Synonyms of glimpses

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noun

plural of glimpse

as in peeks

an instance of looking especially briefly

I only got a glimpse of him as we drove by

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

glimpses

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verb

present tense third-person singular of glimpse

as in glances

to take a quick or hasty look

just glimpsed at the photo then turned his attention elsewhere

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of glimpses

Noun

Tinashe has been in pursuit of pop stardom for more than a decade, catching fleeting glimpses of it over the years. — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2026

Though the baby’s name and birthdate have not been shared with the public, Grant has shared glimpses of their time together on Instagram. — Emma Banks, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2026

But, having offered these initial glimpses, Haghighi’s camera gets to work, macrophotographically zeroing in on small groups and on individual faces and gestures. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2026

Hargitay shared the first glimpses of Meloni back on the SVU set Tuesday, with a pair of Instagram posts. — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2026

The following two pictures provided close up glimpses at her twinkling halo engagement ring. — Michael Nied, InStyle, 24 Sep. 2026

Five or so years ago, Amrit Singh kept catching glimpses of something that looked like home. — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026

This terror grows familiar but not stale; the reader is allowed to live within it almost calmly and thus catch glimpses of other forces in the darkness. — Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026

The Moores had glimpses of what their son might become in football. — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026

Verb

This album glimpses that tomorrow, just over the horizon. — Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2026

Through Rosa’s rebellion, Cherry glimpses the possibility of resisting her own fate. — Leila Latif, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025

Docu director Philippe grew up in a home with the same deep red wallpaper as in the iconic Vertigo scene where a surveilling James Stewart first glimpses Novak in all her gorgeousness. — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2025

Crucial messages embedded where our unreliable narrator just glimpses them, struggling against herself to see. — Literary Hub, 17 June 2025