BEAMS Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

beams 1 of 2

noun

plural of beam

as in rays

a narrow sharply defined line of light radiating from an object we'll need a flashlight that casts a broader beam in order to really see anything

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beams

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verb

present tense third-person singular of beam

as in shines

to emit rays of light a lighthouse has beamed from this site since the 1790s

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as in grins

to express an emotion (as amusement) by curving the lips upward my father beamed when I showed him my new car

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Recent Examples of beams

Noun

There are scarlet curtains, rows and rows of empty chairs that give off a Shining vibe, and grand wooden beams on the ceiling. —

Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2026 Volvo engineers took those lessons and used them to design newer car models with an emphasis on extra-strong A-pillars roof beams, and windshield retention. —

Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 18 June 2026 Neutral atom quantum computing is based on our ability to use lasers to cool individual atoms and trap them in a grid of overlapping light beams, with the qubit being stored in the spin of the nucleus. —

ArsTechnica, 17 June 2026 The estate's historic limestone, wood beams and roof tiles — complemented by a soft and organic wedding color palette, ivory florals, fresh greenery, dark walnut accents, vintage silver and hundreds of candles — helped make guests feel like they were transported straight to the French countryside. —

Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 17 June 2026 Cars and steel beams wrapped around trees like pipe cleaners. —

Karen Valby, Vanity Fair, 16 June 2026 Handmade ceramic plates and glass bottles hung from rustic ceiling beams. —

Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2026 In experiments at the Large Hadron Collider, physicists smash together beams of protons, breaking them up into all possible elementary bits and pieces. —

Quanta Magazine, 15 June 2026 One was a rotating disc that sent out beams of light. —

Collin Binkley, Fortune, 15 June 2026

Verb

Footage of giant yellow black-eyed Susan flowers beams onto the wall from one projector, intersecting with video of swaying plants from another. —

Solvej Schou, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026 Einbinder looks lovingly over at her costar, who beams back at her. —

David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2026 Wade beams as his children describe their meal. —

Andy Rose, CNN Money, 6 Apr. 2026 Nicholas Hoult beams with his bleached hair and Prada button-up courtside at the Lakers versus Cleveland Cavaliers game in Los Angeles on March 31. —

Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 4 Apr. 2026 Now there’s Hoppers, the latest blockbuster Pixar film, which follows a girl who beams her brain into a beaver robot in the hope of saving a beloved habitat. —

David Sims, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026 Based on research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the device beams patients with gamma frequency light and sound for an hour a day. —

Mario Aguilar, STAT, 5 Mar. 2026 The characters’ spoken language is unfamiliar, but passionate, and the performances are driven by pure intent that beams through their heavy prosthetics. —

Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026 The same cousin now beams about ChatGPT. —

Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for beams

Noun

However, the material that swirls around the black hole can heat up and glow due to friction and tidal forces, emitting radio waves and X-rays.

— Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 16 June 2026
She was immediately admitted and underwent chest X-rays, which revealed a 10 cm mass in her chest.

— Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 16 June 2026