Synonyms of beamed

beamed

verb

past tense of beam

1

as in shone

to emit rays of light

a lighthouse has beamed from this site since the 1790s

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shone
• glowed
• flashed
• radiated
• gleamed
• rayed
• flickered
• flared
• shimmered
• burned
• glittered
• glimmered
• glinted
• sparkled
• glistened
• blazed
• twinkled
• illumined
• glared
• fired
• brightened
• lit
• illuminated
• blinked
• winked
• lightened
• flamed
• beat (down)
• sheened
• dazzled
• winkled
• luminesced
• irradiated
• blinded
• scintillated
• glistered
• spangled
• dazed
• lustered
• coruscated
• bedazzled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lowered
• darkened
• blackened

2

as in grinned

to express an emotion (as amusement) by curving the lips upward

my father beamed when I showed him my new car

Synonyms & Similar Words

• grinned
• smiled
• laughed
• smirked
• sneered
• simpered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• grimaced
• frowned
• glared
• scowled
• lowered
• glowered
• pouted
• sulked
• gloomed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of beamed

The first flickers of life beamed images from the Bloomberg network of a New York building on fire. — Will Richmond, The Providence Journal, 11 Sep. 2026

The character would sit behind a desk and speak to movie stars promoting current projects on earth who were beamed in via a TV screen. — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2026

PiTeam The voice recording feature is activated with the press of a button on the PiLY, and audio is beamed to your phone for analysis via a cloud service. — New Atlas, 10 Sep. 2026

The alien needs salt to survive, and the couple’s supply is running low, so the alien drains all of it from a poor Enterprise crew member’s body, and then a couple more who are beamed down later. — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026

When one of the most impressive performances of his head-coaching career was over, Kiffin embraced school president Wade Rousse and beamed at the remaining fans. — Matt Baker, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026

The tech entrepreneur and father of two beamed with pride from the players’ box as his wife returned to competitive singles tennis. — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 28 Aug. 2026

Sometime during the night on Earth, the Curiosity rover finished its day exploring on Mars and beamed its latest collection of images and measurements to a Mars orbiter zooming by overhead. — Ashwin R. Vasavada, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026

Inside a University of Miami social media class on the day Dolly died on Tuesday, students had their first assignment social posts beamed onto the room’s screen for class evaluation. — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2026