Synonyms for scintillation

15 synonyms
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noun

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Noun

1. Sparkle — A flash of light; a spark

sparkle, light, flash, twinkling, glitter, sparkling, spark, twinkle, glisten, glister, coruscation, glint, gleam, glimmer

Other

emication dated

Definitions

n. 1
A flash of light; a spark.

Related words

Word family: scintillate scintillating
Phrases: scintillation camera scintillation counter scintillation detector

Forms

Plural: scintillations → sparkles, lights, flashes, twinklings…

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Scintillation, Sparkle, Light or Scintillations?

A sparkle is a sudden light, as of sparks thrown out; scintillation is the more exact and scientific term for the actual emission of sparks, also the figurative term for what suggests such emission; as, scintillations of wit or of genius.

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

Example sentences

flash I think I'll save all my files on the flash drive.
glitter Just a little more glitter here, and we're done.
sparkle Let's make those teeth sparkle with some brushing.
twinkling He gazed longingly at the stars twinkling above.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
scintillation		falling
flash		rising
glitter		rising
sparkle		rising
twinkling		rising

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

By length

5 letters: light¹, flash¹, spark¹, gleam¹, glint¹
7 letters: glitter², sparkle², twinkle², glimmer², glisten², glister
9 letters: sparkling², twinkling³, emication
11 letters: coruscation

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

In other languages

Français: scintillation