Burst
Flash
Flash noun - A sudden and usually temporary growth of activity.
Usage example: a flash of last-minute trips to the video store before the onset of the big snowstorm
Burst is a synonym for flash in thing topic. You can use "Burst" instead the word "Flash" as a noun or a verb, if it concerns topics such as flare, blaze, shimmer, instant.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| rare | rare burst | rare flash |
| full | full burst | full flash |
| long | long burst | long flash |
| similar | similar burst | similar flash |
| Other adjectives: brief, short, initial, green, single, loud, simple, small, bright, large, big, huge, little, quick, white, explosive, random, next, last, occasional, extended, sudden. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Fire can be applied to this as well, as well as electricity and ice, as well as the blinding flash provided by Nuclear Weapons or an gamma ray burst or asteroid/comet impact.
Source: Light Is Not Good - Trees didn't burst into flame, people didn't suddenly become very rich and extremely dead, and the seas didn't flash into steam.
Source: Dissimile -
Trees didn't burst into flame, people didn't suddenly become very rich and extremely dead, and the sea didn't flash into steam.
Source: Discworld / The Light Fantastic
Cite this Source
Flash and Burst. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/burst/flash
Burst & Flash. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/burst/flash>.
Flash or Burst. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/burst/flash.
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