Synonyms of glimmering

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adjective

as in gleaming

Related Words

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

Dissimilar Words

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

glimmering

2 of 2

verb

present participle of glimmer

as in shimmering

to shoot forth bursts of light

the waters of the rippling brook glimmered in the sun

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of glimmering

Verb

The experience of eating it is even more shocking … the electric crunch of passionfruit seeds giving way to exploding citrus vesicles, glimmering like wayward teardrop gems … and … was that a dehydrated banana? — Cooking Editor, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2026

Venus and Jupiter are still glimmering brightly together in the western sky after sunset, so do yourself a favor and head outside tonight! — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026

To his left is a black car with a bulky, rounded frame, glimmering in the deluge. — Taran Dugal, New Yorker, 23 May 2026

Jupiter Jupiter, after Venus, is the first star-like object that appears at dusk, glimmering high in the west through much of this month, with the two leading stars of Gemini, Pollux and Castor, floating even higher above it. — Joe Rao, Space.com, 1 Apr. 2026

From ancient autopsy rooms to glimmering Gothic chapels, and medieval manuscripts to dark Baroque libraries, Europe’s universities can provide an intimate setting to experience some of history’s most impressive artifacts. — Rick Steves, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2026

Imagine an Omni-Universe once glimmering with celestial radiance now dimmed by the cold bluish glow of digital screens. — Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Oct. 2025