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Textual thesaurus for "twinkle"

(noun) spark, sparkle, light

merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance

he had a sparkle in his eye; there's a perpetual twinkle in his eyes


(noun) sparkling, scintillation

a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash


(verb) flash, wink, winkle, blink

gleam or glow intermittently

The lights were flashing


(verb) winkle, scintillate

emit or reflect light in a flickering manner

Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?