English

Detailed Synonyms for shimmer in English

shimmer:

to shimmer verb (shimmers, shimmered, shimmering)

  1. to shimmer
    to shine; to twinkle; to sparkle; to flicker; to radiate; to shimmer; to flare; to give off light; to vibrate; to beam
    • shine verb (shines, shined, shining)
    • twinkle verb (twinkles, twinkled, twinkling)
    • sparkle verb (sparkles, sparkled, sparkling)
    • flicker verb (flickers, flickered, flickering)
    • radiate verb (radiates, radiated, radiating)
    • shimmer verb (shimmers, shimmered, shimmering)
    • flare verb (flares, flared, flaring)
    • give off light verb (gives off light, gave off light, giving off light)
    • vibrate verb (vibrates, vibrated, vibrating)
    • beam verb (beams, beamed, beaming)
  2. to shimmer
    to sparkle; to shine; to glisten; to glitter; to shimmer; to glimmer
    • sparkle verb (sparkles, sparkled, sparkling)
    • shine verb (shines, shined, shining)
    • glisten verb (glistens, glistened, glistening)
    • glitter verb (glitters, glittered, glittering)
    • shimmer verb (shimmers, shimmered, shimmering)
    • glimmer verb (glimmers, glimmered, glimmering)
  3. to shimmer
    – give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk 1
    to shimmer
    – give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk 1
    • shimmer verb (shimmers, shimmered, shimmering)
  4. to shimmer
    – shine with a weak or fitful light 1
    to shimmer
    – shine with a weak or fitful light 1
    • shimmer verb (shimmers, shimmered, shimmering)

Conjugations for shimmer:

present
  1. shimmer
  2. shimmer
  3. shimmers
  4. shimmer
  5. shimmer
  6. shimmer
simple past
  1. shimmered
  2. shimmered
  3. shimmered
  4. shimmered
  5. shimmered
  6. shimmered
present perfect
  1. have shimmered
  2. have shimmered
  3. has shimmered
  4. have shimmered
  5. have shimmered
  6. have shimmered
past continuous
  1. was shimmering
  2. were shimmering
  3. was shimmering
  4. were shimmering
  5. were shimmering
  6. were shimmering
future
  1. shall shimmer
  2. will shimmer
  3. will shimmer
  4. shall shimmer
  5. will shimmer
  6. will shimmer
continuous present
  1. am shimmering
  2. are shimmering
  3. is shimmering
  4. are shimmering
  5. are shimmering
  6. are shimmering
subjunctive
  1. be shimmered
  2. be shimmered
  3. be shimmered
  4. be shimmered
  5. be shimmered
  6. be shimmered
diverse
  1. shimmer!
  2. let's shimmer!
  3. shimmered
  4. shimmering
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

shimmer [the ~] noun

  1. the shimmer
    – a weak and tremulous light 1
    the play; the shimmer
    – a weak and tremulous light 1
    • play [the ~] noun
      • the play of light on the water1
    • shimmer [the ~] noun
      • the shimmer of colors on iridescent feathers1

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Related Definitions for "shimmer":

  1. a weak and tremulous light1
    • the shimmer of colors on iridescent feathers1
  2. give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk1
  3. shine with a weak or fitful light1