scintillate
English Thesaurus
1. be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity (verb.change)
| hypernym | : | be, |
| definition | : | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) (verb.stative) |
2. physics: fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon (verb.perception)
| hypernym | : | fluoresce, |
| definition | : | exhibit or undergo fluorescence (verb.perception) |
3. emit or reflect light in a flickering manner (verb.weather)
| hypernym | : | beam, shine, |
| definition | : | emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light (verb.weather) |
| verb group | : | scintillate, |
| definition | : | give off (verb.weather) |
4. reflect brightly (verb.weather)
| hypernym | : | reflect, shine, |
| definition | : | be bright by reflecting or casting light (verb.weather) |
5. give off (verb.weather)
| hypernym | : | emit, give off, give out, |
| definition | : | give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc. (verb.weather) |
6. be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity (verb.change)
| derivation | : | light, spark, sparkle, twinkle, |
| definition | : | merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | coruscation, |
| definition | : | a sudden or striking display of brilliance (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | scintillation, |
| definition | : | a brilliant display of wit (noun.cognition) |
7. physics: fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon (verb.perception)
| derivation | : | scintillation, |
| definition | : | (physics) a flash of light that is produced in a phosphor when it absorbs a photon or ionizing particle (noun.phenomenon) |
8. emit or reflect light in a flickering manner (verb.weather)
| derivation | : | scintillation, |
| definition | : | the twinkling of the stars caused when changes in the density of the earth's atmosphere produce uneven refraction of starlight (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | scintilla, |
| definition | : | a sparkling glittering particle (noun.object) |
| derivation | : | twinkler, |
| definition | : | an object that emits or reflects light in an intermittent flickering manner (noun.object) |
| derivation | : | aglitter, coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly, |
| definition | : | having brief brilliant points or flashes of light (adj.all) |
9. reflect brightly (verb.weather)
| derivation | : | ice, sparkler, |
| definition | : | diamonds (noun.possession) |
| derivation | : | aglitter, coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly, |
| definition | : | having brief brilliant points or flashes of light (adj.all) |
10. give off (verb.weather)
11. be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity (verb.change)
| derivation | : | light, spark, sparkle, twinkle, |
| definition | : | merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | coruscation, |
| definition | : | a sudden or striking display of brilliance (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | scintillation, |
| definition | : | a brilliant display of wit (noun.cognition) |
12. physics: fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon (verb.perception)
| derivation | : | scintillation, |
| definition | : | (physics) a flash of light that is produced in a phosphor when it absorbs a photon or ionizing particle (noun.phenomenon) |
13. emit or reflect light in a flickering manner (verb.weather)
| derivation | : | scintillation, |
| definition | : | the twinkling of the stars caused when changes in the density of the earth's atmosphere produce uneven refraction of starlight (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | scintilla, |
| definition | : | a sparkling glittering particle (noun.object) |
| derivation | : | twinkler, |
| definition | : | an object that emits or reflects light in an intermittent flickering manner (noun.object) |
| derivation | : | aglitter, coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly, |
| definition | : | having brief brilliant points or flashes of light (adj.all) |
14. reflect brightly (verb.weather)
| derivation | : | ice, sparkler, |
| definition | : | diamonds (noun.possession) |
| derivation | : | aglitter, coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly, |
| definition | : | having brief brilliant points or flashes of light (adj.all) |
15. give off (verb.weather)
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