Need another word that means the same as “glimpse”? Find 17 synonyms and 30 related words for “glimpse” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Glimpse” are: coup d'oeil, glance, brief look, quick look, catch sight of, catch a glimpse of, get a glimpse of, see briefly, get a sight of, notice, discern, spot, spy, sight, note, pick out, make out
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “glimpse” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| brief look | A condensed written summary or abstract. |
| coup d'oeil | A sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force. |
| glance | A quick look. Fish sporting with quick glance Show to the Sun their wav d coats. |
| quick look | Any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “glimpse” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| catch a glimpse of | Perceive by hearing. |
| catch sight of | Apprehend and reproduce accurately. |
| discern | Distinguish (someone or something) with difficulty by sight or with the other senses. I can discern no difference between the two policies. |
| get a glimpse of | Overcome or destroy. |
| get a sight of | Receive as a retribution or punishment. |
| make out | Compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way. |
| note | Make a written note of. She noted that someone was following her. |
| notice | Notice or perceive. She looked so much better that Sir Charles noticed it to Lady Harriet. |
| pick out | Remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits. |
| see briefly | See and understand, have a good eye. |
| sight | Catch sight of to perceive with the eyes. Tell me when you sight London Bridge. |
| spot | Make a spot or mark onto. It was still spotting with rain. |
| spy | Watch, observe, or inquire secretly. He agreed to spy for the West. |
| askance | Directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy- Elizabeth Bowen. Her eyes with their misted askance look. |
| at | 100 at equal 1 kip in Laos. |
| brief | Instruct a barrister by brief. Introductions were brief and polite. |
| exigent | Pressing; demanding. Became more exigent over his pronunciation. |
| extempore | Without preparation. He recited the poem extempore. |
| extemporize | Manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand. He extemporized at the piano. |
| glance | Throw a glance at take a brief look at. Simpson glanced Statham s fourth ball. |
| hairstyle | The arrangement of the hair (especially a woman’s hair. |
| immediate | Immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect. No changes are envisaged in the immediate future. |
| imminent | Close in time; about to occur. They were in imminent danger of being swept away. |
| impromptu | A short piece of instrumental music, especially a solo, that is reminiscent of an improvisation. A witty impromptu must not sound premeditated. |
| improvised | Done or made using whatever is available; makeshift. An improvised short speech. |
| instant | Instant coffee. For an instant the moon disappeared. |
| look | Of a building or room have an outlook in a specified direction. This project looks fishy. |
| moment | A quantity that expresses the average or expected value of the first second third or fourth power of the deviation of each component of a frequency distribution from a given value typically mean or zero The first moment is the mean the second moment the variance the third moment the skew and the fourth moment the kurtosis. She would always remember the moment they met. |
| offhand | Without previous thought or preparation. Replied offhand his mind a million miles away. |
| onlooker | A non-participating observer; a spectator. A crowd of fascinated onlookers. |
| peek | Look quickly or furtively. Faces peeked from behind twitched curtains. |
| quick | Moving quickly and lightly. A quick temper. |
| rummage | (of a customs officer) make a thorough search of (a vessel. Our brief was to rummage as many of the vessels as possible. |
| sidelong | With the side toward someone or something- Nathaniel Hawthorne. Sidelong glances. |
| sideways | Denoting a job or position at the same level as one previously held rather than one resulting from promotion or demotion. She tilted her body sideways. |
| snapshot | A shot in soccer or hockey taken quickly with little backlift. A collection of family snapshots. |
| sojourn | A temporary stay (e.g., as a guest. She had sojourned once in Egypt. |
| squint | The act of squinting looking with the eyes partly closed. The children squinted so as to scare each other. |
| stare | Look at with fixed eyes. She gave him a cold stare. |
| stopgap | Something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency. Transplants are only a stopgap until more sophisticated alternatives can work. |
| suspiciously | With suspicion. What s going on I asked suspiciously. |
| visit | Pay a brief visit. They would like to visit Oxford. |
| watch | A watchman or group of watchmen who patrolled and guarded the streets of a town before the introduction of the police force. Lucy watched him go. |
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