PEER Synonyms: 104 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˈpir

Definition of peer

as in nobleman

a man of high birth or social position claims to be related to an English peer

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as in equivalent

one that is equal to another in status, achievement, or value a jury of one's peers

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verb

as in to gaze

to look long and hard in wonder or surprise visitors seem mesmerized as they peer at the variety of marine life in the aquarium's huge tank

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Noun

Under Gregg Berhalter, the team mostly beat up on squads they were supposed to, but could also gut out one-goal wins over peers or better teams (Mexico, in particular). — John Cassillo, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026 According to Aaron Feuer, co-founder and CEO of Panorama Education, the districts making the most progress aren't necessarily gathering more information than their peers. — Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 6 July 2026

Verb

As the players conversed and enjoyed their afternoon off, a curious Andrés, then 18 years old, peered through the kitchen window, too shy to join the conversation. — Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 1 July 2026 The entire project highlights the mindbending beauty and potential history lessons from peering deep into the cosmos. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 1 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for peer

Recent Examples of Synonyms for peer

Noun

In it, Noémie Merlant plays Marianne, an artist hired to paint the portrait of a young woman (Adèle Haenel) being married off to an Italian nobleman.

— Liam Hess, Vogue, 28 June 2026
There’s the lively battle scene depicting the nobleman Charles Stanhope defending Jamaica (which had been made a British territory in 1655 and remained one until 1962) from France, the United States’ ally in the Revolutionary War.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 27 June 2026

Definition of nobleman

Noun

The center of Super Typhoon Bavi, the equivalent of a Category 5 hurricane, was passing over Rota, an island of 2,000 people in the Northern Mariana Islands.

— Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
In fact, the ratio is typical of that found on the outer edge of planet-forming discs around young stars, implying 3I/ATLAS formed a long way out from its parent star, perhaps in the equivalent of its Kuiper belt.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 6 July 2026

Definition of equivalent

Verb

An 1812 portrait by Thomas Sully presented him with a long, downturned nose and corners of his mouth to match, leaning on one hand at his desk and gazing over the pages of an open book.

— Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 3 July 2026
Terrion Arnold walked across the draft stage in Detroit in April 2024, gazed out at a then-record crowd after being selected by the host city’s franchise and delivered a message to Lions fans tuning in to see their newest addition.

— Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 30 June 2026

Definition of gaze

Noun

For most of the 20th century, a gentleman’s agreement held that no building in Philadelphia rose higher than the brim of William Penn’s hat — the 37-foot bronze likeness of the city’s founder that stands atop City Hall.

— Regan Stephens, New York Times, 2 July 2026
Waving and smiling, Aveiro, accompanied by a burly gentleman, takes a seat at a table bedecked with a bouquet of roses, ready to tuck into some cuisine from her native country.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026

Definition of gentleman

Noun

After recently joining the brand ambassadorship craze by naming Spanish music sensation Bad Gyal as their brand’s first ambassador, the Dsquared2 founders are adding a male counterpart to this new strategy by tapping another local talent.

— Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 3 July 2026
Unlike larger corporate counterparts, SMEs don't always have the financial reserves to comfortably absorb geopolitical upheaval and rapid inflation.

— Rupert Lee-Browne, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

Definition of counterpart

Verb

His suns stare curiously from one side of a page spread to another and his stacks of hay worriedly study the horizon, while his one-eyed stools and one-eyed fenceposts pop up like eager cyclopses.

— Casey Cep, New Yorker, 7 July 2026
No foul was assessed in real time, and the red card was awarded only after the official stared at a slow-motion replay.

— Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026

Definition of stare

Noun

Jesse and Shilpa chat with fellow editor, and Bake Club’s first guest contributor, Rebecca Firkser, about all things galette, and award the latest Baker of the Month.

— Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 July 2026
Corey DeAngelis is a research fellow at the Heritage Foundation and a senior fellow at Americans for Fair Treatment.

— Corey DeAngelis, Washington Post, 9 July 2026

Definition of fellow

Verb

Instead, the skin-frying Friday saw common flow of people going through, gawking at the large screens and a group of sailors allowing some passing by to do pull-ups from a bar.

— Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 3 July 2026
The walk to the stadium is a mile or so along the Alaskan Way, where restaurants like the Crab Pot are opening up, but everyone is gawking at the street spectacle.

— Simon Hughes, New York Times, 24 June 2026

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