Synonyms for GLIMMER
ˈglɪm ərglim·mer

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. glimmernoun

   To shine with a faint light.

   The fireflies glimmered in the dark.

   Synonyms:
   shimmer, flicker

2. glimmernoun

   A flash of light.

   Synonyms:
   sparkle

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. glimmer

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

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.5 / 4 votes

1. gleam, gleaming, glimmernoun

   a flash of light (especially reflected light)

   Synonyms:
   intimation, lambency, glimmering, glimmer, gleaming, gleam, inkling, glow

2. inkling, intimation, glimmering, glimmerverb

   a slight suggestion or vague understanding

   "he had no inkling what was about to happen"

   Synonyms:
   intimation, glimmering, breath, glimmer, gleaming, gleam, inkling, hint

3. gleam, glimmerverb

   shine brightly, like a star or a light

   Synonyms:
   gleam, glint, shine, glitter, glimmer, glisten

Matched Categories

1. • Flash
   • Radiate

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. glimmerverb

   Synonyms:
   shine (faintly), gleam, glitter

2. glimmernoun

   Synonyms:
   gleam (of faint, unsteady light), ray, beam

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:3.0 / 2 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "glimmer":

   gleam, glow, ray, beacon, glimpse, spark, flicker, modicum, light, flash, blink, iight

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How to use GLIMMER in a sentence?

1. Ghyslain Wattrelos:

   This doesn't give hope, this is a moment I have been fearing, as long as there wasn't any evidence of a crash, of wounded, of dead or whatever, there was a little glimmer of hope for us.

2. Thomas Lynch:

   The economic piece is really important to get a glimmer of hope for Afghanistan to move beyond a land-locked, poppy-based economy. We are now shooting that in the head.

3. Thomas Campbell:

   Cease, every joy, to glimmer on my mind, But leave---oh! leave the light of Hope behind.

4. Gary Schuler:

   A classic emerald cut like this one allows for a wide expanse of pure material to be viewed without the distraction of a more complex facet arrangement, it's almost like looking at the glimmer of a reflecting pool.

5. Caitlyn Jenner:

   California has been my home for nearly 50 years. I came here because I knew that anyone, regardless of their background or station in life, could turn their dreams into reality, but for the past decade, we have seen the glimmer of the Golden State reduced by one-party rule that places politics over progress and special interests over people. Sacramento needs an honest leader with a clear vision.