Synonyms of the word

glint

• n. A short flash of light.
• adj. (archaic, Shropshire, of a blade) Not sharp; dull.
• v. To flash briefly.
• v. To glance; to peep forth, as a flower from the bud; to glitter.
• v. (archaic, Shropshire) To dry; to wither.

appear

• v. (intransitive) To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.
• v. (intransitive) To come before the public.
• v. (intransitive) To stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge,…
• v. (intransitive) To become visible to the apprehension of the mind; to be known as a subject of observation…
• v. (intransitive, copulative) To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.

brightness

• n. The quality of being bright.
• n. The perceived luminance of an object.
• n. Intelligence, cleverness.

flash

• v. To briefly illuminate a scene.
• v. To blink; to shine or illuminate intermittently.
• v. To be visible briefly.
• v. To make visible briefly.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, informal) To briefly, and in most cases inadvertently, expose one's naked body…
• v. (transitive, informal) To show or expose an "inappropriate" part of the body to someone for humorous reasons…
• v. (figuratively) To break forth like a sudden flood of light; to show a momentary brilliance.
• v. To flaunt; to display in a showy manner.
• v. To communicate quickly.
• v. To move, or cause to move, suddenly.
• v. (transitive) To telephone a person, only allowing the phone to ring once, in order to request a call back.
• v. (intransitive, of liquid) To evaporate suddenly. (See flash evaporation.).
• v. (transitive, climbing) To climb (a route) successfully on the first attempt.
• v. (computing) To write to the memory of an updatable component such as a BIOS chip or games cartridge.
• v. (glassmaking) To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different colour.
• v. (juggling) To perform a flash.
• v. (metallurgy) To release the pressure from a pressurized vessel.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To trick up in a showy manner.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To strike and throw up large bodies of water from the surface; to splash.
• n. A sudden, short, temporary burst of light.
• n. A very short amount of time.
• n. (colloquial, US) A flashlight; an electric torch.
• n. (figuratively) A sudden and brilliant burst, as of genius or wit.
• n. Material left around the edge of a moulded part at the parting line of the mould.
• n. (Britain, Cockney) The strips of bright cloth or buttons worn around the collars of market traders.
• n. (juggling) A pattern where each prop is thrown and caught only once.
• n. (linguistics) A language, created by a minority to maintain cultural identity, that cannot be understood…
• n. (photography) Clipping of camera flash (“a device used to produce a flash of artificial light to help…
• n. (archaic) A preparation of capsicum, burnt sugar, etc., for colouring liquor to make it look stronger.
• adj. (Britain and New Zealand, slang) Expensive-looking and demanding attention; stylish; showy.
• adj. (Britain, of a person) Having plenty of ready money.
• adj. (Britain, of a person) Liable to show off expensive possessions or money.
• adj. (US, slang) Occurring very rapidly, almost instantaneously.
• n. A pool.
• n. (engineering) A reservoir and sluiceway beside a navigable stream, just above a shoal, so that the stream…

flicker

• n. An unsteady flash of light.
• n. A short moment.
• v. (intransitive) To burn or shine unsteadily. To burn or shine with a wavering light.
• v. (intransitive) To keep going on and off; to appear and disappear for short moments; to flutter.
• v. To flutter; to flap the wings without flying.
• n. (US) A certain type of small woodpecker, especially of the genus Colaptes.
• n. One who flicks.

glance

• v. (intransitive) To look briefly (at something).
• v. (intransitive) To graze a surface.
• v. To sparkle.
• v. To move quickly, appearing and disappearing rapidly; to be visible only for an instant at a time; to move…
• v. To strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside.
• v. (soccer) To hit lightly with the head, make a deft header.
• v. To make an incidental or passing reflection; to allude; to hint; often with at.
• n. A brief or cursory look.
• n. A deflection.
• n. (cricket) A stroke in which the ball is deflected to one side.
• n. A sudden flash of light or splendour.
• n. An incidental or passing thought or allusion.
• n. (mineralogy) Any of various sulphides, mostly dark-coloured, which have a brilliant metallic lustre.
• n. (mineralogy) Glance coal.

gleam

• n. a small or indistinct shaft or stream of light.
• n. a glimpse or hint; an indistinct sign of something.
• n. brightness or shininess; splendor.
• v. To shine; to glitter; to glisten.
• v. To be briefly but strongly apparent.
• v. (obsolete, falconry) To disgorge filth, as a hawk.

glisten

• v. (intransitive, of a wet or greasy surface) To reflect light with a glittering luster; to sparkle, coruscate,…
• n. A glistening shine from a wet surface.

glitter

• n. A bright, sparkling light; shininess or brilliance.
• n. A shiny, decorative adornment, sometimes sprinkled on glue to make simple artwork.
• n. (figuratively) Glitz.
• v. To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam.
• v. To be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive.

look

• v. (intransitive, often with "at") To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.
• v. To appear, to seem.
• v. (copulative) To give an appearance of being.
• v. (intransitive, often with "for") To search for, to try to find.
• v. To face or present a view.
• v. To expect or anticipate.
• v. (transitive) To express or manifest by a look.
• v. (transitive, often with "to") To make sure of, to see to.
• v. (dated, sometimes figuratively) To show oneself in looking.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To look at; to turn the eyes toward.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To seek; to search for.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To expect.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To influence, overawe, or subdue by looks or presence.
• v. (baseball) To look at a pitch as a batter without swinging at it.
• interj. Pay attention.
• n. The action of looking, an attempt to see.
• n. (often plural) Physical appearance, visual impression.
• n. A facial expression.

peek

• v. To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep.
• v. To be only slightly, partially visible, as if peering out from a hiding place.
• v. (computing, transitive) To retrieve (a value) from a memory address.
• v. Misspelling of pique.

seem

• v. (copulative) To appear; to look outwardly; to be perceived as.
• v. (obsolete) To befit; to beseem.

shine

• v. (intransitive) To emit light.
• v. (intransitive) To reflect light.
• v. (intransitive) To distinguish oneself; to excel.
• v. (intransitive) To be effulgent in splendour or beauty.
• v. (intransitive) To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers.
• v. (intransitive) To be immediately apparent.
• v. (transitive) To create light with (a flashlight, lamp, torch, or similar).
• v. (transitive) To cause to shine, as a light.
• v. (US, transitive) To make bright; to cause to shine by reflected light.
• n. Brightness from a source of light.
• n. Brightness from reflected light.
• n. Excellence in quality or appearance.
• n. Shoeshine.
• n. Sunshine.
• n. (slang) Moonshine.
• n. (cricket) The amount of shininess on a cricket ball, or on each side of the ball.
• n. (slang) A liking for a person; a fancy.
• n. (archaic, slang) A caper; an antic; a row.
• v. (transitive) To cause (something) to shine; put a shine on (something); polish (something).
• v. (transitive, cricket) To polish a cricket ball using saliva and one’s clothing.

spark

• n. A small particle of glowing matter, either molten or on fire.
• n. A short or small burst of electrical discharge.
• n. A small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle.
• n. (figuratively) A small amount of something, such as an idea, that has the potential to become something…
• n. (in plural sparks but treated as a singular) A ship's radio operator.
• n. (Britain, slang) An electrician.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To trigger, kindle into activity (an argument, etc).
• v. (transitive) To light; to kindle.
• v. (intransitive) To give off a spark or sparks.
• n. A gallant, a foppish young man.
• n. A beau, lover.
• v. To woo, court.