Synonyms of flickers

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noun

plural of flicker

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• movies
• films
• flicks
• documentaries
• pictures
• motion pictures
• moving pictures
• features
• animated cartoons
• short subjects
• shorts
• featurettes
• silents
• cartoons
• docudramas
• talkies
• B movies
• B pictures
• cofeatures

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flurries
• bursts
• flutters
• flashes
• outbursts
• spurts
• surges
• outbreaks
• flares
• increases
• eruptions
• flare-ups
• renewals
• floods
• boosts
• recurrences
• explosions
• rushes
• pickups
• upturns
• upswings
• jags
• volleys
• sprees
• recrudescences
• paroxysms
• epidemics
• binges
• commotions
• spates
• deluges
• furors
• uproars

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slumps
• doldrums
• calms

3

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hints
• glimmers
• touches
• traces
• suggestions
• breaths
• signs
• whiffs
• tangs
• winds
• intimations
• indications
• scents
• inklings
• evidences
• marks

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• saturations
• permeations
• pervasions

flickers

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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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flits
• flutters
• darts
• dances
• flicks
• flies
• scurries
• flirts
• wanders
• zips
• flitters
• speeds
• sails
• scuttles
• zooms
• sprints
• roams
• skips
• scampers
• zings
• meanders
• skitters
• dashes
• shoots
• rambles
• scuds

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hangs
• floats
• hovers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of flickers

Noun

The water around the device and the rock above it shield the detector from the glare of cosmic radiation, allowing the flickers of less common particle interactions to shine through. — James Dinneen, Quanta Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026

Since then, there were brief flickers from the likes of Paul Robinson or Rob Green, but there was a natural ceiling as to whom Leeds fielded as their goalkeeper when outside the top division of English football. — Beren Cross, New York Times, 24 July 2026

These flickers included a merely steady revenue projection from chipmaker Broadcom on its most recent earnings call as well as a construction pause for a data center being built in Wyoming. — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 24 June 2026

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

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

Verb

In the camp’s Cinema building, an old projector flickers to life on the scene where young Billy (Amanda Fix) loses her virginity, and the real Billy materializes behind Kris, hoping for a jump. — Jp Mangalindan, Time, 10 Aug. 2026

On another monitor, a dashboard that resembles the menu screen of a flight simulator flickers to life — only this is no simulation. — Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2026

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