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blink

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of blink

1 to shine with light at regular intervals
  • she loves to sit in the dark and watch the lights on the Christmas tree blink in ever-changing patterns
Synonyms of blink

flash, twinkle, wink
Words Related to blink

coruscate, flare, flicker, glance, glimmer, glint, glisten, glister, glitter, scintillate, shimmer, spangle, spark, sparkle
2 to rapidly open and close one's eyes
  • I blinked for a few seconds after the camera flashed
Synonyms of blink

wink
Words Related to blink

bat, flutter

squint
3 to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)
  • for two days the nations stood on the brink of war, until one finally blinked
Synonyms of blink

bow, budge, capitulate, concede, give in, knuckle under, quit, relent, submit, succumb, surrender, yield
Words Related to blink

acquiesce

defer
Phrases Synonymous with blink

say uncle, throw in the towel (also throw in the sponge)
Near Antonyms of blink

contend, fight, hold off

battle, breast, combat, confront, counter, defy, face, meet, object, oppose, repel

thwart, withstand
Antonyms of blink

resist
4 to look long and hard in wonder or surprise
  • stood blinking at the ridiculous scene before him in utter disbelief
Synonyms of blink

gape, gawk, gawp [chiefly British], gaze, goggle, peer, rubberneck, stare
Words Related to blink

glare, gloat, glower

consider, eye, fixate, observe, regard, watch

leer, ogle

peruse, pore (over), study

outface, outstare, stare down
Near Antonyms of blink

glance, glimpse, peek, peep

browse, dip (into), scan

wink (at)

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