Collins English Thesaurus Essential. Collins Dictionaries
signal fire 2 = lighthouse, pharos, watchtowerbead NOUN beads of sweat = drop, tear, bubble, pearl, dot, drip, blob, droplet, globule, driblet ▸ PLURAL NOUN baubles, bangles and beads = necklace, pearls, pendant, choker, necklet, chapletbeady ADJECTIVE = bright, powerful, concentrated, sharp, intense, shining, glittering, gleaming, glintingbeak NOUN 1 a black bird with a yellow beak = bill, nib, neb (archaic, dialect), mandible 2 his sharp, aristocratic beak = nose, snout, hooter (slang), snitch (slang), conk (slang), neb (archaic, dialect), proboscis, schnozzle (slang, chiefly U.S.)beam VERB 1 She beamed at her friend with undisguised admiration. = smile, grin 2 The interview was beamed live across America. = transmit, show, air, broadcast, cable, send out, relay, televise, stream, radio, emit, put on the air 3 A sharp white spotlight beamed down on a small stage. = radiate, flash, shine, glow, glitter, glare, gleam, emit light, give off light ▸ NOUN 1 a beam of light = ray, bar, flash, stream, glow, radiation, streak, emission, shaft, gleam, glint, glimmer 2 The ceilings are supported by oak beams. = rafter, support, timber, spar, plank, girder, joist 3 She knew he had news, because of the beam on his face. = smile, grinbeaming ADJECTIVE 1 his mother's beaming face = smiling, happy, grinning, pleasant, sunny, cheerful, cheery, joyful, chirpy (informal), light-hearted 2 A beaming sun rose out of the sea. = radiating, bright, brilliant, flashing, shining, glowing, sparkling, glittering, gleaming, glimmering, radiant, glistening, scintillating, burnished, lustrousbear VERB 1 a surveyor and his assistant bearing a torch = carry, take, move, bring, lift, transfer, conduct, transport, haul, transmit, convey, relay, tote (informal), hump (Brit. slang), lug ◼ OPPOSITE: put down 2 The ice was not thick enough to bear the weight of marching men. = support, shoulder, sustain, endure, uphold, withstand, bear up under ◼ OPPOSITE: give up 3 notepaper bearing the President's seal = display, have, show, hold, carry, possess, exhibit 4 She bore her sufferings bravely. = suffer, feel, experience, go through, sustain, stomach, endure, undergo, admit, brook, hack (slang), abide, put up with (informal) 5 He can't bear to talk about it, even to me. = bring yourself to, allow, accept, permit, endure, tolerate, hack (informal), countenance 6 The plants grow and start to bear fruit. = produce, develop, generate, yield, bring forth 7 She bore a son called Karl. = give birth to, produce, deliver, breed, bring forth, beget (old-fashioned) 8 She bore no ill will. If they didn't like her, too bad. = exhibit, hold, maintain, entertain, harbour, cherish 9 There was elegance and simple dignity in the way he bore himself. = conduct, carry, move, deport ● bear down on someone or something The storm is expected to bear down on the area in the early hours. = advance on, attack, approach, move towards, close in on, converge on, move in on, come near to, draw near to ● bear down on something or someone She felt as if a great weight was bearing down on her shoulders. = press down, push, strain, crush, compress, weigh down, encumber ● bear on something The remaining 32 examples do not bear on our problem. = be relevant to, involve, concern, affect, regard, refer to, be part of, relate to, belong to, apply to, be appropriate, befit, pertain to, touch upon, appertain to ● bear something out His photographs do not quite bear this out. = support, prove, confirm, justify, endorse, uphold, vindicate, validate, substantiate, corroborate, legitimize ● bear with someone If you'll bear with me, Frank, I can explain everything. = be patient with, suffer, wait for, hold on (informal), stand by, tolerate, put up with (informal), make allowances for, hang firebearable ADJECTIVE = tolerable, acceptable, sustainable, manageable, passable, admissible, supportable, endurable, sufferable ◼ OPPOSITE: intolerablebeard NOUN = whiskers, bristles, stubble, five-o'clock shadowbearded ADJECTIVE = unshaven, hairy, whiskered, stubbly, bushy, shaggy, hirsute (formal), bristly, bewhiskeredbearer NOUN 1 I hate to be the bearer of bad news. = agent, carrier, courier, herald, envoy, messenger, conveyor, emissary, harbinger (literary) 2 a flag bearer = carrier, runner, servant, porter 3 This voucher entitles the bearer to one free meal. = payee, beneficiary, consigneebearing NOUN 1 (usually with on or upon) My father's achievements don't have any bearing on what I do. = relevance, relation, application, connection, import, reference, significance, pertinence, appurtenance ◼ OPPOSITE: irrelevance 2 She later wrote warmly of his bearing and behaviour. = manner, attitude, conduct, appearance, aspect, presence, behaviour, tone, carriage, posture, demeanour, deportment, mien (literary), air, comportment 3 I'm flying on a bearing of ninety-three degrees. = position, course, direction, point of compass ▸ PLURAL NOUN I lost my bearings and was just aware of cars roaring past. = way, course, position, situation, track, aim, direction, location, orientation, whereaboutsbearish ADJECTIVE = falling, declining, slumpingbeast NOUN 1 the threats our ancestors faced from wild beasts = animal, creature, brute 2 He is an absolute beast in terms of his will to win. = brute, monster, savage, barbarian, fiend, swine, ogre, ghoul, sadistbeastly ADJECTIVE 1 The weather was beastly. = unpleasant, mean, terrible (informal), awful, nasty, foul, rotten (informal), horrid (informal), disagreeable, irksome ◼ OPPOSITE: pleasant 2 He must be wondering why everyone is being so beastly to him. = cruel, mean (informal), nasty, harsh, savage, brutal, coarse, monstrous, malicious, insensitive, sadistic, unfriendly, unsympathetic, uncaring, spiteful, thoughtless, brutish, barbarous, unfeeling, inconsiderate, bestial, uncharitable, unchristian, hardhearted ◼ OPPOSITE: humanebeat VERB 1 He lost the boxing match and was badly beaten by his opponent. = batter, break, hit, strike, knock, punch, belt (informal), whip, deck (slang), bruise, bash (informal), sock (slang), lash, chin (slang), pound, smack, thrash, cane, thump, lick (informal), buffet, clout (informal), flog, whack (informal), maul, clobber (slang), wallop (informal), tonk (informal), cudgel, thwack (informal), lambast(e), lay one on (slang), drub, beat or knock seven bells out of (informal) 2 The rain was beating on the window panes. = pound, strike, hammer (informal), batter, thrash, pelt 3 I felt my heart beat faster. = throb, pulse, tick, thump, tremble, pound, quake, quiver, vibrate, pulsate, palpitate 4 When you beat the drum, you feel good. = hit, strike, bang 5 Its wings beat slowly. = flap, thrash, flutter, agitate, wag, swish 6 He was easily beaten into third place. = defeat, outdo, trounce, overcome, stuff (slang), master, tank (slang), crush, overwhelm, conquer, lick (informal), undo, subdue, excel, surpass, overpower, outstrip, clobber (slang), vanquish, outrun, subjugate, run rings around (informal), wipe the floor with (informal), knock spots off (informal), make mincemeat of (informal), pip at the post, outplay, blow out of the water (slang), put in the shade (informal), bring to their knees ▸ NOUN 1 He could hear the beat of his heart. = throb, pounding, pulse, thumping, vibration, pulsating, palpitation, pulsation 2 I was a relatively new PC on the beat, stationed in Hendon. = route, way, course, rounds, path, circuit ● beat it Beat it before it's too late. = go away, leave, depart, get lost (informal), shoo, exit, go to hell (informal), hook it (slang), scarper (Brit. slang), pack your bags (informal), make tracks, hop it (slang), scram (informal), get on your bike (Brit. slang), skedaddle (informal), sling your hook (Brit. slang), vamoose (slang, chiefly U.S.), voetsek (S. African offensive), rack off (Austral. & N.Z. slang) ● beat someone up Then they actually beat him up as well. = assault, attack, batter, thrash, set about, do over (Brit. & Austral. & N.Z. slang), work over (slang), clobber (slang), assail, set upon, lay into (informal), put the boot in (slang), lambast(e), duff up (Brit. slang), beat the living daylights out of (informal), knock about or around, fill in (Brit. slang),