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Synonyms of glimpse

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Another word for glimpse is glisten. Other synonyms of glimpse are glitter, coruscate, flash, gleam and luster.

Synonyms and similar words for glimpse

verbTo shine with a faint, unsteady light; to glimmer, to shimmer.

nounChiefly followed by of: a brief and incomplete look.

nounA brief, unspecified amount of time; a moment.

  • bat of an eyeSynonym of blink of an eye.
  • bitA small amount of something.
  • blink of an eyeA moment (a very short period of time).
  • eyeblinkA moment (a very short period of time).
  • half a moA brief time; a jiffy.
  • instantA very short period of time; a moment.
  • jiffA jiffy; a moment; a short time.
  • jiffyA very short, unspecified length of time.
  • minuteA short but unspecified time period.
  • mo
  • moment
  • New York minuteAn instant; an extremely short time.
  • New York secondSynonym of New York minute (“short instant of time”).
  • no timeA very short period of time.
  • secSecond, ¹⁄₆₀ of a minute.
  • secondA short, indeterminate amount of time.
  • span
  • split-secondA fraction of a second; hence (figurative, also attributive) a very short time period; an instant, a moment.
  • spurtA moment, a short period of time.
  • tickA short period of time, particularly a second.
  • triceNow only in the phrase in a trice: a very short time; the blink of an eye, an instant, a moment.
  • twinkA very short moment of time.
  • twinkleA brief moment; a twinkling.
  • twinklingA very short period, notionally the time it takes to blink the eyes.
  • whileAn uncertain short moment.
  • crack British, datedA brief time; an instant; a jiffy.
  • jot obsoleteA small, or the smallest, amount of a thing; a bit, a whit.
  • stound archaic, dialectalA brief span of time, moment, instant.

nounA faint (and often temporary) appearance; a tinge.

  • glimmerA faint or remote possibility (as it were a flash of light).
  • hintA small, barely detectable amount.
  • traceA very small amount, often residual, of some substance or material.

Meaning of glimpse

  1. verb To see or view (someone, or something tangible) briefly and incompletely.
  2. verb To perceive (something intangible) briefly and incompletely.
  3. verb Chiefly followed by at or upon: to look at briefly and incompletely; to glance.

Full definition of glimpse

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Questions about synonyms of glimpse

What is another word for glimpse?
Glimpse has 44 synonyms on Word.ws, such as glisten, glitter, coruscate, flash, gleam, luster, sheen and shimmer.
What does glimpse mean?
Glimpse means to see or view (someone, or something tangible) briefly and incompletely.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: glimpse (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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