beady

1. 1.

   small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button

   “bright beady eyes”

   “black buttony eyes”

   Synonymsbeadlikebuttonybuttonlike

   Similarbright
2. 2.

   covered with beads or jewels or sequins

   Synonymsgemmedjeweledjewelledsequinedspangledspangly

   Similaradorned

Other forms of beady

comparative or superlative

beadier

comparative or superlative

beadiest

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about beady

What does beady mean?

beady means "small and round and shiny like a shiny bead or button". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in beady?

beady has 2 syllables: bea-dy. The stress falls on "bea". In IPA it is /ˈbidi/.

What is another word for beady?

Close synonyms include beadlike, buttony, buttonlike, gemmed, jeweled. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is beady a common word?

beady is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.