Synonyms and Antonyms of flashing
1
to shoot forth bursts of light
- the actress's diamond necklace flashed as she hurried on stage to accept the award
coruscating, flaming, glancing, gleaming, glimmering, glinting, glistening, glistering, glittering, lustering (or lustring), scintillating, shimmering, spangling, sparkling, twinkling, winking, winkling
2
to present so as to invite notice or attention
- flashed a wad of cash as he paid for his dinner
displaying, disporting, exhibiting, exposing, flaunting, laying out, parading, producing, showing, showing off, sporting, strutting, unveiling
brandishing, flourishing, waving
advertising, airing, announcing, blazing, broadcasting, heralding, placarding, posting, proclaiming, publicizing, sounding, trumpeting
divulging, talking (about), telling (of)
baring, discovering, revealing, uncloaking, uncovering, unmasking
camouflaging, disguising, masking
concealing, covering, curtaining, enshrouding, hiding, obscuring, occluding, occulting, shrouding, veiling
3
to shine with light at regular intervals
- the disco lights flashed, and the revelers danced
coruscating, flaring, flickering, glancing, glimmering, glinting, glistening, glistering, glittering, scintillating, shimmering, spangling, sparking, sparkling
4
to make known openly or publicly
- flashed the news of the royal birth around the world
advertising, announcing, annunciating, blaring, blazing, blazoning, broadcasting, declaring, enunciating, giving out, heralding, placarding, posting, proclaiming, promulgating, publicizing, publishing, releasing, sounding, trumpeting
barking, calling (off or out), crying
billboarding, billing, bulletining, gazetting [chiefly British]
knelling, ringing, tolling
blurbing, featuring, pitching, plugging, promoting, puffing
disseminating, spreading
disclosing, divulging, introducing, kithing (or kything) [chiefly Scottish], manifesting, reporting, revealing, showing
advising, apprising, handing down, informing, notifying
communicating, imparting, intimating
