twinkle
English Thesaurus
1. merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance (noun.attribute)
| hypernym | : | verve, vitality, |
| definition | : | an energetic style (noun.attribute) |
2. a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash (noun.event)
| hypernym | : | alteration, change, modification, |
| definition | : | an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another (noun.event) |
3. gleam or glow intermittently (verb.perception)
| hypernym | : | radiate, |
| definition | : | cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays (verb.perception) |
| hyponym | : | flick, flicker, |
| definition | : | flash intermittently (verb.perception) |
4. emit or reflect light in a flickering manner (verb.weather)
| hypernym | : | beam, shine, |
| definition | : | emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light (verb.weather) |
| verb group | : | scintillate, |
| definition | : | give off (verb.weather) |
5. merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance (noun.attribute)
6. a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash (noun.event)
| derivation | : | scintillate, |
| definition | : | give off (verb.weather) |
7. gleam or glow intermittently (verb.perception)
| derivation | : | blinker, flasher, |
| definition | : | a light that flashes on and off; used as a signal or to send messages (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | flash, |
| definition | : | a momentary brightness (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | twinkler, |
| definition | : | an object that emits or reflects light in an intermittent flickering manner (noun.object) |
8. emit or reflect light in a flickering manner (verb.weather)
| derivation | : | scintillation, |
| definition | : | the twinkling of the stars caused when changes in the density of the earth's atmosphere produce uneven refraction of starlight (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | scintilla, |
| definition | : | a sparkling glittering particle (noun.object) |
| derivation | : | twinkler, |
| definition | : | an object that emits or reflects light in an intermittent flickering manner (noun.object) |
| derivation | : | aglitter, coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly, |
| definition | : | having brief brilliant points or flashes of light (adj.all) |
9. merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance (noun.attribute)
10. a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash (noun.event)
| derivation | : | scintillate, |
| definition | : | give off (verb.weather) |
11. gleam or glow intermittently (verb.perception)
| derivation | : | blinker, flasher, |
| definition | : | a light that flashes on and off; used as a signal or to send messages (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | flash, |
| definition | : | a momentary brightness (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | twinkler, |
| definition | : | an object that emits or reflects light in an intermittent flickering manner (noun.object) |
12. emit or reflect light in a flickering manner (verb.weather)
| derivation | : | scintillation, |
| definition | : | the twinkling of the stars caused when changes in the density of the earth's atmosphere produce uneven refraction of starlight (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | scintilla, |
| definition | : | a sparkling glittering particle (noun.object) |
| derivation | : | twinkler, |
| definition | : | an object that emits or reflects light in an intermittent flickering manner (noun.object) |
| derivation | : | aglitter, coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly, |
| definition | : | having brief brilliant points or flashes of light (adj.all) |
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