beaming

Other forms of beaming

comparative

beaminger·

superlative

beamingest·

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 beaming

What does beaming mean?

beaming means "cheerful and bright". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in beaming?

beaming has 2 syllables: bea-ming. The stress falls on "bea". In IPA it is /ˈbimɪŋ/.

What is another word for beaming?

Close synonyms include glad, beamy, effulgent, radiant, refulgent. 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 beaming a common word?

beaming is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.