Synonyms for glitter
ˈglɪt ərglit·ter

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1. glitter

   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, glow, 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. glitter, glister, glisten, scintillation, sparklenoun

   the quality of shining with a bright reflected light

   Synonyms:
   twinkle, sparkle, glisten, spark, sparkling, light, glister, scintillation, coruscation

2. glitter, sparkle, coruscationverb

   the occurrence of a small flash or spark

   Synonyms:
   twinkle, sparkle, glisten, spark, light, glister, scintillation, coruscation

3. glitter, glisten, glint, gleam, shineverb

   be shiny, as if wet

   "His eyes were glistening"

   Synonyms:
   smooth, shine, beam, glimmer, peek, radiate, polish, reflect, glance, smoothen, gleam, strike, glint, fall, glisten, glow

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1. glitterverb

   Synonyms:
   glisten, glister, sparkle, gleam, flare, glare, make a splendid show

2. glitternoun

   Synonyms:
   sparkle, glister, lustre, brilliancy, splendor, brightness, shine, radiance

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1. glitternoun

   Synonyms:
   brilliancy, shine, gleam, fulgency, radiance

2. glitterverb

   Synonyms:
   sparkle, gleam, glisten, glister

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1. List of paraphrases for "glitter":

   chaff

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1. Erik Pevernagie:

   Real friends are rare pearls which glitter when they are needed. Pigs should not make friends with butchers.

2. Katy Perry:

   I've got some insane ideas this year, what if we covered the stadium with glitter ?

3. Pope Francis:

   The story of Naaman reminds us that Christmas is the time when each of us needs to find the courage to take off our armor, discard the trappings of our roles, our social recognition and the glitter of this world and adopt the humility of Naaman.

4. Richard Thompson:

   I was quite concerned when somebody bought my daughters some shower gel that had glitter particles in it, that stuff is going to escape down the plughole and potentially enter the environment.

5. J. R. R. Tolkien:

   All that is gold does not glitter not all those that wander are lost.