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Synonyms of bead in English:

bead


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noun

1‘a long string of beads’

SYNONYMS
ball, pellet, pill, globule, spheroid, spherule, sphere, oval, ovoid, orb, round, pearl
necklace, string of beads, chaplet
rosary

2‘beads of sweat’

SYNONYMS
droplet, drop, blob, bubble, dot, dewdrop, teardrop
informal glob

Phrases

    get a bead on

    ‘they're in the right spot to get a bead on the bad guys’


    SYNONYMS
    aim at, fix on, focus on, zero in on, sight