Words Like BEACON
We have put together a list of words that are similar to BEACON.
9 Alternative Words Similar to beacon
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Lighthouse
Noun Synonym
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Pharos
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10 definitions of beacon
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A guiding or warning signal; anything fixed or set up as a token; especially, a signal-fire, either in a cresset and placed on a pole, or lighted on a tower or an eminence.
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A tower or hill formerly used for such purposes.
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A lighthouse or other object placed conspicuously on a coast, or over a rock or shoal at sea, to give notice of danger, or for the guidance of vessels.
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A painted staff about 9 feet long, carrying a small square flag at the top, used in camps to indicate an angle of the quarters assigned to a regiment or company.
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In England, formerly, a division of a wapentake; probably a district throughout which a beacon could be seen, or which was bound to furnish one.
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To illumine or light up as a beacon.
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To afford light or aid to; lead; guide as a beacon.
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To furnish or mark with beacons: as, to beacon a coast or a boundary: sometimes with off.
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To use as a beacon; make a beacon of.
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To serve or shine as a beacon.