sparkling

1. 1.

   shining with brilliant points of light like stars

   “sparkling snow”

   “sparkling eyes”

   Similarstarry
2. 2.

   used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide

   “sparkling wines”

   “sparkling water”

   Synonymseffervescent

   Antonymsstill

1. 1.

   a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash

   Synonymstwinklescintillation

   Broaderchange

Other forms of sparkling

plural

sparklings·

comparative

sparklinger·

superlative

sparklingest·

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 sparkling

What does sparkling mean?

sparkling means "shining with brilliant points of light like stars". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sparkling?

sparkling has 2 syllables: spar-kling. The stress falls on "spar". In IPA it is /ˈspɑɹklɪŋ/.

What is another word for sparkling?

Close synonyms include effervescent, twinkle, scintillation. 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.

What is the opposite of sparkling?

The recorded antonyms are still.

Is sparkling a common word?

sparkling 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.