Synonyms of twinkles

twinkles 1 of 2

noun

plural of twinkle

as in minutes

a very small space of time

in just a twinkle, the shooting star was gone

Synonyms & Similar Words

• minutes
• heartbeats
• seconds
• moments
• winks
• instants
• shakes
• flashes
• nanoseconds
• twinklings
• trices
• eyeblinks
• split seconds
• beats
• jiffs
• jiffies
• microseconds
• New York minutes
• snatches
• spurts

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• eons
• ages
• aeons
• eternities
• infinities
• forevers
• lifetimes

twinkles

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of twinkle

1

as in flashes

to shine with light at regular intervals

holiday decorations twinkled in the shop windows

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flashes
• flickers
• sparkles
• glints
• winks
• blinks
• shimmers
• glitters
• glistens
• glimmers
• flares
• glances
• sparks
• spangles
• scintillates
• glisters
• coruscates

2

as in gleams

to shoot forth bursts of light

stars twinkling on a crisp September night

Synonyms & Similar Words

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