flickering

1. 1.

   shining unsteadily

   Synonymsaflicker

   Similarunsteady

Questions about flickering

What does flickering mean?

flickering means "shining unsteadily".

How many syllables are in flickering?

flickering has 3 syllables: flic-ke-ring. The stress falls on "flic". In IPA it is /ˈflɪkɚɪŋ/.

What is another word for flickering?

Close synonyms include aflicker. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is flickering a common word?

flickering is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.