Synonyms of glimpses

glimpses 1 of 2

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

2 of 2

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

Between the glimpses Philon and Kusturica displayed, UCLA’s future ceiling is certainly high. — Aaron Heisen, Daily News, 7 Nov. 2026

On November 6, the Prince and Princess of Wales shared glimpses on Instagram from Princess Catherine’s visit, which reportedly took place in late October. — Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 6 Nov. 2026

California stargazers can soon catch glimpses of shooting stars, including some of the fastest meteors of the year. — Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026

Hoffman’s videos across TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram offer regular glimpses of her own life. — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026

This is one of the few glimpses that the film offers of the Special Military Operation, as Russia’s war in Ukraine is known in official parlance. — Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026

As the star celebrates his 60th birthday, see rare glimpses into Schwimmer and Buckman’s life with Cleo over the years. — Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2026

The trailer shows glimpses of the various peoples of Middle-earth in their struggle against the Dark Lord Sauron and his Orc army. — Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2026

The characters seem to represent facets of brakence’s identity, while the songs on marroW blur the line between diegetic worldbuilding and glimpses of his real life. — Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 29 Oct. 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