- 3. Gallant, beau, lover.
- 4. Buck, beau, dashing, fellow, dandy.
Sparkish, a.
- 1. Gay, airy.
- 2. Showy, well-dressed, fine, smart.
Sparkle, v. n.
- 1. Shine (with intermissions), glitter, glisten, glister, twinkle, scintillate, coruscate, flash, radiate, gleam.
- 2. Effervesce, bubble, foam, froth.
Sparkle, n.
- 1. Spark, scintillation.
- 2. Luminosity, lustre.
Sparkling, a.
- 1. Glittering, glistening, twinkling, flashing, brilliant.
- 2. Bubbling, foaming, effervescing, frothing, mantling.
- 3. Lively, glowing, brilliant, spirited, piquant, vigorous, forcible, strong, nervous, racy, impassioned.
Sparry iron. Spathic iron, carbonate of iron, spathose iron, siderite.
Sparse, a. Scattered, spread here and there, thin.
Spartan, a. Brave, courageous, hardy, undaunted, daring, intrepid, dauntless, fearless, bold, valiant, valorous, doughty, chivalric, heroic, lion-hearted.
Spasm, n.
- 1. Twitch, sudden contraction (as of the muscles).
- 2. Fit, paroxysm, throe.