Bead

/biːd/

Synonyms for "bead" (119 found)

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Closest matches (24)

Noun(9 words)
abacus beadastragalbead patterningbead upbeadingbeadworkblubbubblechapleted

Strong matches (36)

Noun(14 words)
condensecounting beaddecorate with beadsdew beaddribletdribletsdripdropdropletdropletsdropsembellishform dropletsgem bead

Related words (59)

Noun(22 words)
glass beadglobuleglobulesgranulemath beadnecklacesornament with beadspearlpearlingpelletpelletspiddleplumpspolymer clayponkaprayerrain beadseed beadspherulesweat bead
Show 2 more words
tiny ornamentweld
Adjective(3 words)
glisteningplastic beadswedish droppe
Verb(2 words)
globedpearled

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

26 entries

Showing 16 of 26 words.

More specific

13 entries
abacus beadbeadworkcounting beaddew beaddew dropletsglass beadplastic beadrain beadseed beadseed beadingsweat beadsweat dropletswooden bead

Collocations

12 entries
bead necklacebead on glassbead the dressbead the edgebead up condensationbead with moisturebead with sweatbeading techniqueglass beadseed beadstring of beadswooden bead

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

4 entries

Translations

70 translations across 43 languages.

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Bulgarian

1 entries
  • топче noun (small, round, pierced object)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • مووروو noun (small, round, pierced object)

Chickasaw

1 entries
  • oksop noun (small, round, pierced object)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 珠子 noun (small, round, pierced object)

Chiricahua

1 entries
  • yoo noun (small, round, pierced object)

Dutch

2 entries
  • korrel noun (small, round, pierced object)
  • parel noun (small, round, pierced object)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • bido noun (small, round, pierced object)

Finnish

1 entries
  • helmi noun (small, round, pierced object)

French

1 entries
  • perle noun (small, round, pierced object)

Galician

3 entries
  • abelorio noun (small, round, pierced object)
  • adramán noun (small, round, pierced object)
  • doa noun (small, round, pierced object)

German

2 entries
  • Korn noun (front sight of a gun)
  • Perle noun (small, round, pierced object)

Greek

1 entries
  • χάντρα noun (small, round, pierced object)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • મણકો noun (small, round, pierced object)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • célgömb noun (front sight of a gun)
  • golyócska noun (small, round, pierced object)
  • gyöngy noun (small, round, pierced object)
  • gyöngyszem noun (small, round, pierced object)

Italian

2 entries
  • grano noun (small, round, pierced object)
  • perlina noun (small, round, pierced object)

Japanese

2 entries
  • ビーズ noun (small, round, pierced object)
  • 南京玉 noun (small, round, pierced object)

Kaitag

1 entries
  • духа́р noun (small, round, pierced object)

Korean

1 entries
  • 구슬 noun (small, round, pierced object)

Lipan

1 entries
  • yoo noun (small, round, pierced object)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • монисто noun (small, round, pierced object)
  • монистро noun (small, round, pierced object)

Malay

1 entries
  • manik noun (small, round, pierced object)

Middle English

1 entries
  • bede noun (small, round, pierced object)

Māori

1 entries
  • pirepire noun (small, round, pierced object)

Navajo

1 entries
  • yoo’ noun (small, round, pierced object)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • بونجق noun (small, round, pierced object)
  • مهره noun (small, round, pierced object)

Persian

2 entries
  • بلژی noun (small, round, pierced object)
  • منجوق noun (small, round, pierced object)

Plains Apache

1 entries
  • zhoo noun (small, round, pierced object)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Krall noun (small, round, pierced object)

Polish

2 entries
  • koralik noun (small, round, pierced object)
  • paciorek noun (small, round, pierced object)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • conta noun (small, round, pierced object)
  • missanga noun (small, round, pierced object)

Russian

1 entries
  • бу́сина noun (small, round, pierced object)

Slovak

3 entries
  • korálka noun (small, round, pierced object)
  • muška noun (front sight of a gun)
  • perlička noun (small, round, pierced object)

Slovene

2 entries
  • koralda noun (small, round, pierced object)
  • perla noun (small, round, pierced object)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • мончок noun (small, round, pierced object)

Spanish

4 entries
  • abalorio noun (small, round, pierced object)
  • cuenta noun (small, round, pierced object)
  • gargantilla noun (small, round, pierced object)
  • mostacilla noun (small, round, pierced object)

Swahili

1 entries
  • ushanga noun (small, round, pierced object)

Swedish

1 entries
  • pärla noun (small, round, pierced object)

Thai

1 entries
  • ลูกปัด noun (small, round, pierced object)

Turkish

1 entries
  • boncuk noun (small, round, pierced object)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • нами́стина noun (small, round, pierced object)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • مونچاق noun (small, round, pierced object)

Welsh

1 entries
  • glain noun (small, round, pierced object)

Western Apache

2 entries
  • yoo noun (small, round, pierced object)
  • yoo’ noun (small, round, pierced object)

Sample sentences

23 total sentences available.

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He drew a bead on a stag at bay.

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A bead of sweat started forming on his brow.

Source: tatoeba (558339)

The old woman fingered each bead of her rosary with deep devotion.

Source: tatoeba (595801)

Achieving a nice weld bead is not within everyone's reach!

Source: tatoeba (1251193)

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