Synonyms for gleaming

Most common

glow · lambency · glinting · shining

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

Adjective

Antonyms

dull, dim, matte

All antonyms of gleaming →

Definitions

1. n. 1

   A flash of reflected light.

2. adj. 1

   Having a bright sheen.

   The knight rode into battle with a gleaming sword.

Forms

Plural

gleamings → glows, lambencies, glintings, shinings…

Example sentences

• glow The green lampshade casts a warm glow in the room.
• shining Yoshkar-Ola, Mari city, you're shining with glory.
• glinting The gold was glinting in the sun.
• glimmer There was a glimmer of light from the dark window.

Popularity over time

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

By length

4 letters

glow¹

5 letters

light¹, nitid

6 letters

bright¹, glassy², agleam²

7 letters

shining², glowing², glimmer², beaming²

8 letters

luminous³, lustrous², glinting², lambency

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (glassy² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

rutilance