What is another word for gleams?

Pronunciation: [ɡlˈiːmz] (IPA)

There are a variety of synonyms for the word "gleams". Some possibilities include shines, glistens, sparkles, twinkles, glimmers, flashes, flickers, and shimmers. Each of these words conveys a sense of brightness or luminosity, though they may differ slightly in tone or connotation. For example, "sparkles" might suggest a more energetic or effervescent quality, while "glimmers" might suggest a slight or hesitant shine. Depending on the context, any of these synonyms (or others) might be appropriate for describing a glimmering light, a shining object, or a moment of brilliance.

What are the hypernyms for Gleams?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Gleams

This short conversation, some weeks on in the story, lets in one or two gleams of side-light.
"Somehow Good"
William de Morgan
What shifting of vapours and clouds, what flashes of bright sun-gleams, then twilight at midday!
"The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries"
W. Y. Evans Wentz
Her eyes shone with soft blue gleams.
"The Desert of Wheat"
Zane Grey

Famous quotes with Gleams

  • They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night once more.
    Samuel Beckett
  • Danger gleams like sunshine to a brave man's eyes.
    Euripides
  • Truth is the torch that gleams through the fog without dispelling it.
    Claude Adrien Helvetius
  • I have designed my style pantomimes as white ink drawings on black backgrounds, so that man's destiny appears as a thread lost in an endless labyrinth. I have tried to shed some gleams of light on the shadow of man startled by his anguish.
    Marcel Marceau
  • All experience is an arch wherethrough gleams that untravelled world whose margin fades for ever and for ever when I move.
    Alfred Lord Tennyson

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