Synonyms of scintillating

scintillating 1 of 2

adjective

as in shimmering

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

scintillating

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verb

present participle of scintillate

1

as in sparkling

to give off sparks

we watched contentedly as our campfire scintillated in the darkness

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sparkling
• glowing
• flashing
• shining
• sparking
• burning
• blazing
• twinkling
• flaming
• radiating
• lighting (up)
• combusting
• flaring (up)

2

as in gleaming

to shoot forth bursts of light

the diamond ring scintillated in the sunlight

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Examples of scintillating in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

All that scandalous hubbub was more scintillating than what actually happened on screen in the twisty and visually striking but fairly flat psychological thriller. —Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2023

All that scandalous hubbub is more scintillating than what actually happens onscreen in the twisty and visually striking but fairly flat psychological thriller. —Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2022

But that certainly wasn’t his most scintillating run of the day. —cleveland, 21 Aug. 2022

Her countrywoman Grazyna Bacewicz’s Overture sounded under-rehearsed, and in Schumann’s Piano Concerto, Gardolinska unobtrusively supported a scintillating Hélène Grimaud. —Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2021