FLICKERS Synonyms: 102 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of flicker

as in movies

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

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as in flurries

a sudden and usually temporary growth of activity usually there's a flicker in car sales when the new models come out

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as in hints

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

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verb

present tense third-person singular of flicker

as in flits

to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements a dragonfly flickering above the salt marsh

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Recent Examples of flickers

Noun

Then the northern flickers, which consume ants, can visit your lawn and find something to eat. —

Sheryl De Vore, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026 The four crewmembers reported seeing several impact flashes — flickers of light created when a meteoroid hits the lunar surface and vaporizes. —

Leonard David, Space.com, 8 May 2026 Opt for bigger hanging bulbs, discrete flickers, or even hanging sheaths. —

Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 3 Apr. 2026 But most of all, Australia showed flickers of the joy that fueled Hamilton for so much of his F1 success in the past. —

Luke Smith, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026 The Bobcats showed flickers of promise, nearly defeating Troy and Georgia Southern in the regular season. —

Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 9 Mar. 2026 That accounts equally for Lily’s arch froideur and Diana’s enduring lack of self-worth, played by both actors with care and compassion, and contrasting flickers of vulnerability and resolve, respectively. —

Guy Lodge, Variety, 5 Feb. 2026 The penalty kill has remained strong, and while the power play has shown flickers of improvement, Colorado has scored just one more goal than its allowed (3-2) while playing with the extra man in this stretch. —

Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 18 Jan. 2026 My favorite albums reckoned deliberately with our existential moment, offering flickers of hope and grace under pressure. —

Jenn Pelly, Time, 4 Dec. 2025

Verb

But in the final scene, when Sam goes to the bathroom to change the bandage on his forehead, the mirror flickers with static at his reflection. —

Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 23 May 2026 Instead, the planet's illuminated footprint now flickers in response to economics, technology, policy decisions and global crises — a constantly shifting portrait of human activity visible from space. —

Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 20 May 2026 Even from the start, flickers of restiveness appear. —

Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 20 May 2026 The two go to college together and then end up in the New York art world of the early ’90s, where their friendship flickers in and out despite the intensity of Ruth’s attachment. —

Emma Alpern, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2026 There, the experience flickers to life in the hotel’s moody, intimate Cafe La Vie on Tuesdays through Fridays. —

Dashae Engler, Midwest Living, 8 Apr. 2026 When the connection flickers back — sometimes for a mere 30 seconds — the conversations turn to life and death. —

Michal Ruprecht, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2026 The Old Baths and Donkey Stand Remnants of Parkgate’s old resort life still flickers around the edges. —

Rob Crossan, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Mar. 2026 Tory’s expression flickers, then settles. —

Addie Citchens, New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2026

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Spielberg is hardly the first major Hollywood figure to speak out against the use of AI in movies.

— Jack Dunn, Variety, 28 May 2026
McClain, who kept a low profile and allowed Branca to become the estate’s spokesman, helped organize the release of two posthumous albums, Michael (2010) and Xscape (2014), and worked with Branca on cultivating a legacy for the singer beyond albums with theatrical releases and movies.

— Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 27 May 2026