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Synonyms for glance
glæns, glɑnsglance
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Wiktionary
glanceverb
To look briefly (at something).
She glanced at her reflection as she passed the mirror.
Synonyms:
glimpse
English Synonyms and Antonyms
glance
To see is simply to become conscious of an object of vision; to look is to make a conscious and direct endeavor to see. To behold is to fix the sight and the mind with distinctness and consideration upon something that has come to be clearly before the eyes. We may look without seeing, as in pitch-darkness, and we may see without looking, as in case of a flash of lightning. To gaze is to look intently, long, and steadily upon an object. To glance is to look casually or momentarily. To stare is to look with a fixed intensity such as is the effect of surprise, alarm, or rudeness. To scan is to look at minutely, to note every visible feature. To inspect is to go below the surface, uncover, study item by item. View and survey are comprehensive, survey expressing the greater exactness of measurement or estimate. Watch brings in the element of time and often of wariness; we watch for a movement or change, a signal, the approach of an enemy, etc. Compare APPEAR.
Synonyms:
behold, contemplate, descry, discern, gaze, inspect, look, regard, scan, see, stare, survey, view, watch
Princeton's WordNet
glance, glimpse, coup d'oeilverb
a quick look
Synonyms:
glimpse, coup d'oeilglance, peek, glintverb
throw a glance at; take a brief look at
"She only glanced at the paper"; "I only peeked--I didn't see anything interesting"
glanceverb
hit at an angle
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Editors Contribution
quick look
to look and put your eyes away. the eyes is not glued to what its look. it was quick look. he glanced at the house.
Submitted by halimat_l on November 30, 2019
Dictionary of English Synonymes
glancenoun
glancenoun
Synonyms:
glimpse, transitory view, rapid lookglanceverb
glanceverb
Synonyms:
flit, dart, snatch a momentary lookglanceverb
Synonyms:
dart aside, fly off obliquely
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
Nicknames
List of known nicknames for "Glance":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#64 | see | |
#79 | view | |
#446 | look | |
#871 | watch | |
#1288 | survey | |
#1347 | overview | |
#1566 | eye | |
#3876 | regard | |
#3956 | scan | |
#4440 | glance | |
#4813 | vista | |
#4976 | sight | |
#9051 | shine | |
#13099 | inspect | |
#14248 | behold | |
#14424 | glitter | |
#14766 | glimpse | |
#15218 | peek | |
#16626 | wink | |
#16957 | gaze | |
#17937 | stare | |
#18435 | heartbeat | |
#26968 | discern | |
#27578 | contemplate | |
#40632 | jiffy | |
#48023 | gleam | |
#56223 | glint | |
#101627 | glisten | |
#274347 | descry |
How to use glance in a sentence?
The idea came quickly, one glance at the cooler and I saw the shape and color scheme of an old split-window.
What I don’t like are the notifications, because they aren’t contextual and there’s no way to filter them based on what I want to see and what I don’t want to see, google Glass could have solved the ergonomic problem with having to glance down at a smartphone constantly, yet having every single text message and email pop-up is not helpful.
I need to do a better job of just giving things a chance, experiencing things, not writing them off at first glance.
You can look at their face, you can see their eyes glance over at the logo and what it says, and then it's either a face of curiosity or fear.
Any one must see at a glance that if men and women marry those whom they do not love, they must love those whom they do not marry.
Translations for glance
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- cop d'ullCatalan, Valencian
- letmý, pohledCzech
- Streifblick, blicken, Glanz, Blick, SteinkohleGerman
- vistazo, mirada, ojear, pispear, mirar, echar un vistazoSpanish
- pilk, pilku heitmaEstonian
- silmätä, pälyillä, kiilto, kiille, vilkaisu, vilkaista, silmäysFinnish
- coup d'œil, jeter un coup d’œilFrench
- spléachadhIrish
- plathadh, sùilScottish Gaelic
- झलकHindi
- pillantásHungarian
- sekilasIndonesian
- occhiata, scorsa, dare un'occhiata, guardata, sguardo, sbirciataItalian
- 一目, 一目見る, 一瞥Japanese
- ನೋಟKannada
- چاو بخشێنهKurdish
- glanceLatin
- kaperua, karipiMāori
- spojrzeniePolish
- deflexão, relancePortuguese
- глянуть, взглянуть, взглядRussian
- చూపులోTelugu
- loged viföfikVolapük
- 一瞥Chinese
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