Word Type

Verb

Noun

The word "glow" can be used as verb and noun.

Word Relationships

Coordinate Terms

fedpost

Derived Terms

Asian glow Day-Glo GloFish afterglow aglow airglow aspenglow candleglow counterglow dayglow electroglow evenglow foreglow glew glow discharge glow fly glow party glow plug glow starter glow stick glow up glow-beetle glow-bug glow-down glow-in-the-dark glow-lamp glow-up glowboy glower glowing glowlamp glowless glowlight glowlighting glownigger glowpost glowsome glowstone glowworm glowy glowy golden glow moonglow neon glow lamp nightglow outglow overglow photoglow reglow reglow skyglow sunglow underglow wonderglow

Etymologically Related To

glass

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

appear beam brightness brightness level effulgence experience feel feeling good health healthiness light look luminance luminosity luminousness radiance radiancy radiate refulgence refulgency seem shine shine visible light visible radiation

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

bioluminescence fluorescence

Type Of (IsA)

feeling glowing indirect illumination light

Manner Of

feel look radiate

Related Terms

gleed glowie

Related Terms

gaze gleed

Synonym Network

burn freshness gleam incandescence luminescence radiance

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