Word Type

Noun

Verb

Proper Noun

The word "bead" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

Baily's beads Cuddy's beads Hail Mary bead St. Cuthbert's beads adder bead anal beads angle bead bead breaker bead fern bead lightning bead lily bead maze bead proof bead seat bead tracer bead tree bead-rattler bead-tree beadboard beaded lacewing beaded lizard beader beadery beadful beadless beadlet beadlike beadmaker beadmaking beadroll beadsman beadwork beady bedeman bid beads borax bead test captive bead ring casing bead draw a bead on drop one's beads dzi bead fairy-beads immunobead iodobead jet bead jetbead jumbie bead love bead love-bead lovebead macrobead microbead multibead nanobead parting bead polybead pony bead prayer bead prayer beads read someone's beads seed bead sticky bead argument stop bead string of beads take a bead on tyre bead water bead worry beads

Context

chemistry heading

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

adorn beautify decorate draw embellish form grace jewellery jewelry molding moulding ornament sphere string thread

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

hair pipe

Type Of (IsA)

jewelry ornament

Manner Of

decorate form string

Related Terms

band blowpipe borax bubble drop flux glassy microcosmic molding molten paternoster prayer ridge rosary salt solvent spirits tire tire bead weld wheel

Synonym Network

beading drop

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.