All twinkle synonyms
twin·kle
T t verb twinkle
- glimmer — a faint or unsteady light; gleam.
- glinted — a tiny, quick flash of light.
- glinting — a tiny, quick flash of light.
- glisten — to reflect a sparkling light or a faint intermittent glow; shine lustrously.
- gleam — a flash or beam of light: the gleam of a lantern in the dark.
- glistering — to glisten; glitter.
- luminesce — to exhibit luminescence.
- dancing — When people dance for enjoyment or to entertain others, you can refer to this activity as dancing.
- nictate — to wink.
- nictitate — to wink.
- wink — to close and open one or both eyes quickly.
- flash — a precedence code for handling messages about initial enemy contact or operational combat messages of extreme urgency within the U.S. military.
- mantling — a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape.
- glow — a light emitted by or as if by a substance heated to luminosity; incandescence.
- glance — to look quickly or briefly.
noun twinkle
- glint — a tiny, quick flash of light.
- dartle — to move swiftly and repeatedly
- quiver — a case for holding or carrying arrows.
- glister — to glisten; glitter.
- beam — If you say that someone is beaming, you mean that they have a big smile on their face because they are happy, pleased, or proud about something.
- bedazzlement — to impress forcefully, especially so as to make oblivious to faults or shortcomings: Audiences were bedazzled by her charm.
- hour — a period of time equal to one twenty-fourth of a mean solar or civil day and equivalent to 60 minutes: He slept for an hour.
- glitter — to reflect light with a brilliant, sparkling luster; sparkle with reflected light.
- coruscation — a gleam or flash of light
- jiff — a very short time; moment: to get dressed in a jiffy.
- moment — an indefinitely short period of time; instant: I'll be with you in a moment.
- flicker — to burn unsteadily; shine with a wavering light: The candle flickered in the wind and went out.
- gaudiness — brilliantly or excessively showy: gaudy plumage.
- hours — a period of time equal to one twenty-fourth of a mean solar or civil day and equivalent to 60 minutes: He slept for an hour.
- laser — a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase.
- incandescence — the emission of visible light by a body, caused by its high temperature. Compare luminescence.
- glim — a light or lamp.