Synonyms for scintillate

Synonyms for (verb) scintillate

Synonyms: coruscate, scintillate, sparkle

Definition: be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity

Usage: The musical performance sparkled; A scintillating conversation; his playing coruscated throughout the concert hall

Similar words: be

Definition: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)

Usage: John is rich; This is not a good answer


Synonyms: scintillate

Definition: physics: fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon

Usage: the phosphor fluoresced

Similar words: fluoresce

Definition: exhibit or undergo fluorescence


Synonyms: winkle, twinkle, scintillate

Definition: emit or reflect light in a flickering manner

Usage: Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?

Similar words: shine, beam

Definition: emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light

Usage: The sun shone bright that day; The fire beamed on their faces


Synonyms: coruscate, scintillate, sparkle

Definition: reflect brightly

Usage: Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside

Similar words: reflect, shine

Definition: be bright by reflecting or casting light

Usage: Drive carefully--the wet road reflects


Synonyms: scintillate

Definition: give off

Usage: the substance scintillated sparks and flashes

Similar words: give off, give out, emit

Definition: give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.

Usage: The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits


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