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flicker

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of flicker

to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements

  • a dragonfly flickering above the salt marsh
Synonyms of flicker

dance, dart, flick, flirt, flit, flitter, flutter, zip
Words Related to flicker

dash, fly, sail, shoot, speed, sprint, zing, zoom

scamper, scud, scurry, scuttle, skip, skitter

meander, ramble, roam, wander
Near Antonyms of flicker

float, hang, hover

flicker

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of flicker

1 a story told by means of a series of continuously projected pictures and a sound track

  • as a child, the future director would spend hours sitting in the theater, totally entranced by the flickers
Synonyms of flicker

film, flick, motion picture, movie, moving picture, picture
Words Related to flicker

animated cartoon, cartoon, docudrama, documentary, feature, featurette, short, short subject

silent, talkie

B movie, B picture, cofeature

2 a sudden and usually temporary growth of activity

  • usually thereʼs a flicker in car sales when the new models come out
Synonyms of flicker

burst, flare, flare-up, flash, flurry, flutter, outbreak, outburst, spurt
Words Related to flicker

recrudescence, recurrence, renewal

binge, jag, spree

boost, increase, pickup, upswing, upturn

epidemic, eruption, explosion, paroxysm

deluge, flood, rush, spate, surge, volley

commotion, furor, uproar
Near Antonyms of flicker

calm, doldrums, slump

3 an almost imperceptible sign of something

  • there was a flicker of recognition in her eye when I mentioned his name, but she denied knowing him
Synonyms of flicker

breath, glimmer, hint, suggestion, tang, touch, trace, whiff
Words Related to flicker

inkling, intimation, scent, wind

evidence, indication, mark, sign
Near Antonyms of flicker

permeation, pervasion, saturation

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