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Another word for glimpse

Noun

  1. A quick look

    2. See also:

    see

Another word for glimpse

Verb

  1. To perceive, especially barely or fleetingly

    2. See also:

    see

  2. To look briefly and quickly

    3. See also:

    see

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Another word for glimpse

Noun
    2. See also:

    look

© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Sentence Examples

  • She got a glimpse of the horse in the trailer.

  • Kris caught a glimpse of what looked like a shopping mall west of them.  His gaze lingered.

  • Already, we get a glimpse of what is to come.

  • Today, when he had caught a glimpse of her, she seemed still more lovely.

  • But the princess had caught a glimpse of the man she had known and loved, and it was to him that she now spoke.

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