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bearing
Synonyms and Antonyms of bearing
- these new facts have some bearing on the case
- I don't see any bearing between the quality of this bottle of wine and its rather exorbitant price
- always retained his military bearing, even after he entered politics
actions, address, behavior, comportment, conduct, demeanor, deportment, geste (also gest) [archaic]
etiquette, form, manners, mores, proprieties
amenity, civility, courtesy, decorum, politeness
air, attitude, carriage, poise, pose, posture, presence
custom, habit, habitude, pattern, practice (also practise), trick, wont
convention, fashion, form, mode, style
affectation, attribute, characteristic, mark, trait
distinctiveness, oddity, peculiarity, singularity, strangeness, uniqueness, weirdness
Synonym Discussion of bearing
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- a woman of regal bearing
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- your deportment was atrocious
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- the haughty demeanor of the headwaiter
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- a mien of supreme self-satisfaction
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- the imperious manner of a man used to giving orders
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- the kind of carriage learned at boarding school
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