Synonyms of gleams

gleams 1 of 2

noun

plural of gleam

as in glows

the steady giving off of the form of radiation that makes vision possible

the door opened a crack and let in a gleam of light from the hallway

Synonyms & Similar Words

• glows
• glares
• glints
• lights
• shines
• illuminations
• beams
• glimmers
• twinkles
• blazes
• radiances
• sunlights
• shimmers
• flashes
• sparkles
• fluorescences
• luminescences
• flares
• rays
• scintillations
• reflections
• incandescences
• moonlights
• glitters
• sunbeams
• polishes
• lusters
• daylights
• sunshines
• aureoles
• streaks
• sheens
• streams
• glistens
• auroras
• halos
• glosses
• shafts
• afterglows

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• shadows
• glooms
• nights
• darks
• dusks

gleams

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of gleam

as in glints

to shoot forth bursts of light

fine china and stemware gleaming in the candlelight

Synonyms & Similar Words

• glints
• shimmers
• shines
• glistens
• flashes
• sparkles
• glitters
• twinkles
• glimmers
• glows
• glances
• flames
• winks
• scintillates
• spangles
• glisters
• lusters
• beams
• coruscates
• radiates
• dazzles
• winkles
• blinds
• flares
• glares
• blazes
• bedazzles
• burns
• dazes

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of gleams

Noun

In a nod to the fan base, the total attendance figure for the 2025 season (4,012,470) gleams in blue on the bottom of the ring. —Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2026

The brilliant white building gleams in all its Art Deco glory, symbolizing Miami’s political and aviation history. —Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2026

Creative fire rises as the nurturing Moon enters Aries and gleams within your 5th House of Creativity, encouraging bold self-expression in whichever way most pleases your heart. —Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2026

The sun gleams from third base to Huntington. —Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2026

At last, a few gleams of paving stone showed through the murk in the lane below. —Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026

Your 4th House of Traditions gleams under today’s Full Moon, so private needs are potentially straining against public duties. —Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2026

His new wife, Nina (Brittany Snow), an art dealer who is also Madison’s former assistant, gleams with insecurity. —Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2025

Today, while the lobby of the old movie palace gleams in the afternoon sun, no light gets in through the roof. —Laura L. Davis, Nashville Tennessean, 9 Nov. 2025

Verb

Like Beckham’s dress, the 100-percent silk dress softly gleams in the light. —Izzy Baskette, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025

Despite a couple of funky skips, the album is fueled by the hunger of an artist who really wants the pop life again, perking up electro-scuzz and arena rock with new wave that gleams like glitter. —Pitchfork, 4 Dec. 2025

The mother-and-daughter duo revamped almost every corner of the 7,000-square-foot home, including its exterior, which now gleams with white siding and cobalt-blue shutters. —Paola Singer, Architectural Digest, 13 Nov. 2025

The Airstream gleams absurdly against the ocherous land below. —Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025

Patches of unintelligibility are nothing new in Pynchon, but usually a coherent world view gleams upward from the murk. —Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025

Nothing gleams as beautifully as a white kitchen. —Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 16 Aug. 2025