Synonyms of scintillating

Verb


1. scintillate, emit, give out, give off

usage: give off; "the substance scintillated sparks and flashes"

2. sparkle, scintillate, coruscate, reflect, shine

usage: reflect brightly; "Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside"

3. twinkle, winkle, scintillate, shine, beam

usage: emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; "Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?"

4. scintillate, fluoresce

usage: physics: fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon; "the phosphor fluoresced"

5. sparkle, scintillate, coruscate, be

usage: be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity; "The musical performance sparkled"; "A scintillating conversation"; "his playing coruscated throughout the concert hall"

Adjective


1. scintillating, intelligent (vs. unintelligent)

usage: brilliantly clever; "scintillating wit"; "a play full of scintillating dialogue"

2. bubbling, effervescent, frothy, scintillating, sparkly, lively (vs. dull)

usage: marked by high spirits or excitement; "his fertile effervescent mind"; "scintillating personality"; "a row of sparkly cheerleaders"

3. aglitter(predicate), coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly, bright (vs. dull)

usage: having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; "bugle beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water"; "his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop window full of glittering Christmas trees"; "glittery costume jewelry"; "scintillant mica"; "the scintillating stars"; "a dress with sparkly sequins"; "`glistering' is an archaic term"

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Definition and meaning of scintillating (Dictionary)