1. (noun) flash
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. (noun) flash
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. (noun) flash, flashing
a short vivid experience
Synonyms: instant, flashbulb, flashgun, heartbeat, news bulletin, flash, photoflash, split second, flare, flash bulb, wink, newsbreak, flashing, newsflash, jiffy, ostentation, flash lamp, blink of an eye, fanfare, trice, twinkling Antonyms: tasteful
4. (noun) flash
a sudden brilliant understanding
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. (noun) blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling, wink, New York minute
a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)
Synonyms: nictitation, second, instant, blinking, flashbulb, pulse, flashgun, eye blink, beat, heartbeat, minute, news bulletin, moment, flash, 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. (noun) ostentation, fanfare, flash
a gaudy outward display
Synonyms: flare, instant, flashbulb, news bulletin, inflation, flash lamp, flashgun, tucket, heartbeat, flourish, pompousness, flash, 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. (noun) flare, flash
a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate
Synonyms: solar flare, instant, flashbulb, flashgun, heartbeat, flash, 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. (noun) news bulletin, newsflash, flash, newsbreak
a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story
Synonyms: instant, flashbulb, flashgun, heartbeat, news bulletin, flash, photoflash, split second, flare, flash bulb, wink, newsbreak, flashing, newsflash, jiffy, ostentation, flash lamp, blink of an eye, fanfare, trice, twinkling Antonyms: tasteful
9. (noun) flash
a bright patch of color used for decoration or identification
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. (adj) flash, photoflash, flash lamp, flashgun, flashbulb, flash bulb
a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph
Synonyms: instant, flashbulb, flashgun, heartbeat, news bulletin, flash, photoflash, split second, flare, flash bulb, wink, newsbreak, flashing, newsflash, jiffy, ostentation, flash lamp, blink of an eye, fanfare, trice, twinkling Antonyms: tasteful
11. (verb) brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy
tastelessly showy
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, flash, showy, tacky, gilded, rubbishy Antonyms: tasteful
12. (verb) flash, blink, wink, twinkle, winkle
gleam or glow intermittently
Synonyms: scintillate, winkle out, blink away, shoot, scoot, flash, swank, show off, nictitate, blink, winkle, wink, scud, nictate, twinkle, dart, flaunt, dash, ostentate Antonyms: tasteful
13. (verb) flash
appear briefly
Synonyms: winkle, ostentate, shoot, scoot, dart, blink, show off, twinkle, scud, swank, dash, wink, flaunt Antonyms: tasteful
14. (verb) flaunt, flash, show off, ostentate, swank
display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously
Synonyms: twinkle, ostentate, winkle, shoot, scoot, dart, flash, blink, show off, scud, swank, dash, wink, flaunt Antonyms: tasteful
15. (verb) flash
make known or cause to appear with great speed
Synonyms: winkle, ostentate, shoot, scoot, dart, blink, show off, twinkle, scud, swank, dash, wink, flaunt Antonyms: tasteful
16. (verb) dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot
run or move very quickly or hastily
Synonyms: bourgeon, winkle, shoot, swank, burgeon forth, scud, frighten away, sprout, hit, crash, film, flash, 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. (verb) flash
expose or show briefly
Synonyms: winkle, ostentate, shoot, scoot, dart, blink, show off, twinkle, scud, swank, dash, wink, flaunt Antonyms: tasteful
18. (verb) flash
protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal
Synonyms: winkle, ostentate, shoot, scoot, dart, blink, show off, twinkle, scud, swank, dash, wink, flaunt Antonyms: tasteful
19. (verb) flash
emit a brief burst of light
Synonyms: winkle, ostentate, shoot, scoot, dart, blink, show off, twinkle, scud, swank, dash, wink, flaunt Antonyms: tasteful
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