SCINTILLAS Synonyms

There are 18 synonyms of the word scintillas. (exact relations)
There are 4 hypernyms of the word scintillas. (close relations)

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	flashes				verbv
	noun • a sudden intense burst of radiant energy • a momentary brightness • a short vivid experience • a sudden brilliant understanding • a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat) • a gaudy outward display • a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate • a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story • a bright patch of color used for decoration or identification • a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph adjective satellite • tastelessly showy verb • gleam or glow intermittently • appear briefly • display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously • make known or cause to appear with great speed • run or move very quickly or hastily • expose or show briefly • protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal • emit a brief burst of light
	flickers				verbv
	noun • a momentary flash of light • North American woodpecker • the act of moving back and forth verb • move back and forth very rapidly • shine unsteadily • flash intermittently
	gleams				verb, nounv, n
	noun • an appearance of reflected light • a flash of light (especially reflected light) verb • be shiny, as if wet • shine brightly, like a star or a light • to shine with faint or brief light
	glimmers				verbv
	noun • a flash of light (especially reflected light) • a slight suggestion or vague understanding verb • shine brightly, like a star or a light
	glistens				verbv
	noun • the quality of shining with a bright reflected light verb • be shiny, as if wet
	radiates				verbv
	adjective satellite • arranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center • having rays or ray-like parts as in the flower heads of daisies verb • send out rays or waves • send out real or metaphoric rays; the children radiated joyous energy • extend or spread outward from a center or focus or inward towards a center • have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink • cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays • experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion • issue or emerge in rays or waves • spread into new habitats and produce variety or variegate
	shimmers				verbv
	noun • a weak and tremulous light verb • shine with a weak or fitful light • give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk
	shines				verbv
	noun • the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light verb • be bright by reflecting or casting light • emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light • be shiny, as if wet • be distinguished or eminent • be clear and obvious • have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink • throw or flash the light of (a lamp) • touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly • experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion • make (a surface) shine
	sparkles				noun, adjectiven, adj
	noun • merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance • the occurrence of a small flash or spark • the quality of shining with a bright reflected light verb • reflect brightly • be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity • emit or produce sparks • become bubbly or frothy or foaming
	twinkles				verb, nounv, n
	noun • a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash • merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance verb • gleam or glow intermittently • emit or reflect light in a flickering manner
	iota				nounn
	noun • a tiny or scarcely detectable amount • the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet
	shred				verb, nounv, n
	noun • a tiny or scarcely detectable amount • a small piece of cloth verb • tear into shreds
	smidge				nounn
	noun • a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
	smidgen				nounn
	noun • a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
	smidgeon				noun, adjectiven, adj
	noun • a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
	smidgin				nounn
	noun • a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
	tittle				nounn
	noun • a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
	whit
	noun • a tiny or scarcely detectable amount

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