gleam

1. 1.

   an appearance of reflected light

   Synonymsgleamingglowlambency

   Broaderradiance
2. 2.

   a flash of light (especially reflected light)

   Synonymsgleamingglimmer

   Broaderflash

Other forms of gleam

plural

gleams·

past tense

gleamed·

present participle

gleaming·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about gleam

What does gleam mean?

gleam means "be shiny, as if wet". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in gleam?

gleam has 1 syllable: gleam. In IPA it is /ˈɡlim/.

What is another word for gleam?

Close synonyms include glitter, glisten, glint, shine, glimmer. 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 gleam a common word?

gleam is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with gleam?

1 word rhymes with gleam. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.