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Synonyms for beaming

17 synonyms
2 antonyms
1 meaning

adjective

Most common

bright radiant shining gleaming

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Bright

bright, radiant, shining, gleaming, resplendent, brilliant, splendid, lustrous, refulgent, beamy, lucid, effulgent formal, glowing, dazzling, luminous

Other

Antonyms

dull, frowning

All antonyms of beaming →

Definitions

adj. 1
Smilingly happy; showing happy emotion.

Example sentences

shining Yoshkar-Ola, Mari city, you're shining with glory.
radiant Seeing Tom so radiant and happy brought a tear to my eye.
gleaming A few faint stars were gleaming in the violet sky.
resplendent At the reception, Hanako was resplendent in a kimono.
cheerful She is loved by everybody because she is cheerful.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
beaming		rising
shining		rising
radiant		steady
gleaming		rising
resplendent		rising
cheerful		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters: glad¹
5 letters: lucid², beamy
6 letters: bright¹
7 letters: shining², glowing², radiant³
8 letters: splendid², cheerful², dazzling³, luminous³, gleaming², lustrous²
9 letters: brilliant², effulgent, refulgent
11 letters: resplendent³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lucid² = 2 syllables).