Synonyms for glow
- noun
- verb
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A state of heat and light being emitted by a hot object.
- n. 2
A state of heat being emitted by a person or an animal's body.
- n. 3
A state of light being emitted by something (for example, a bioluminescent animal or fungus, or a mineral) which is not hot; luminescence.
- v. 1
To emit heat and light without a flame.
Iron glows red hot when heated to near its melting point.
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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
- brightness Each night we spot the brightness in the distance.
- gleaming A few faint stars were gleaming in the violet sky.
- gleam She's happy and you can tell by the gleam in her eyes.
- enthusiasm He destroyed all of my enthusiasm to learn Berber.
- warmth The landscape was bathed by the warmth of the sun.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| glow | rising | |
| brightness | steady | |
| gleaming | rising | |
| gleam | rising | |
| lambency | steady | |
| enthusiasm | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- born1, heat1, beam1, zeal1
- 5 letters
- light1, shine1, bloom1, flush1, glare1, gleam1, ardor2
- 6 letters
- spirit2, warmth1, luster2, lustre2, fervor2, ardour
- 7 letters
- passion2, sparkle2, radiate3, fervour
- 8 letters
- gleaming2, radiance3, fervency, lambency
- 9 letters
- freshness2, vehemence3
- 10 letters
- enthusiasm5, brightness2
- 11 letters
- impetuosity
- 12 letters
- luminescence4
- 13 letters
- incandescence
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ardor2 = 2 syllables).