glimmer

glimmer is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To give feeble or scattered rays of light; to shine faintly; to show a faint, unsteady light; as, the glimmering dawn; a glimmering lamp. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 16 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To give feeble or scattered rays of light; to shine faintly; to show a faint, unsteady light; as, the glimmering dawn; a glimmering lamp.
2. noun. A faint, unsteady light; feeble, scattered rays of light; also, a gleam.
3. noun. Mica. See Mica.
4. noun. a slight suggestion or vague understanding

   "he had no inkling what was about to happen"

   Synonyms: glimmering, inkling, intimation

5. noun. a flash of light (especially reflected light)

   Synonyms: gleam, gleaming

6. verb. shine brightly, like a star or a light

   Synonyms: gleam

Synonyms

glimmering, inkling, intimation, gleam, gleaming

Common word forms

glimmers, glimmered, glimmering, glimmerous

Words from these letters

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