Synonyms for GLOW
gloʊglow

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1. glow

   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, glitter, illumination, incandescence, light, luster, scintillation, sheen, shimmer, shine, shining, sparkle, twinkle, twinkling

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

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1. freshness, glownoun

   an alert and refreshed state

   Synonyms:
   incandescence, gall, lambency, insolence, novelty, radiance, luminescence, crust, gleaming, impudence, gleam, cheekiness, glow, glowing, impertinence, freshness

2. luminescence, glownoun

   light from nonthermal sources

   Synonyms:
   incandescence, radiance, luminescence, freshness, gleaming, gleam, lambency, glow, glowing

3. incandescence, glownoun

   the phenomenon of light emission by a body as its temperature is raised

   Synonyms:
   incandescence, radiance, luminescence, freshness, gleaming, gleam, lambency, glow, glowing

4. glownoun

   a feeling of considerable warmth

   "the glow of new love"; "a glow of regret"

   Synonyms:
   incandescence, radiance, luminescence, freshness, gleaming, gleam, lambency, glowing

5. glownoun

   a steady even light without flames

   Synonyms:
   incandescence, radiance, luminescence, freshness, gleaming, gleam, lambency, glowing

6. radiance, glow, glowingnoun

   the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface

   Synonyms:
   refulgence, lambency, incandescence, refulgency, luminescence, freshness, effulgence, shine, gleam, gleaming, radiance, glow, glowing, radiancy

7. gleam, gleaming, glow, lambencyverb

   an appearance of reflected light

   Synonyms:
   radiance, incandescence, lambency, luminescence, glimmer, gleaming, gleam, glow, glowing, freshness

8. glowverb

   emit a steady even light without flames

   "The fireflies were glowing and flying about in the garden"

   Synonyms:
   shine, beam, burn, radiate

9. glow, beam, radiate, shineverb

   have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink

   "Her face glowed when she came out of the sauna"

   Synonyms:
   smooth, shine, beam, reflect, diversify, ray, radiate, strike, burn, broadcast, smoothen, glitter, air, polish, gleam, transmit, glint, fall, glisten, glow, send

10. burn, glowverb

    shine intensely, as if with heat

    "The coals were glowing in the dark"; "The candles were burning"

    Synonyms:
    shine, beam, burn up, radiate, burn, cut, incinerate, sunburn, sting, combust, burn down, burn off, bite, cauterize, glow, cauterise, fire

11. glowverb

    be exuberant or high-spirited

    "Make the people's hearts glow"

    Synonyms:
    shine, beam, burn, radiate

12. glow, beam, radiate, shineverb

    experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion

    "She was beaming with joy"; "Her face radiated with happiness"

    Synonyms:
    smooth, shine, beam, reflect, diversify, ray, radiate, strike, burn, broadcast, smoothen, glitter, air, polish, gleam, transmit, glint, fall, glisten, glow, send

Matched Categories

1. • Feel
   • Feeling
   • Good Health
   • Light
   • Luminosity
   • Radiate

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1. smoldered

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1. glowverb

   Synonyms:
   be incandescent

2. glowverb

   Synonyms:
   shine brightly

3. glowverb

   Synonyms:
   burn, be hot

4. glowverb

   Synonyms:
   be ardent, be warm, feel intensely

5. glownoun

   Synonyms:
   incandescence, white heat

6. glownoun

   Synonyms:
   brightness, bright color

7. glownoun

   Synonyms:
   ardor, vehemence, impetuosity, fervency, fervor, enthusiasm

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1. List of paraphrases for "glow":

   glimmer, shine, preheat, shard, gleam, luminescence, brightness, sliver, glare, sparkle

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1. Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim:

   Who could tell what forms, what visions, what faces, what forgiveness he could see in the glow of the west!

2. Lance Whipple:

   Every time that we go to a table and we say that we’re participating in it, everybody’s eyes glow, it’s just such an easy sell because everybody loves Girl Scout cookies.

3. Alan Marshall Beck:

   What is a husband He is the one who, with a touch, can bring back the starlight and glow of years long ago. At least he hopes he can-don't disappoint him.

4. Ramayana:

   Men hail the rising sun with glee, They love his setting glow to see, But fail to mark that every day In fragments bears their life away.

5. Bertram Malle:

   If Bertram Malle then wish for something that Bertram Malle can control, Bertram Malle might strengthen Bertram Malle goal and initiate planning and persistence ; if Bertram Malle wish for something Bertram Malle can not control, Bertram Malle might at least have the momentary glow of an imagined world.