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gleam
Synonyms and Antonyms of gleam
the steady giving off of the form of radiation that makes vision possible the door opened a crack and let in a gleam of light from the hallway Synonyms blaze, flare, fluorescence, glare, light, glow, illumination, incandescence, luminescence, radiance, shineRelated Words flash, glimmer, glint, glitter, scintillation, shimmer, sparkle, twinkle; daylight, moonlight, sunlight, sunshine; afterglow, aureole (or aureola), aurora, beam, halo, ray, shaft, streak, stream, sunbeam; glisten, gloss, luster (or lustre), polish, reflection, sheenNear Antonyms blackness, dark, darkness, dimness, dusk, duskiness, gloom, night, shadow
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gleam
Synonyms and Antonyms of gleam
to shoot forth bursts of light fine china and stemware gleaming in the candlelight Synonyms coruscate, flame, glance, flash, glimmer, glint, glisten, glister, glitter, luster (or lustre), scintillate, shimmer, spangle, sparkle, twinkle, wink, winkleRelated Words beam, radiate, shine; bedazzle, blind, daze, dazzle; blaze, burn, flare, glare, glow
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