Synonyms of beaming

beaming 1 of 2

adjective

1

as in shining

giving off or reflecting much light

the orchestra began its season of outdoor concerts under a beaming moon

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shining
• glowing
• luminous
• dazzling
• radiant
• bright
• gleaming
• shiny
• flashing
• flickering
• shimmering
• brilliant
• blazing
• sparkling
• lambent
• effulgent
• glittering
• glistening
• incandescent
• refulgent
• lucent
• splendid
• blinding
• clear
• burning
• lustrous
• candescent
• lucid
• flaming
• fulgent
• shined
• bedazzling
• polished
• fiery
• sheeny
• glancing
• winking
• twinkling
• glaring
• sunny
• ardent
• flaring
• scintillating
• glinting
• scintillant
• burnished
• shimmery
• glimmering
• red-hot
• combusting
• gemmy
• aglitter
• glistering
• ablaze
• agleam
• coruscant
• ultrabright
• superbright

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dim
• dull
• dark
• dusky
• darkened
• lackluster
• blackened
• dimmed
• gloomy
• somber
• obscure
• pitch-black
• obscured
• unlit
• darkish
• pitch-dark
• darkling
• lightless
• murky
• cloudy
• shadowy
• unbright
• darksome
• pale
• gray
• unbrilliant
• shady
• tenebrous
• sunless
• leaden
• shadowlike
• palish

2

as in smiling

having or being an outward sign of good feelings (as of love, confidence, or happiness)

Mom's beaming face shone with love as we all gathered for a family photo

Synonyms & Similar Words

• smiling
• bright
• glowing
• radiant
• sunny
• cheerful
• gleaming
• laughing
• joyful
• dazzling
• aglow
• shining
• delighted
• happy
• merry
• satisfied
• brilliant
• luminous
• optimistic
• starry
• pleased
• cheery
• blissful
• effulgent
• chipper
• jovial
• upbeat
• refulgent
• mirthful
• blithe
• joyous
• thankful
• gay
• rosy
• blooming
• gladsome
• blithesome
• gratified
• lightsome
• jocund
• chuffed
• tickled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• blank
• listless
• flat
• stoic
• unemotional
• black
• dark
• gray
• sullen
• gloomy
• glum
• melancholy
• depressing
• dismal
• frowning
• glaring
• darkening
• lowering
• scowling
• glowering

beaming

2 of 2

verb

present participle of beam

1

as in glowing

to emit rays of light

a lighthouse has beamed from this site since the 1790s

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shining
• glowing
• radiating
• flashing
• gleaming
• raying
• glittering
• glistening
• flaring
• flickering
• glinting
• shimmering
• blazing
• glimmering
• burning
• sparkling
• twinkling
• glaring
• flaming
• illuminating
• firing
• winking
• scintillating
• lighting
• beating (down)
• illumining
• glistering
• brightening
• blinking
• lightening
• blinding
• luminescing
• sheening
• coruscating
• irradiating
• spangling
• winkling
• dazzling
• lustering
• dazing
• bedazzling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• darkening
• lowering
• blackening

2

as in grinning

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

my father beamed when I showed him my new car

Synonyms & Similar Words

• grinning
• smiling
• laughing
• sneering
• smirking
• simpering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• grimacing
• frowning
• glaring
• scowling
• glowering
• lowering
• sulking
• pouting
• glooming

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of beaming

Adjective

Jason Sudeikis playfully shields daughter Daisy Josephine and son Otis Alexander from the beaming Los Angeles sun while at the Ted Lasso season 4 premiere on July 27. — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026

In the shots, Kelce is seen on one knee beneath a floral arch, while a beaming Swift holds his face and shows off her huge diamond ring. — Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 3 Sep. 2019

Verb

Last month, Amazon also announced plans for a larger 5,000-satellite constellation capable of beaming voice and mobile data to consumer phones, including Apple devices. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 17 Aug. 2026

Instead, there will be only a flash of white light, originating nowhere in particular, beaming out into the uneventful void. — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026

Heading Off to Eton On September 6, 1995, Diana and Charles looked like beaming, proud parents as their oldest son, 13 at the time, signed the papers to start his first day at Eton College. — Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 15 Aug. 2026

Earlier this year, another research team took a big step toward real-world use by improving the laser power-beaming system. — Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 9 Aug. 2026

Blakely cruised through her difficult release moves, closing her effort with a perfectly stuck dismount and a beaming smile. — Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026

The upload was a single photo of Towle standing on a mountaintop, smiling with the sun beaming behind her. — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026

The project combines Reach Power’s wireless power-beaming technology with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s expertise in autonomous systems, robotics, and communications. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026

Like a lot of us who tottered into consciousness in the second half of the 20th century, Les Claypool grew up with cartoons from the family television beaming into his retinas. — Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 2 Aug. 2026