peer

¹peer

noun \ˈpir\

Definition of PEER

1

: one that is of equal standing with another : equal; especially : one belonging to the same societal group especially based on age, grade, or status

2

archaic : companion

3

a : a member of one of the five ranks (as duke, marquess, earl, viscount, or baron) of the British peerage b : noble 1

— peer adjective

Examples of PEER

1. He was respected and admired by his peers.
2. teenagers spending time with their peer groups

Origin of PEER

Middle English, from Anglo-French per, from per, adjective, equal, from Latin par

First Known Use: 13th century

Related to PEER

Synonyms: grandee, lord, milord, nobleman, gentleman

Related Words: country gentleman, squire; cavalier, chevalier, knight; don, hidalgo, nabob, nawab, seigneur, seignior, sheikh (or sheik); baron, baronet, count, duke, earl, esquire, marchese, margrave, marquess (or marquis), master, prince, princelet, princeling, raja, viscount; lordship, sire [archaic]

Near Antonyms: boor, churl, cottar (or cotter), fellah, peasant, peon; commoner, pleb, plebeian; proletarian; toiler

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Rhymes with PEER

beer, bier, blear, cere, cheer, clear, dear, deer, Deere, drear, ear, fear, fere, fleer, gear, hear, here, jeer, leer, mere, mir, near, pier, Pierre, queer, rear, schmear, sear, seer, sere, shear, sheer, skirr, smear, sneer, spear, speer, sphere, steer, tear, tier, Trier, Tyr, veer, weir, year