Synonyms of flickering

flickering 1 of 2

adjective

as in flaring

Related Words

• flaring
• aglow
• smoldering
• glowing
• live
• lit
• burning
• flaming
• aflame
• blazing
• kindled
• ignited
• inflamed
• alight
• afire
• searing
• fiery
• broiling
• sizzling
• scorching
• combusting
• conflagrant
• roasting
• ablaze
• piping hot
• scalding
• burned
• scorched
• red-hot
• singed
• seared
• charred
• hot
• incinerated

Dissimilar Words

• dead
• extinguished
• stamped (out)
• damped
• smothered
• choked
• quenched
• snuffed (out)
• suffocated
• doused

flickering

2 of 2

verb

present participle of flicker

as in darting

to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements

a dragonfly flickering above the salt marsh

Synonyms & Similar Words

• darting
• flitting
• fluttering
• dancing
• flicking
• flying
• scurrying
• zipping
• wandering
• flirting
• flittering
• sailing
• speeding
• scuttling
• zooming
• sprinting
• scampering
• skipping
• roaming
• zinging
• dashing
• skittering
• meandering
• scudding
• shooting
• rambling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hanging
• floating
• hovering

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of flickering

Adjective

But there’s more flickering contrast in Narayan van Maele’s lensing, which alternates dun realism with occasionally hyperreal lighting and composition, particularly when the pagan promise of fire is in the frame. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 25 Mar. 2022

Verb

Muluk Spa is relatively compact with serene treatment rooms illuminated by flickering candle-like lights. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Aug. 2026

Their disparate sonic elements form a dissonant but cohesive whole, wisps of trumpet and electronic woodwinds flashing by as quickly as flickering subway car lights. — Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 23 July 2026

Approximately the size of a dining-room table, the canvas has fifteen people distributed along a set of stairs in front of a mosque, all of them flickering with very different kinds of life. — Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 13 July 2026

Preclinical work and a feasibility study found that flickering light and sound at 40 Hz for an hour a day had potential to slow cognitive decline and volume loss in parts of the brain critical for memory. — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 13 July 2026

Patients see flickering lights faster than a standard strobe and hear rapid clicking tones. — Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 13 July 2026

Vermeer’s pictures are often observed to harbor spiritual meanings as well as material ones, flickering back and forth between the two. — Clare Bucknell, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 2026

Our favourite was the coco margarita, best consumed while sitting outdoors beneath stars and watching the flickering lights of nearby Nusa Penida and Lombok on the horizon. — Arion McNicoll, TheWeek, 15 June 2026

In line with the science of his time, which said that lunar craters were volcanic, Verne ascribes his flickering light to an eruption. — Neil Oseman, Space.com, 14 June 2026