Synonyms for sparkling
- adjective
- noun
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Bright — of an object, reflecting light as if giving off tiny sparks or flashes of light
bright, twinkling, glittering, sparkly, shining, brilliant, glowing, radiant, lively, coruscant, glistering, scintillant, astar, ignescent, scintillating, luminous, glittery, splendid
2. Effervescent
effervescent, bubbly, fizzy, light, carbonated, ebullient, spirited, piquant, racy, gassy, bubblicious, vivacious, frothy
Noun
1. Twinkle
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Of an object, reflecting light as if giving off tiny sparks or flashes of light.
- adj. 2
Of a beverage, especially an alcoholic beverage, containing dissolved carbon dioxide (either naturally or that has been added) that comes out of solution in the form of many tiny bubbles.
- n. 1
Act or appearance of something that sparkles; a sparkle; a gleam.
Related words
- Word family
- sparklingly
- Phrases
- sparkling water
Forms
- Plural
- sparklings → twinkles, scintillations…
Example sentences
- shining Yoshkar-Ola, Mari city, you're shining with glory.
- glittering The sea's surface is glittering in the sunlight.
- twinkling He gazed longingly at the stars twinkling above.
- bubbly I want champagne, and make sure its super bubbly.
- effervescent They looked effervescent in their costumes.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| sparkling | rising | |
| shining | rising | |
| glittering | rising | |
| sparkly | rising | |
| twinkling | rising | |
| bubbly | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- racy2
- 5 letters
- light1, fizzy, gassy, astar
- 6 letters
- bright1, lively2, bubbly2, frothy2
- 7 letters
- shining2, glowing2, radiant3, twinkle2, sparkly2, piquant2
- 8 letters
- splendid2, spirited3, luminous3, glittery3
- 9 letters
- brilliant2, twinkling3, vivacious3, coruscant, ebullient3, ignescent
- 10 letters
- glittering3, carbonated4, glistering
- 11 letters
- bubblicious, scintillant
- 12 letters
- effervescent4
- 13 letters
- scintillating, scintillation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (racy2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- pétillant