beamy

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/ˈbiːmi/

adjective

Resembling a beam in size and weight; massy.

“beamy stags”

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widebroadbeamingeffulgentradiantrefulgentbright
OriginMiddle English beami →
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Meanings

adjectivebeamy (comparative beamier, superlative beamiest)

comparative beamier · superlative beamiest

  1. Resembling a beam in size and weight; massy.

    a beamy spear

  2. archaicHaving horns or antlers.

    beamy stags

  3. nauticalHaving much beam or breadth; wide.
  4. Showing or emitting rays of light; beaming; radiant; shining.
  5. figurativelyRadiant; beamsome; joyous; gladsome.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivebroad in the beam

Similar
widebroad

adjectiveradiating or as if radiating light

Similar
beamingeffulgentradiantrefulgentbright
Also see
alightbeamingbroadeffulgentgloriouslitluminousorientradiantrefulgentshimmeryshiningwide

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishbeami
  2. Englishbeamy

From Middle English beami, bemi, equivalent to beam + -y.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with beamy

dreamysteamysashimiseamyreamyagrimigleamyPheme
All rhymes →

Anagrams

maybemabeyMbayeembayBayme
Cite this entry
APA

beamy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beamy

MLA

“beamy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beamy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beamy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beamy.

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