Synonyms for glitter
- verb
- noun
Definitions
- v. 1
To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam.
the glittering ornaments on a Christmas tree
- n. 1
A bright, sparkling light; shininess or brilliance.
Related words
- Word family
- glitterbilly glittery glitterant
- Phrases
- glitter ball glitter rock
Choose the right word
Glimmer, glitter, and shimmer denote wavering light. 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.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- shine The stars shine brightly in the vastness of space.
- glimmer There was a glimmer of light from the dark window.
- gleam She's happy and you can tell by the gleam in her eyes.
- glisten The morning sun makes the hoarfrost on the twigs and branches glisten.
By length
- 4 letters
- glam1
- 5 letters
- flash1, shine1, gleam1, glint1
- 6 letters
- glance1, tinsel2
- 7 letters
- glimpse1, sparkle2, twinkle2, glimmer2, shimmer2, radiate3, glisten2, glister
- 8 letters
- splendor2
- 9 letters
- splendour, coruscate
- 11 letters
- coruscation
- 13 letters
- scintillation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tinsel2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- étinceler
- Italiano
- scintillare
- Deutsch
- glitzern