twinkle

/twˈɪŋkəl/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

verb

1. gleam or glow intermittently
   “The lights were flashing”
2. emit or reflect light in a flickering manner
   “Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?”

noun

1. a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash
2. merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance
   “he had a sparkle in his eye”

Synonyms for twinkle

• flash
• blink
• wink
• winkle
• scintillate
• scintillation
• sparkling
• sparkle
• spark
• light

Words that rhyme with twinkle

• wrinkle
• sprinkle
• winkle
• tinkle
• bullwinkle
• bulwinkle
• dinkel
• finckle
• finkel
• finkle
• garfinkle
• hinkel
• hinkle
• kinkel
• kinkle
• krenwinkle
• minkel
• schinkel
• shinkle
• sprinkel
• trinkle
• vanwinkle
• winkel