The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - gleam n.

1) light, glimmer, glint, glow, flicker, shine, shimmer, glitter, twinkle, spark, flare, glare, flash; beam, ray, shaft: I could just make out the faint gleam of a candle. 2) hint, suggestion, indication, vestige, trace, scintilla, inkling, glimmer, ray, spark, flicker: There wasn't a gleam of hope of rescue. 3) look, glint: He got a strange gleam in his eye when he talked about his inventions. --v. 4) glimmer, glint, shimmer, shine, twinkle, glitter, glisten, beam, sparkle: I could see the beast's eyes, gleaming in the dark. The shore was dotted with gleaming white houses.