FLASHED Synonyms: 136 Similar and Opposite Words

flashed

verb

past tense of flash

as in gleamed

to shoot forth bursts of light the actress's diamond necklace flashed as she hurried on stage to accept the award

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as in displayed

to present so as to invite notice or attention flashed a wad of cash as he paid for his dinner

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as in twinkled

to shine with light at regular intervals the disco lights flashed, and the revelers danced

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as in announced

to make known openly or publicly flashed the news of the royal birth around the world

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Recent Examples of flashed Gold jewelry that flashed its minor dazzle, its subtle good taste. — Emma Cline, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026 The cheers that erupted when King flashed on the screen were like no other. — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026 No, this isn’t the same guard from before the meniscus injury that flashed two-way greatness on a nightly basis during the Brondello era. — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026 Allen, a fifth-round pick, had flashed during OTAs and early in training before the injury. — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 7 Aug. 2026 Williams has flashed at times in practice but still has learning to do — something that’s a common theme among the Commanders’ young receivers. — Ethan Cadeaux, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026 Here, at the 2005 MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles, the couple flashed sweet smiles. — Kelly Allen, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026 Another safety initiative will be school bus cameras, which can identify drivers who illegally pass a school bus with its lights flashed and stop arm extended. — Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2026 The 2024 first-round pick has flashed throughout his first two years in the NFL but has struggled to stay on the field. — Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for flashed

Verb

That night, the northern lights gleamed cold and hard, and the moon bathed the whole landscape in bleak, eerie light.

— Dolores Brown, Outdoor Life, 17 June 2026
The 4,202-pipe organ gleamed over us.

— Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 24 May 2026

Definition of gleamed

Verb

Inside the Lasch Football Building, for example, there’s barely a wall not covered in some sort of a mural featuring a uniformed player, Nike swoosh proudly displayed.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
The Dodgers, to their credit, displayed a modicum of fight, putting up five runs in the inning, but came up short in a 7-6 loss.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of displayed

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Before a big night out or even just dinner with friends, lids twinkled, cheekbones caught the light from every angle, and lip gloss doubled as a mirror.

— Annie Blay-Tettey, Allure, 22 Apr. 2026
Animated pixie dust twinkled on the screen, courtesy of the fairy, Tinker Bell.

— Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026

Definition of twinkled

Verb

Given the extent of the disruption to oil exports from the Middle East since the start of hostilities between Washington and Tehran, most of the hikes announced by OPEC+ since March have had a negligible impact on the physical crude market.

— Gaurav Sharma, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
The project was announced less than 36 hours before the meeting.

— Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of announced

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After spending some time by the pool, a semi-Olympic lined with emerald and malachite mosaics that glinted in the soft, ambient light, followed by a quick trip to the sauna, I was escorted to my treatment room, about a half-flight of stairs up, where I was met by Marcia, my therapist.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 June 2026
The silver Chrysler Sebring glinted when the sun kissed the parking lot in Temple, Texas, sitting by its lonesome.

— Luca Evans, Denver Post, 8 May 2026

Definition of glinted

Verb

The investigation also found no evidence that the parents exhibited any obvious signs of impairment, according to the attorney's office.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026
Also on show is the famous, and rarely exhibited, pink dress by William Travilla from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953).

— Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of exhibited

Verb

The neon lights began to move about briskly, like gleaming whirligig beetles, and the lights on the advertising tower closest to the stadium flickered across the Squirrel-brand margarine ad.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Above the roofs, like an alien protrusion, the lights on a faraway derrick flickered.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of flickered

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Data published by the CDC shows that more than half of the Covid deaths between 2020 and 2023 were among adults 75 and older, and hospitalization rates among seniors were consistently higher than in other age groups.

— Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
The Permanente Medical Group (TPMG) published a longitudinal analysis tracking an enterprise-wide ambient AI rollout across 7,260 physicians over a 63-week period.

— Pat Williams, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026