Synonyms of glances

glances 1 of 2

noun

plural of glance

as in glimpses

an instance of looking especially briefly

she was about to say something rude, but her mother silenced her with a glance

Synonyms & Similar Words

• glimpses
• peeks
• looks
• stares
• gazes
• glares
• regards
• peeps
• ganders
• sights
• views
• eyes
• casts
• leers
• ogles
• side-glances
• gapes
• squints
• squinnies
• coups d'oeil

glances

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of glance

1

as in bounces

to strike and fly off at an angle

the basketball glanced off the rim

her wild pitch glanced off my shoulder and landed in the dugout

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bounces
• rebounds
• skips
• ricochets
• skims
• caroms
• kisses
• nudges
• brushes
• sweeps
• contacts
• rakes
• shaves
• grazes
• bumps
• hits
• touches
• reflects
• sideswipes

2

as in peeks

to take a quick or hasty look

just glanced at the instructions before assembling the bike

glanced over his shoulder to see if she was still there

Synonyms & Similar Words

• peeks
• glimpses
• squints
• glints
• browses
• dips
• skims
• scans
• peeps
• peruses
• blinks
• looks over
• rakes
• keeks

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stares
• gazes
• examines
• questions
• surveys
• views
• oversees
• overlooks
• studies
• peers
• pries
• leers
• goggles
• gawks
• ogles
• rubbernecks

3

as in gleams

to shoot forth bursts of light

diamonds glancing in the display case

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gleams
• flashes
• glints
• shimmers
• shines
• sparkles
• twinkles
• glistens
• winks
• glitters
• glimmers
• flames
• glows
• spangles
• scintillates
• winkles
• glisters
• lusters
• beams
• coruscates
• glares
• dazzles
• radiates
• blinds
• flares
• dazes
• bedazzles
• blazes
• burns

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of glances

Noun

This winter, however, Bigley’s glances could carry extra weight as a critical December threshold could be missed. — Corey Schmidt july 10, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026

Frowning, fidgeting, and exchanging furtive glances—the crowd’s unease was palpable. — Benjamin Skuse, IEEE Spectrum, 25 June 2026

These backward glances don’t play as nostalgia. — Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Pitchfork, 22 June 2026

The actors spent time forging the kind of intimate charge that could be felt in wordless glances between their closeted characters. — Jen Yamato, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026

Shimmering pools, yellow bikes with butterfly handles, and rushed glances over tall fields of grass produce enough pining between Sonya and Coley to fuel a thousand AIM drafts. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 16 June 2026

At supper the guides exchanged significant glances across the fire and acted like a couple of guys who have picked a lame horse. — Fred Bear, Outdoor Life, 11 June 2026

The duo also exchanged playful glances while posing for cameras. — Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2026

Some disapproving glances and occasional neighbor trouble aside, the local movement is growing. — Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 8 June 2026

Verb

The criss-crossings of coincidences and the overlapping bonds of acquaintance bring to the minute details of phone calls and handwritten notes, sly glances and trivial deceptions, a vast psychological reverberance. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 9 July 2026

As God rains down sulfur and fire to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah, Lot’s wife glances back and turns into a pillar of salt. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 July 2026

Yoon’s wife slips a cigarette between her lips, then glances at my wife. — Literary Hub, 11 June 2026

Nail trends—and cursory glances at the ladies in the salon chairs beside us—have shown butter nails are here to stay. — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 29 May 2026

In interviews, watch who glances at whom before answering. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026

Turn a pair of binoculars or a small telescope on the moon to see an arc of light shining close to the line separating night from day on the lunar surface, created as sunlight glances off the peaks of the Montes Jura mountain range on the northwestern edge of Mare Imbrium. — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 25 May 2026

At this point, Venegas briefly glances at the rows of books inside the lending library, as if contemplating the vastness of human creativity. — Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026

Driver monitoring systems, designed to detect distracted drivers, were also ineffective in allowing for off-road glances to go unnoticed, the NTSB found. — Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2026