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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blink |
| Synonyms: | flash, flicker, gleam, glimmer, glint, glitter, spark, sparkle, twinkle |
| Main Entry: | glance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reflection of light |
| Synonyms: | coruscation, flash, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, shimmer, sparkle, twinkle |
| Notes: | a glance captures more than a glimpse; the verb glance takes no object while glimpse does |
| Main Entry: | gleam |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brightness, sparkle |
| Synonyms: | beam, brilliance, coruscation, flash, flicker, glance, glim, glimmer, glint, glitz, gloss, glow, luster, ray, scintillation, sheen, shimmer, splendor, twinkle |
| Antonyms: | dullness |
| Main Entry: | glimmer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | flash, sparkle |
| Synonyms: | blink, coruscation, flicker, glance, gleam, glint, glow, grain, hint, inkling, ray, scintillation, shimmer, suggestion, trace, twinkle |
| Antonyms: | dullness |
| Main Entry: | glitter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brilliance, sparkle |
| Synonyms: | beam, brightness, coruscation, display, flash, gaudiness, glamour, glare, gleam, glint, glisten, glister, glitz, luster, pageantry, radiance, scintillation, sheen, shimmer, shine, show, showiness, splendor, tinsel, twinkle, zap |
| Antonyms: | dullness |
| Main Entry: | intelligence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability to perceive, understand |
| Synonyms: | IQ, acuity, acumen, agility, alertness, aptitude, brainpower, brains, brightness, brilliance, capacity, cleverness, comprehension, coruscation, discernment, gray matter, intellect, judgment, luminosity, mentality, mind, penetration, perception, perspicacity, precocity, quickness, quotient, reason, sagacity, savvy, sense, skill, smarts, subtlety, the right stuff, trenchancy, understanding, what it takes, wit |
| Antonyms: | ignorance, inability, ineptness |
| Main Entry: | light |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | luminescence from sun or other source |
| Synonyms: | aurora, beacon, blaze, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, bulb, candle, coruscation, dawn, daybreak, daylight, daytime, effulgence, emanation, flare, flash, fulgor, glare, gleam, glimmer, glint, glitter, glow, illumination, incandescence, irradiation, lambency, lamp, lantern, lighthouse, luminosity, luster, morn, morning, phosphorescence, radiance, radiation, ray, refulgence, scintillation, sheen, shine, sparkle, splendor, star, sun, sunbeam, sunrise, sunshine, taper, torch, window |
| Antonyms: | dark, darkness, night, obscurity |
| Main Entry: | shimmer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gleam |
| Synonyms: | blinking, coruscation, diffused light, flash, glimmer, glint, glisten, glitter, gloss, glow, incandescence, iridescence, luster, phosphorescence, scintillation, sheen, spangle, spark, sparkle, twinkle |
| Antonyms: | dullness |
| Main Entry: | sparkle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | glitter, shine |
| Synonyms: | animation, brilliance, coruscation, dash, dazzle, flash, flicker, gaiety, gleam, glimmer, glint, glitz, glow, life, panache, radiance, scintillation, shimmer, show, spark, spirit, twinkle, vim, vitality, vivacity, zap, zip, élan |
| Antonyms: | dullness |
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