
sparkle, glister, lustre, brilliancy, splendor, brightness, shine, radiance
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "glitter":
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#613 | light | |
#1174 | flash | |
#1232 | fall | |
#3336 | reflect | |
#3880 | smooth | |
#3884 | strike | |
#4440 | glance | |
#4835 | polish | |
#5471 | beam | |
#6971 | flame | |
#9051 | shine | |
#9651 | glow | |
#10274 | spark | |
#12379 | shining | |
#14219 | sparkling | |
#14424 | glitter | |
#15218 | peek | |
#15546 | blaze | |
#16069 | illumination | |
#16632 | flare | |
#17533 | sparkle | |
#20263 | glare | |
#24571 | sheen | |
#29626 | twinkle | |
#29664 | flicker | |
#30718 | luster | |
#33648 | glimmer | |
#34001 | shimmer | |
#35783 | gleaming | |
#45294 | radiate | |
#46663 | glistening | |
#48023 | gleam | |
#53686 | chaff | |
#54185 | twinkling | |
#56223 | glint | |
#56309 | scintillation | |
#101627 | glisten | |
#146956 | incandescence | |
#257374 | smoothen |
How to use glitter in a sentence?
We tried nine or 10 different types of glitter, all food-grade.
All that is gold does not glitter not all those that wander are lost.
All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost.
I've got some insane ideas this year, what if we covered the stadium with glitter ?
Once your eyes glitter by the light, don't dare being in the dark.
Translations for glitter
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- برقArabic
- бляскBelarusian
- бля́съкBulgarian
- bleskCzech
- glitterDanish
- glitzernGerman
- λάμψηGreek
- centellear, brillo, resplandecer, brillar, purpurinaSpanish
- koristehile, kimalle, kimaltaa, välkehtiä, kiiltää, kimmellys, kimmeltää, säihke, kimallus, välke, säihkyäFinnish
- brillerFrench
- glioscarnachIrish
- चमकHindi
- փայլArmenian
- berkilauIndonesian
- glitur, glitraIcelandic
- luccichioItalian
- きらめき, 輝くJapanese
- adventicio fulget,Latin
- бле́сокMacedonian
- schitterenDutch
- glitterNorwegian
- blask, błyszczeć się, lśnić, błyszczeć, połyskiwaćPolish
- glitter, resplandecer, resplendorPortuguese
- блестеть, сверкать, блеснуть, сверкнуть, блескRussian
- bljȇsak, бље̑сак, бле̑сак, блије̑сак, blȇsak, blijȇsakSerbo-Croatian
- bleskSlovak
- blesteti, bleskSlovene
- glitter, glittraSwedish
- ParıltıTurkish
- блищати, сяйво, сяяти, блискUkrainian
- glimönVolapük
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