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scintillating |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb scintillate Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb scintillate Entailment of verb scintillate Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb scintillate 2 senses of scintillate Sense 1 twinkle, winkle, scintillate => shine, beam Sense 2 sparkle, scintillate => be Familiarity of verb scintillate scintillate used as a verb is rare (polysemy count = 2) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb scintillate Sense 1 twinkle, winkle, scintillate => shine, beam -------------- Sense 2 sparkle, scintillate => be -------------- Overview of verb scintillate The verb scintillate has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. twinkle, winkle, scintillate -- (emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; of stars; "Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?") 2. sparkle, scintillate -- (be lively: "The music sparkled"; "A scintillating conversation") Overview of adj scintillating The adj scintillating has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. scintillating -- (brilliantly clever; "scintillating wit"; "a play full of scintillating dialogue") 2. bubbling, effervescent, scintillating, sparkling, sparkly -- (marked by high spirits or excitement; "his fertile effervescent mind"; "scintillating personality"; "sparkling conversation"; "a row of sparkly cheerleaders") 3. aglitter, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkling, sparkly -- (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") Antonyms of adj scintillating 3 senses of scintillating Sense 1 scintillating INDIRECT (VIA intelligent) -> unintelligent, stupid Sense 2 bubbling, effervescent, scintillating, sparkling, sparkly INDIRECT (VIA lively) -> dull Sense 3 aglitter(prenominal), fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkling(postnominal), sparkly INDIRECT (VIA bright) -> dull Similarity of adj scintillating 3 senses of scintillating Sense 1 scintillating => intelligent (vs. unintelligent) Sense 2 bubbling, effervescent, scintillating, sparkling, sparkly => lively (vs. dull) Sense 3 aglitter(prenominal), fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkling(postnominal), sparkly => bright (vs. dull) Attributes of adj scintillating Familiarity of adj scintillating scintillating used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj scintillating scintillating Overview of verb scintillate The verb scintillate has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. twinkle, winkle, scintillate -- (emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; of stars; "Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?") 2. sparkle, scintillate -- (be lively: "The music sparkled"; "A scintillating conversation") Overview of adj scintillating The adj scintillating has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. scintillating -- (brilliantly clever; "scintillating wit"; "a play full of scintillating dialogue") 2. bubbling, effervescent, scintillating, sparkling, sparkly -- (marked by high spirits or excitement; "his fertile effervescent mind"; "scintillating personality"; "sparkling conversation"; "a row of sparkly cheerleaders") 3. aglitter, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkling, sparkly -- (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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