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

According to the team, each isotope produces a distinct resonance pattern when exposed to neutron beams across different energy levels. —

Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 28 May 2026 Niall Horan beams on stage while performing at Radio 1's Big Weekend in Sunderland, England, on May 23. —

People Staff, PEOPLE, 28 May 2026 Expect exposed timber beams, original brick and sandstone, Tasmanian artwork, and peeks of original wallpaper. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 May 2026 These beams of light allow scientists to see how our planet's ever-changing atmosphere might be distorting incoming light, which is critical for accurately analyzing telescope observations. —

Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 27 May 2026 Police and emergency officials sealed off traffic around the site, where twisted steel beams and shattered slabs of concrete hung precariously from the edge of the overpass. —

ABC News, 26 May 2026 Wooden beams add character, too. —

Adam Williams may 25, New Atlas, 25 May 2026 Fathers protecting newborns Wind roars with such force the steel beams supporting the hospital’s top floors twist 4 inches. —

Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026 The closures began in late May while bridge beams were installed on the new bridge for travelers southbound on I-294 over westbound I-290. —

Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 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

The researchers used ultrabright X-rays at the Canadian Light Source (CLS) at the University of Saskatchewan to understand how the structural changes improved ion transport.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 June 2026
The raycaster works by sending out rays from the player’s position to detect the distance to the first wall the player can see in that line.

— Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 2 June 2026