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bearing
Synonyms and Antonyms of bearing
1
the fact or state of being pertinent
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the fact or state of having something in common
3
the way or manner in which one conducts oneself
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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