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Synonyms for glare

23 synonyms
2 antonyms
2 meanings

noun
verb

Most common

light gleam glow shine public eye spotlight

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Gleam

light, gleam, glow, shine, beam, radiance, flare, brilliance, dazzle, blaze, radiate, glint, glance, luster US, lustre UK, splendor US, splendour UK

2. Public eye

public eye, spotlight, limelight

Verb

glower, look, frown

Antonyms

All antonyms of glare →

Definitions

n. 1
An intense, blinding light.
n. 2
Showy brilliance; gaudiness.
v. 1
To stare angrily.
He walked in late, with the teacher glaring at him the whole time.

Related words

Word family: glaringly
Phrases: death glare glare daggers

Forms

Plural: glares → lights, gleams, glows, shines…
Past participle: glared
e.g. glared → glowered, looked, frowned…

Choose the right word

Glare or Glow?

The glare and glow are steady, the glare painfully bright, the glow subdued; as, the glare of torches; the glow of dying embers.

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

Example sentences

shine The stars shine brightly in the vastness of space.
beam She wobbled as she walked across the balance beam.
glow The green lampshade casts a warm glow in the room.
gleam She's happy and you can tell by the gleam in her eyes.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
glare		rising
shine		rising
beam		falling
glow		rising
gleam		rising

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

By length

4 letters: look¹, beam¹, glow¹
5 letters: light¹, shine¹, blaze¹, flare¹, frown¹, gleam¹, glint¹
6 letters: glance¹, dazzle², luster², lustre², glower²
7 letters: radiate³
8 letters: radiance³, splendor²
9 letters: spotlight², limelight², splendour
10 letters: brilliance²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (dazzle² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: éclat
Italiano: scheggia
Español: astilla
Deutsch: Splitter
Català: esclat