Synonyms of the word

glare

• n. (uncountable) An intense, blinding light.
• n. Showy brilliance; gaudiness.
• n. An angry or fierce stare.
• n. (telephony) A call collision; the situation where an incoming call occurs at the same time as an outgoing…
• n. (US) A smooth, bright, glassy surface.
• n. A viscous, transparent substance; glair.
• v. (intransitive) To stare angrily.
• v. (intransitive) To shine brightly.
• v. To be bright and intense, or ostentatiously splendid.
• v. (transitive) To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light.
• adj. (US, of ice) smooth and bright or translucent; glary.

beam

• n. Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.
• n. One of the principal horizontal timbers of a building; one of the transverse members of a ship's frame…
• n. (nautical) The maximum width of a vessel.
• n. The crossbar of a mechanical balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended.
• n. The principal stem of the antler of a deer.
• n. (literary) The pole of a carriage or chariot.
• n. (textiles) A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving and…
• n. The straight part or shank of an anchor.
• n. The central bar of a plow, to which the handles and colter are secured, and to the end of which are attached…
• n. In steam engines, a heavy iron lever having an oscillating motion on a central axis, one end of which…
• n. A ray or collection of approximately parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body.
• n. (figuratively) A ray; a gleam.
• n. One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk.
• n. (music) A horizontal bar which connects the stems of two or more notes to group them and to indicate metric…
• n. (railway) An elevated rectangular dirt pile used to cheaply build an elevated portion of a railway.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To emit beams of light; shine; radiate.
• v. (intransitive, figuratively) To smile broadly or especially cheerfully.
• v. (transitive) To furnish or supply with beams.
• v. (transitive) give the appearance of beams to.
• v. (transitive, science fiction) To transmit matter or information via a high-tech wireless mechanism.
• v. (transitive, currying) To stretch something (for example an animal hide) on a beam.
• v. (transitive, weaving) To put (something) on a beam.
• v. (transitive, music) To connect (musical notes) with a beam, or thick line, in music notation.

blaze

• n. A fire, especially a fast-burning fire producing a lot of flames and light.
• n. Intense, direct light accompanied with heat.
• n. The white or lighter-coloured markings on a horse's face.
• n. A high-visibility orange colour, typically used in warning signs and hunters' clothing.
• n. A bursting out, or active display of any quality; an outburst.
• n. A spot made on trees by chipping off a piece of the bark, usually as a surveyor's mark.
• v. (intransitive) To be on fire, especially producing a lot of flames and light.
• v. (intransitive) To shine like a flame.
• v. (transitive) To make a thing shine like a flame.
• v. (transitive) To mark or cut (a route, especially through vegetation), or figuratively, to set a precedent…
• v. (slang) To smoke marijuana.

brightness

• n. The quality of being bright.
• n. The perceived luminance of an object.
• n. Intelligence, cleverness.

brilliance

• n. The quality of being exceptionally effulgent (giving off light).
• n. The quality of having extraordinary mental capacity.
• n. (chiefly Britain) Magnificence; resplendence.

glower

• v. (intransitive) To look or stare with anger.
• n. An angry stare or glare.
• n. That which glows or emits light.

limelight

• n. A type of stage lighting once used in theatres and music halls, producing a bright light by the use of…
• n. (by extension) Attention, notice, a starring or central role, present fame.
• v. to illuminate with limelight.

prominence

• n. The state of being prominent: widely known or eminent.
• n. Relative importance.
• n. A bulge: something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from a form.
• n. (topography) Autonomous height; relative height or prime factor; a concept used in the categorization…

reflect

• v. (transitive) To bend back (light, etc.) from a surface.
• v. (intransitive) To be bent back (light, etc.) from a surface.
• v. (transitive) To mirror, or show the image of something.
• v. (intransitive) To be mirrored.
• v. (transitive) To agree with; to closely follow.
• v. (transitive) To give evidence of someone's or something's character etc.
• v. (intransitive) To think seriously; to ponder or consider.

shine

• v. (intransitive) To emit light.
• v. (intransitive) To reflect light.
• v. (intransitive) To distinguish oneself; to excel.
• v. (intransitive) To be effulgent in splendour or beauty.
• v. (intransitive) To be eminent, conspicuous, or distinguished; to exhibit brilliant intellectual powers.
• v. (intransitive) To be immediately apparent.
• v. (transitive) To create light with (a flashlight, lamp, torch, or similar).
• v. (transitive) To cause to shine, as a light.
• v. (US, transitive) To make bright; to cause to shine by reflected light.
• n. Brightness from a source of light.
• n. Brightness from reflected light.
• n. Excellence in quality or appearance.
• n. Shoeshine.
• n. Sunshine.
• n. (slang) Moonshine.
• n. (cricket) The amount of shininess on a cricket ball, or on each side of the ball.
• n. (slang) A liking for a person; a fancy.
• n. (archaic, slang) A caper; an antic; a row.
• v. (transitive) To cause (something) to shine; put a shine on (something); polish (something).
• v. (transitive, cricket) To polish a cricket ball using saliva and one’s clothing.

spotlight

• n. A bright, directional light or lamp, especially one used to illuminate the focus or center of attention…
• n. The circle of light shed by a spotlight.
• n. The center of attention; the highlight or most important part.
• v. (transitive) To illuminate with a spotlight.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To draw attention to.

stare

• v. (intransitive, construed with at) To look fixedly (at something).
• v. To be very conspicuous on account of size, prominence, colour, or brilliancy.
• v. (obsolete) To stand out; to project; to bristle.
• n. A persistent gaze.
• n. (obsolete) A starling.