glance

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of GLANCE

to strike and fly off at an angle <the basketball glanced off the rim> <her wild pitch glanced off my shoulder and landed in the dugout>

Synonyms bounce, carom, rebound, ricochet, skim, skip

Related Words brush, graze, nudge, rake, shave, sweep; bump, contact, hit, kiss, touch; sideswipe; reflect

to take a quick or hasty look <just glanced at the instructions before assembling the bike> <glanced over his shoulder to see if she was still there>

Synonyms browse, dip, glimpse, glint, peek, skim

Related Words keek [chiefly Scottish], peep; blink, squint; look over, peruse, rake, scan

Near Antonyms examine, overlook, oversee, question, survey; study, view; peer, pry; gawk, goggle, rubberneck; leer, ogle

Antonyms gaze, stare

to shoot forth bursts of light <diamonds glancing in the display case>

Synonyms coruscate, flame, glance, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisten, glister, glitter, luster (or lustre), scintillate, shimmer, spangle, sparkle, twinkle, wink, winkle

Related Words beam, radiate, shine; bedazzle, blind, daze, dazzle; blaze, burn, flare, glare, glow

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