Need another word that means the same as “glitter”? Find 32 synonyms and 30 related words for “glitter” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Glitter” are: gleam, glint, glisten, shine, sparkle, twinkle, shimmer, glimmer, flicker, blink, wink, catch the light, flash, spangle, coruscation, glister, scintillation, glamour, excitement, thrills, attractions, appeal
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “glitter” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| appeal | An application to a higher court for a decision to be reversed. An appeal to raise money for starving children. |
| attractions | A characteristic that provides pleasure and attracts. Her personality held a strange attraction for him. |
| blink | A reflex that closes and opens the eyes rapidly. Feargal would have given her all this without a blink. |
| coruscation | A sudden or striking display of brilliance. Coruscations of great wit. |
| excitement | Something that arouses a feeling of excitement. His face was flushed with excitement and his hands trembled. |
| flash | A newsflash. If in any doubt use flash. |
| flicker | An unsteady movement of a flame or light causing rapid variations in brightness. A flicker of a smile passed across her face. |
| glamour | An attractive or exciting quality that makes certain people or things seem appealing. A glamour model. |
| gleam | An appearance of reflected light. She saw a gleam of triumph in his eyes. |
| glimmer | A slight suggestion or vague understanding. There is one glimmer of hope for Becky. |
| glint | A momentary flash of light. She saw the glint of excitement in his eyes. |
| glisten | A sparkling light reflected from something wet. There was a glisten of perspiration across her top lip. |
| glister | A sparkle. |
| scintillation | A small flash of visible or ultraviolet light emitted by fluorescence in a phosphor when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon. Scintillations of diamond hard light. |
| shimmer | A soft, slightly wavering light. The shimmer of colors on iridescent feathers. |
| sparkle | Merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance. He had a sparkle in his eye. |
| thrills | Something that causes you to experience a sudden intense feeling or sensation. The thrills of space travel. |
| twinkle | A sparkle or gleam in a person’s eyes. She looked at me with a grin and a twinkle in her eye. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “glitter” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| blink | Keep back by blinking. She blinked away her tears. |
| catch the light | Perceive by hearing. |
| flash | Appear briefly. Flash the roof. |
| flicker | Flash intermittently. The candle flickered. |
| gleam | Shine brightly, especially with reflected light. Affection gleamed in her large green eyes. |
| glimmer | Shine faintly with a wavering light. The moonlight glimmered on the lawn. |
| glint | Be shiny, as if wet. Her glasses glinted in the firelight. |
| glisten | Be shiny, as if wet. His eyes were glistening. |
| shimmer | Give off a shimmering reflection as of silk. The sea shimmered in the sunlight. |
| shine | Make a surface shine. His talent shines. |
| spangle | Decorate with spangles. Stars spangled the moonless sky. |
| sparkle | Emit or produce sparks. Her earrings sparkled as she turned her head. |
| twinkle | (of a star or light, or a shiny object) shine with a gleam that changes constantly from bright to faint. Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star. |
| wink | Signal by winking. The diamond on her finger winked in the moonlight. |
| beam | An oscillating shaft which transmits the vertical piston movement of a beam engine to the crank or pump. Mission controller beam me up. |
| blink | Try to control or prevent tears by blinking. Out on the marshes there was a blink of light. |
| bright | Brightly. The sun was bright and hot. |
| brighten | Make or become happier and more cheerful. Most of the country should brighten up later. |
| brightly | With brightness. Chattering brightly. |
| brightness | The quality of being intelligent and quick-witted. The brightness of a winter s day. |
| brilliantly | In an extremely intelligent way. This fight was brilliantly choreographed. |
| chandelier | A large, decorative hanging light with branches for several light bulbs or candles. |
| flash | A newsflash. A shooting star flashed and was gone. |
| flicker | Shine unsteadily. Amusement flickered briefly in his eyes. |
| gleam | A faint or brief light, especially one reflected from something. Affection gleamed in her large green eyes. |
| glimmer | A slight suggestion or vague understanding. He saw a faint glimmer of light from her window. |
| glint | A momentary flash of light. The glint of gold in his teeth. |
| glisten | A sparkling light reflected from something wet. There was a glisten of perspiration across her top lip. |
| glow | Shine intensely, as if with heat. Make the people s hearts glow. |
| illumination | A condition of spiritual awareness divine illumination. Higher levels of illumination are needed for reading. |
| illumine | Make lighter or brighter. He moved her lamp so that her face was illumined. |
| light | Switch on an electric light. Do you have a light. |
| lighten | Make or become lighter in weight, pressure, or severity. The strain had lightened. |
| limelight | A focus of public attention. He enjoyed being in the limelight. |
| lucent | Softly bright or radiant. The moon was lucent in the background. |
| luminescence | The emission of light by a substance that has not been heated, as in fluorescence and phosphorescence. Honey fungus produces a ghostly greenish luminescence. |
| opalescence | The visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface. |
| phosphorescent | Emitting light without appreciable heat as by slow oxidation of phosphorous. The phosphorescent glow of decaying wood. |
| radiance | Light or heat as emitted or reflected by something. The radiance of her countenance. |
| shimmer | Give off a shimmering reflection as of silk. The sea shimmered in the sunlight. |
| shine | Make a surface shine. His talent shines. |
| spark | Produce sparks at the point where an electric circuit is interrupted. The ignition sparks as soon as the gas is turned on. |
| sparkle | Be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity. Her earrings sparkled as she turned her head. |
| twinkle | Smile so that one’s eyes sparkle. Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star. |
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