Synonyms of blinks

blinks 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of blink

1

as in twinkles

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 & Similar Words

• twinkles
• flashes
• flickers
• winks
• sparkles
• glints
• glistens
• glances
• shimmers
• glimmers
• flares
• glitters
• sparks
• scintillates
• spangles
• coruscates
• glisters

2

as in squints

to rapidly open and close one's eyes

I blinked for a few seconds after the camera flashed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• squints
• winks
• flutters
• bats

3

as in succumbs

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 & Similar Words

• succumbs
• concedes
• submits
• surrenders
• bows
• relents
• budges
• capitulates
• quits
• yields
• acquiesces
• gives in
• knuckles under
• throws in the towel
• defers
• says uncle

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• resists
• contends
• meets
• fights
• confronts
• faces
• counters
• opposes
• breasts
• objects
• defies
• repels
• withstands
• holds off
• combats
• battles
• thwarts

4

as in stares

to look long and hard in wonder or surprise

stood blinking at the ridiculous scene before him in utter disbelief

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stares
• gazes
• gawks
• gapes
• glares
• goggles
• peers
• gawps
• gloats
• rubbernecks
• glowers
• watches
• fixates
• eyes
• ogles
• leers
• peruses
• observes
• considers
• stares down
• regards
• pores (over)
• studies
• outstares
• outfaces

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• glances
• glimpses
• peeks
• scans
• dips (into)
• peeps
• winks (at)
• browses

blinks

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noun

plural of blink

as in glows

Related Words

• glows
• twinkles
• sparkles
• glares
• flickers
• gleams
• glints
• shimmers
• shines
• glimmers
• luminances
• irradiations
• polishes
• glistens
• lusters
• sheens
• glosses
• illuminations
• burnishes
• finishes
• glazes
• luminosities
• iridescences
• luminescences
• brilliances
• radiances
• refulgences
• radiancies

Dissimilar Words

• obscurities
• glooms

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of blinks

Verb

Time blinks by Kathy Vigiano measures time by how much her youngest son, John, has grown since her husband, NYPD Detective Joseph Vigiano, was killed in the 9/11 terror attacks. — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 11 Sep. 2026

Order eggs Benedict topped with two generous heaps of caviar and no one blinks. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2026

No one blinks at a pregnant Sarah constantly running through hails of gunfire — sans prenatal vitamins or a home. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026

Sugar leaves his hotel room to meet the bright new day just as his space-communication box blinks with the promise of a new message. — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2026

The question is who blinks first. — William Pesek, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026

Even after five years in the job, Alejo occasionally blinks in confusion at a line and turns to her laptop to google what these government and corporate bureaucracies are trying to say. — Megan Greenwell, Bloomberg, 9 June 2026

An engineer by training, Massie designed several patents — some on display in his office — as well as a debt calculator that blinks in flashing red numerals as the nation’s deficits pile up. — ABC News, 20 May 2026

Come evening, the nearby port lighthouse still blinks its green warning signal. — Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 18 May 2026