sparkle
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance
he had a sparkle in his eye
Types & categories
- vitality hypernym
- expression hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
reflect brightly
Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside
Types & categories
- shine hypernym
Related & opposite
- glitter derivation
- twinkle derivation
- coruscation derivation
- sparkler derivation
- aglitterp derivation
Sense 3 noun
the occurrence of a small flash or spark
Types & categories
- flash hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity
The musical performance sparkled
Types & categories
- be hypernym
Related & opposite
- sparkle derivation
- coruscation derivation
- scintillation derivation
Sense 5 noun
the quality of shining with a bright reflected light
Types & categories
- brightness hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
emit or produce sparks
A high tension wire, brought down by a storm, can continue to spark
Types & categories
- give out hypernym
Related & opposite
- flicker derivation
- coruscation derivation
- spark derivation
- arc derivation
Sense 7 verb
become bubbly or frothy or foaming
The boiling soup was frothing
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- bubbliness derivation
- fizz derivation
- foam derivation
- effervescence derivation
- effervescent derivation
- effervescent derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sparkle |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | beamish |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sparkly |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | vitality |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | expression |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | glitter |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | twinkle |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | coruscation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sparkler |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | aglitterp |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | shine |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sparkle |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | spark |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | aglitterp |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | flash |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | sparkle |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | coruscation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | scintillation |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | be |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | glitter |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | sparkle |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | aglitterp |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | brightness |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | flicker |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | coruscation |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | spark |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | arc |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | give out |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | bubbliness |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | fizz |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | foam |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | effervescence |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | effervescent |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | effervescent |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | bubble |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | lather |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | seethe |