Synonyms of glancing

glancing 1 of 2

adjective

as in winking

Related Words

• winking
• glaring
• flashing
• gleaming
• glistening
• flickering
• blinding
• twinkling
• shimmering
• glittering
• glinting
• flaring
• sparkling
• scintillating
• glimmering
• shimmery
• flaming
• scintillant
• blazing
• agleam
• gemmy
• burning
• glistering
• sunny
• aglitter
• shining
• ardent
• burnished
• coruscant
• shined
• polished
• fiery
• beaming
• red-hot
• dazzling
• lambent
• combusting
• glowing
• shiny
• incandescent
• radiant
• ablaze
• splendid
• refulgent
• luminous
• effulgent
• brilliant
• lucent
• lustrous
• lucid
• candescent
• clear
• fulgent
• sheeny
• bedazzling
• bright
• ultrabright
• superbright

Dissimilar Words

• dim
• dull
• darkened
• dusky
• dark
• blackened
• obscure
• lackluster
• somber
• gloomy
• obscured
• darkling
• dimmed
• pitch-dark
• pitch-black
• unlit
• darkish
• pale
• lightless
• murky
• shadowy
• darksome
• cloudy
• unbright
• gray
• shady
• unbrilliant
• leaden
• tenebrous
• sunless
• shadowlike
• palish

glancing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of glance

1

as in bouncing

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

• bouncing
• skipping
• rebounding
• ricocheting
• brushing
• caroming
• skimming
• sweeping
• bumping
• raking
• nudging
• hitting
• reflecting
• contacting
• kissing
• shaving
• grazing
• touching
• sideswiping

2

as in peeking

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

• peeking
• squinting
• glinting
• browsing
• glimpsing
• scanning
• skimming
• dipping
• peeping
• perusing
• raking
• looking over
• keeking
• blinking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• staring
• gazing
• examining
• surveying
• studying
• questioning
• viewing
• overlooking
• peering
• overseeing
• prying
• leering
• gawking
• goggling
• ogling
• rubbernecking

3

as in gleaming

to shoot forth bursts of light

diamonds glancing in the display case

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gleaming
• glinting
• flashing
• shining
• glittering
• shimmering
• glistening
• twinkling
• sparkling
• glimmering
• glowing
• winking
• scintillating
• winkling
• flaming
• coruscating
• spangling
• glistering
• lustering
• beaming
• radiating
• blinding
• glaring
• dazzling
• flaring
• blazing
• dazing
• burning
• bedazzling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of glancing

Adjective

Even so, Joonam is too scattershot and distanced from culture and politics to resonate with the news — potentially the film’s greatest draw — in more than a glancing way. — Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2023

One of the victims suffered a serious injury to the forearm and the second a more glancing bite to the leg, police told media outlets. — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 19 Aug. 2022

Verb

DiMarco asked the woman to his left, both glancing up at the screen. — Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 18 June 2026

Ramin Rezaeian's beautiful cross from the right found Mohammad Mohebbi all alone in the box, and his glancing header to the far post has knotted things up yet again. — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 16 June 2026