Synonyms for blink
- verb
- noun
Definitions
- v. 1
To close and reopen both eyes quickly.
The loser in the staring game is the person who blinks first.
- v. 2
To close and reopen both eyes quickly. To close and reopen one's eyes to remove (something) from on or around the eyes.
She blinked her tears away.
- v. 3
To close and reopen both eyes quickly. To wink; to twinkle with, or as with, the eye.
- n. 1
The act of quickly closing both eyes and opening them again.
Related words
- Word family
- blinker blinkless
- Phrases
- blink comparator blink microscope on the blink
Example sentences
- flash I think I'll save all my files on the flash drive.
- wink She disappeared leaving only a conspiratorial wink.
- twinkle The plane disappeared in the twinkle of an eye.
- winkle Rip Van Winkle slept for twenty years.
By length
- 4 letters
- wink1
- 5 letters
- avoid2, flash1, evade2, waver2
- 6 letters
- ignore2, winkle2
- 7 letters
- twinkle2, winking2, nictate
- 8 letters
- overlook3
- 9 letters
- disregard3, nictitate, nictation
- 11 letters
- nictitation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (avoid2 = 2 syllables).