Synonyms of glimpsed

glimpsed

verb

past tense of glimpse

as in peeked

to take a quick or hasty look

just glimpsed at the photo then turned his attention elsewhere

Synonyms & Similar Words

• peeked
• glanced
• glinted
• browsed
• squinted
• peeped
• skimmed
• scanned
• dipped
• perused
• blinked
• looked over
• keeked
• raked

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• stared
• gazed
• examined
• studied
• viewed
• surveyed
• questioned
• overlooked
• peered
• oversaw
• pried
• leered
• gawked
• goggled
• rubbernecked
• ogled

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of glimpsed

As befits the only child of such deities, the young Paweł, glimpsed in a series of snapshots, is all smiles. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026

Up close, its elongated head, skeletal body and glistening double set of jaws reveal just how much unsettling detail goes into a creature often glimpsed onscreen in darkness. — Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

There are cities where rats are glimpsed at night, furtively scurrying into a dark corner or among the train tracks. — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2026

The rocket ship glimpsed flying into orbit lands with an explosion as the movie’s title reveals itself. — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2026

First glimpsed in The Empire Strikes Back and heavily featured in Return of the Jedi are typical of the Empire; designed to instil fear, but laughably impractical. — Chris McMullen, Space.com, 5 Sep. 2026

But with the help of researchers at the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee, paleontologists recently glimpsed Scotty’s rib and its remaining tissue in unprecedented detail. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 Sep. 2026

Lewis, glimpsed onscreen just in the last lap, likewise digs into the most predictable aspects of an uninspired part. — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026

On the screen, the room glimpsed stitches from the emergency operations, the mold and pus infecting him, the brutal anti-glamour of a homicide victim. — Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2026