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Synonyms for glance

  • verb
  • noun

Most common

glimpse glint gleam flash

All synonyms

Verb

glimpse, peek informal, glint, gleam, flash, shine, beam, glitter, glimmer, glare, glisten

Noun

graze, coup d'oeil, clegg, shufti slang UK

Antonyms

stare, gaze, scrutiny

All antonyms of glance →

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To turn (one's eyes or look) at something, often briefly.

  2. n. 1

    A brief or cursory look.

Related words

Phrases
glance over at first glance lead glance silver glance glance coal
Is a kind of
look

Forms

Plural
glances → grazes, cleggs, shuftis…
Past participle
glanced
e.g. glanced → looked, glimpsed, peeked, glinted…

Choose the right word

Glance or Look?

To glance is to look casually or momentarily.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • glimpse I caught a glimpse of him as he turned the corner.
  • gleam She's happy and you can tell by the gleam in her eyes.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
glancerising
glimpserising
gleamrising
glintrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
look1, beam1, peek1
5 letters
flash1, shine1, glare1, clegg1, gleam1, graze1, glint1
6 letters
shufti
7 letters
glimpse1, glitter2, glimmer2, glisten2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (glitter2 = 2 syllables).