Twinkle

/ˈtwɪŋ.kəl/

Synonyms for "twinkle" (106 found)

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Closest matches (22)

Noun(2 words)

bat blink blinking breath coruscate coruscating coruscation coup crack dance dancing dazzle dazzling firefly flash flashing flicker

Verb(3 words)

blink blinked flash

Strong matches (31)

Noun(10 words)

flicker gleam glimmer glimmers glint glints glisten glitter glow hint

flickering fulgurate fulguration glance gleam gleaming glimmer glimmering glint glisk glisten glistening glister glitter glittering glowwormhalf a jiffyhalf a mohalf a secondhalf a shake

Verb(1 words)

glimmered

Related words (53)

illuminate instant jiff jiffy lightlight upmicrosecond millisecond minute moment nictitate quiver radiance radiate scintilla scintillate scintillating scintillation sec second

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shake shimmer shimmering shine shining spangle spark sparking sparkle sparklingsplit secondstroboscopic lightstroke tick tinsel trice twink twinkling twitchtwo shakeswink winking

Noun(8 words)

light shimmers signal spark sparkling twinkling vagina vulva

Verb(3 words)

scintillate wink winkle

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

23 entries

alteration appearance aspectastronomical phenomenonbeam brightness change expression facefacial expressiongaze hint indication light look modification

Showing 16 of 23 words.

More specific

12 entries

atmospheric scintillationblinkfleeting signflickerglimmer of hopeglint glittermischievous lookplayful gleamsparklestellar scintillationwink

Collocations

11 entries

dim twinkleeyefaint twinkleglow mischief smilesoft twinklestarsstellar twinkletwinkle in the eyetwinkle of a candle

Inflections

3 entries

twinkled twinkles twinkling

Derivations

6 entries

twinkled twinkler twinkliness twinkling twinklingly twinkly

similar

1 entries

scintillate

Sample sentences

23 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

There was a happy twinkle in her eyes.

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Planets are easy to identify because they don't twinkle like stars do.

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The plane disappeared in the twinkle of an eye.

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Tom's eyes twinkle with amusement.

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