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wink

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of wink

1 a short sleep

  • I wasnʼt able to catch a wink during the entire flight
Synonyms of wink

catnap, doze, drowse, forty winks, kip [chiefly British], nap, siesta, snooze
Words Related to wink

repose, rest

slumber

bed

2 a very small space of time

  • I turned to look away, and in a wink he was gone
Synonyms of wink

beat, eyeblink, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiff, jiffy, minute, moment, nanosecond, New York minute, second, shake, split second, trice, twinkle, twinkling
Words Related to wink

microsecond

snatch, spurt
Near Antonyms of wink

aeon (or eon), age, eternity, forever

infinity, lifetime

wink

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of wink

1 to rapidly open and close one's eyes

  • she winked several times to get the dust and grit out of her eyes
Synonyms of wink

blink
Words Related to wink

bat, flutter

squint

2 to shine with light at regular intervals

  • a lighthouse was winking in the distance
Synonyms of wink

blink, flash, twinkle
Words Related to wink

coruscate, flare, flicker, glance, glimmer, glint, glisten, glister, glitter, scintillate, shimmer, spangle, spark, sparkle

3 to shoot forth bursts of light

  • fireflies winking in the darkness beyond our campfire
Synonyms of wink

coruscate, flame, flash, glance, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glister, glitter, luster (or lustre), scintillate, shimmer, spangle, sparkle, twinkle, winkle
Words Related to wink

beam, radiate, shine

bedazzle, blind, daze, dazzle

blaze, burn, flare, glare, glow

4 to secretly sympathize with or pretend ignorance of something improper or unlawful

  • the whole sporting world seems to wink as untold sums are bet on the outcome of the Super Bowl
Synonyms of wink

connive
Words Related to wink

brush (aside or off), condone, disregard, excuse, forgive, gloss (over), gloze (over), ignore, overlook, pardon, pass over, shrug off, tolerate
Near Antonyms of wink

disapprove (of), frown (on or upon)

deny, disallow, refuse

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