twinkle
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- flash derivation
- winkle derivation
- sparkle derivation
- scintillate derivation
Sense 2 verb
gleam or glow intermittently
The lights were flashing
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- blinker derivation
- flash derivation
- turn signal derivation
- twinkle derivation
- twinkler derivation
Sense 3 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 4 verb
emit or reflect light in a flickering manner
Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?
Types & categories
- beam hypernym
Related & opposite
- scintillation derivation
- twinkle derivation
- scintilla derivation
- twinkler derivation
- aglitterp derivation
- celestial body domain topic
- scintillate verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | flash |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | winkle |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sparkle |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | scintillate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | blinker |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | flash |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | turn signal |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | twinkle |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | twinkler |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | radiate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | flick |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sparkle |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | beamish |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sparkly |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | vitality |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | expression |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | scintillation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | twinkle |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | scintilla |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | twinkler |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | aglitterp |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | celestial body |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | scintillate |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | beam |