What is another word for Glimpsing?

Pronunciation: [ɡlˈɪmpsɪŋ] (IPA)

Glimpsing is a verb that means to catch or see something briefly or partially. There are several synonyms for glimpsing, including catching a glimpse, spotting, catching sight of, detecting, detecting a glimpse, noticing, perceiving, espying, spying, and getting a glimpse of something. Each of these synonyms implies seeing and experiencing something that is visible temporarily or partially. Whether you are glimpsing a beautiful sunset or catching a glimpse of a special someone across the room, the various synonyms for glimpsing highlight the fleeting yet impactful nature of these brief encounters with the world around us.

What are the hypernyms for Glimpsing?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Glimpsing

So, now, this cultured, gently bred woman, for the first time in her life understanding the facts, Glimpsing the tragedy and grasping the answer to it all, felt that no words could compass her strange exultation and enlargement.
"The Air Trust"
George Allan England
So one muses, comfortably awaiting the tailor, while the eye travels through far countries, Glimpsing now and then a graceful figure that somehow reminds one of a darker complexioned September Morn, and helps perhaps to explain the wide-spread popularity of a magazine whose title seems at first thought to limit it to a public-school circulation.
"The Perfect Gentleman"
Ralph Bergengren
Glimpsing Penny, the men at the desk began to scatter.
"Ghost Beyond the Gate"
Mildred A. Wirt

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