Gloss

//ɡlɒs//

Synonyms for "gloss" (450 found)

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misexpoundmisintelligencemisinterpretmisinterpretationmisjudgemisjudgmentmisquotationmisquotemisreadmisreadingmisrendermisrenderingmisreportmisrepresentmisstatemistakemistranslatemistranslationmisunderstandmisunderstandingmisuse of wordsmitigationmother-of-pearlnacreousno depthno waternomenclatornotationnotenote of explanationnoticeonomasticonopalescentostensible motiveostentationoutward showoverstatepaintpalepalliationpalliativeparaphrasepargetpastelpatinapatinaedpearlyperversionpervertphrase bookpigmentpinprickplayactingpolyglot dictionaryponypoor excuseposeposingposturepretensepretensionpretextprimeprotestationpublic motiveput offput on glossput-offqualificationquietrefugeremarkremark uponreportrepresentationrestatementreviewrewordingrhyming dictionaryrindrubrunning commentarysadscholiumscience dictionaryscourscratchscreenseemingsemiglossshadeshadowshallownessshamsheenshellacshimmershineshininessshining lightshoalinessshowsilkinesssimplesimulacrumsimulationskinskylightslang dictionaryslantslap onslathersleeksleeknessslickslick downslicknessslightnessslop on paintsmearsmear onsmoke screensmooth oversobersoftsoft-coloredsoft-huedsoftenedsofteningsomberspecialized dictionaryspeciousnesssplendorspreadspread onspread withsqueezesqueezingstainstalking horsestalking-horsestipplestrainstrain the sensestratagemsubduedsubterfugesubtlesunset glowsuperficialitysuperficiessurfacesweetsynonym dictionarysynonymytartenderthesaurustincttincturetingetinttitivatetonetorturetorturingtranscriptiontranslatetranslationtransliterationtreasury of wordstricktrick outtrivialitytrottwisttwist the wordstwistingunabridged dictionaryundercoatunderstatevarnishveilveneervocabularywarpwashwaxwhitewashwhitewashingwindow dressingword of explanationwordbookwrenchwrenchingwrite upwrite-up
Verb(2 words)

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10 relation types

Translations

97 translations across 26 languages.

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Bulgarian

4 entries
  • бележка в полето noun (brief explanatory note or translation of a difficult or complex expression)
  • блясък noun (surface shine)
  • външен блясък noun (superficially or deceptively attractive appearance)
  • лъскавина noun (surface shine)

Catalan

1 entries
  • glossa noun (brief explanatory note or translation of a difficult or complex expression)

Czech

3 entries
  • lesk noun (surface shine)
  • lesk noun (superficially or deceptively attractive appearance)
  • pozlátko noun (superficially or deceptively attractive appearance)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • gloso noun (brief explanatory note or translation of a difficult or complex expression)

Finnish

4 entries
  • kiilto noun (surface shine)
  • pintakiilto noun (superficially or deceptively attractive appearance)
  • selitys noun (brief explanatory note or translation of a difficult or complex expression)
  • selitys noun (extensive commentary on some text)

French

2 entries
  • brillant noun (surface shine)
  • glose noun (brief explanatory note or translation of a difficult or complex expression)

Georgian

2 entries
  • განმარტება noun (brief explanatory note or translation of a difficult or complex expression)
  • შენიშვნა noun (brief explanatory note or translation of a difficult or complex expression)

German

4 entries
  • Blendfassade noun (superficially or deceptively attractive appearance)
  • Erläuterung noun (brief explanatory note or translation of a difficult or complex expression)
  • Erläuterung noun (extensive commentary on some text)
  • Fassade noun (superficially or deceptively attractive appearance)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • פירוש noun (brief explanatory note or translation of a difficult or complex expression)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • kirakat noun (superficially or deceptively attractive appearance)
  • külszín noun (superficially or deceptively attractive appearance)
  • látszat noun (superficially or deceptively attractive appearance)
  • máz noun (surface shine)

Ido

2 entries
  • glacar verb (give a gloss or sheen to)
  • glacar verb (to add a gloss to (a text))

Irish

1 entries
  • gluais noun (brief explanatory note or translation of a difficult or complex expression)

Italian

2 entries
  • chiosa noun (brief explanatory note or translation of a difficult or complex expression)
  • glossa noun (brief explanatory note or translation of a difficult or complex expression)

Japanese

2 entries
  • グロス noun (brief explanatory note or translation of a difficult or complex expression)
  • 注解 noun (brief explanatory note or translation of a difficult or complex expression)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • glose noun (brief explanatory note or translation of a difficult or complex expression)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • یالدزلامق verb (make (something) attractive by deception)

Polish

2 entries
  • glosa noun (brief explanatory note or translation of a difficult or complex expression)
  • glosa noun (extensive commentary on some text)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • brilho noun (surface shine)
  • glosa noun (brief explanatory note or translation of a difficult or complex expression)
  • lustre noun (surface shine)
  • lustro noun (surface shine)

Russian

4 entries
  • блеск noun (surface shine)
  • блеск noun (superficially or deceptively attractive appearance)
  • гло́сса noun (brief explanatory note or translation of a difficult or complex expression)
  • гля́нец noun (surface shine)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • lìomh noun (surface shine)
  • lìomh verb (give a gloss or sheen to)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • glȍsa noun (brief explanatory note or translation of a difficult or complex expression)
  • гло̏са noun (brief explanatory note or translation of a difficult or complex expression)

Spanish

3 entries
  • brillo noun (surface shine)
  • glosa noun (brief explanatory note or translation of a difficult or complex expression)
  • lustre noun (surface shine)

Swedish

2 entries
  • glossa noun (brief explanatory note or translation of a difficult or complex expression)
  • randanmärkning noun (brief explanatory note or translation of a difficult or complex expression)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • མཆན་འགྲེལ noun (brief explanatory note or translation of a difficult or complex expression)

Turkish

3 entries
  • gösteriş noun (superficially or deceptively attractive appearance)
  • parlaklık noun (surface shine)
  • şerh noun (brief explanatory note or translation of a difficult or complex expression)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • глоса noun (brief explanatory note or translation of a difficult or complex expression)

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

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The girl bought some lip gloss at the convenience store.

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I can't find my lip gloss.

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Mary applied some lip gloss.

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Will the media really continue to gloss over corporate tax avoidance?

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.