Synonyms for beacon
ˈbi kənbea·con

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1. beacon, beacon firenoun

   a fire (usually on a hill or tower) that can be seen from a distance

   Synonyms:
   beacon light, pharos, lighthouse, beacon fire, radio beacon

2. radio beacon, beaconnoun

   a radio station that broadcasts a directional signal for navigational purposes

   Synonyms:
   beacon light, pharos, lighthouse, beacon fire, radio beacon

3. beacon, lighthouse, beacon light, pharosverb

   a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships

   Synonyms:
   beacon light, pharos, lighthouse, beacon fire, radio beacon

4. beaconverb

   shine like a beacon

5. beaconverb

   guide with a beacon

Matched Categories

1. • Guide
   • Radio Station
   • Shine

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1. beaconnoun

   Synonyms:
   signal-fire

2. beaconnoun

   Synonyms:
   mark, sign, signal

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1. beaconnoun

   Synonyms:
   balefire, signal fire, signal, pharos

   Associated words:
   pharology

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1. List of paraphrases for "beacon":

   indicator, beacons, phare, headlight, lighthouse, tag, glimmer, torch, marker, flag, distress, tags, headlamp, buoy, flagship

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1. Jill Mikucki:

   Salty water shone like a beacon.

2. Michael Fay:

   Gabon is almost like a beacon in the middle of all those countries that have lost hundreds of thousands of elephants over the last 25 years.

3. George Karavetsos:

   The FDA approval is the gold standard. The world's regulators look to our FDA as the beacon when it comes to such issues as this, i can assure you, they're going to make sure they got this right.

4. Kimano M. Edwards:

   Equal rights and equal protection are the ideals and aspirations that made America a beacon of hope and leadership—an inspiration and a model nation. These are the real American values, or so I hope.

5. Dallas Zoo:

   While she was only here for a few months, Kipenzi was a beacon of light for her species and for the millions who watched her birth live on Animal Planet.