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glance

The word “glance” has 1 syllable: glance

It's pronounced as /ɡlæns/

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In the thesaurus, “glance” has 100 synonyms and 19 antonyms.

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Synonyms for glance

Antonyms for glance

Meanings of glance

  • noun
    1. A brief or cursory look.
    2. A deflection.
    3. A stroke in which the ball is deflected to one side.
    4. A sudden flash of light or splendour.
    5. An incidental or passing thought or allusion.
    6. Any of various sulphides, mostly dark-coloured, which have a brilliant metallic lustre.
    7. Glance coal.
  • verb
    1. To look briefly (at something).
    2. To graze a surface.
    3. To sparkle.
    4. To move quickly, appearing and disappearing rapidly; to be visible only for an instant at a time; to move interruptedly; to twinkle.
    5. To strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside.
    6. To hit lightly with the head, make a deft header.
    7. To make an incidental or passing reflection; to allude; to hint; often with at.
    8. A type of interaction between parent fish and offspring in which juveniles swim toward and rapidly touch the sides of the parent, in most cases feeding on parental mucus. Relatively few species glance, mainly some Cichlidae.

Example Sentences

  • She took a quick glance at the clock before leaving the room.
  • His nervous glance revealed that he was hiding something.
  • With one glance, the teacher understood the situation immediately.
  • I caught a glance of the mountains through the airplane window.
  • The manager gave the report a brief glance during the meeting.

On this page you'll find 119 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to glance, such as: beam, bedazzle, blaze, blind, blink, bounce, browse.

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