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glimpse

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of GLIMPSE

to take a quick or hasty look <just glimpsed at the photo then turned his attention elsewhere>

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

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