Synonyms of peers

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noun

plural of peer

1

as in noblemen

a man of high birth or social position

claims to be related to an English peer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• noblemen
• gentlemen
• grandees
• lords
• milords
• knights
• princes
• country gentlemen
• squires
• barons
• baronets
• chevaliers
• cavaliers
• princelings
• nabobs
• sheikhs
• dukes
• seigneurs
• earls
• esquires
• hidalgos
• dons
• masters
• viscounts
• counts
• seigniors
• nawabs
• marquesses
• margraves
• princelets
• lordships
• sires
• rajas
• marchesi

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• peasants
• peons
• commoners
• plebeians
• boors
• fellahin
• plebs
• proletarians
• churls
• toilers
• cottars

2

as in counterparts

one that is equal to another in status, achievement, or value

a jury of one's peers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• counterparts
• colleagues
• equivalents
• partners
• fellows
• rivals
• equals
• competitors
• likes
• coordinates
• compeers
• companions
• parallels
• associates
• coequals
• matches
• mates
• analogues
• twins
• halves
• doubles
• copartners

peers

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verb

present tense third-person singular of peer

as in stares

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stares
• gazes
• gawks
• goggles
• glares
• gapes
• rubbernecks
• gawps
• eyes
• watches
• blinks
• gloats
• ogles
• glowers
• leers
• studies
• fixates
• stares down
• peruses
• pores (over)
• regards
• considers
• observes
• outfaces
• outstares

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• glances
• dips (into)
• glimpses
• scans
• peeks
• peeps
• winks (at)
• browses

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of peers

Noun

The child star was often cast ahead of peers Helen Hunt and Jodie Foster. — Justine Fisher, PEOPLE, 12 Oct. 2026

Lee got the job, but soon found himself in conflict with his industry peers. — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Yet even after rebounding from its August lows, the stock is down about 2% over the past year, compared with an average gain of roughly 14% for its Magnificent Seven peers. — Stephanie Link, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2026

In music class, all the students are made to sing a song in front of their peers, because being 15 isn’t traumatizing enough already. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 12 Oct. 2026

The survey does not offer an explanation for why the United States appears to be outpacing its peers on trust. — Nicholas Florko, STAT, 10 Oct. 2026

If Mike Ditka never did anything else in football, his legacy as a player has few peers. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Oct. 2026

Other faculty of color have reported feeling like they and their scholarship are undervalued by their schools and peers. — Rodney Coates, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2026

Long-lived healthy adults tend to have microbiomes that are richer in bacterial diversity than those of their chronological peers, with the former having gut bacteria that look more like those of younger, healthier adults. — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 5 Oct. 2026

Verb

Szor's camera captures the glittering lights of the city and often peers into apartment windows, showing us Israeli citizens working out, eating meals and watching the news. — Justin Chang, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026

As the Alpha Gang spies subtly on one another, the camera peers through their binoculars (also branded with AG). — Cortlyn Kelly, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2026

Standing on the deck of a sleek catamaran gliding through the water, Sanghamitra Jena peers through the binoculars slung around her neck. — Kalpana Sunder, Christian Science Monitor, 8 Sep. 2026

The Fanta mascot peers out from a pantry door—the same pantry door that was in the house in Auckland where the Kings moved in 1960. — Laura Preston, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026

Hubble excels at producing razor-sharp images of individual objects, Webb peers farther back into cosmic history than any telescope before it, and Roman will survey enormous swaths of the sky to reveal how those objects fit into the wider universe. — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Though Ted peers into his old locker room, none of the players from the men’s team actually appear. — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Aug. 2026

The rooftop champagne bar, whose terrace peers across the city and cathedral, still feels like something of a secret despite being within walking distance of Reims’s main attractions. — Lane Nieset, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Aug. 2026

That growth came even as macroeconomic uncertainty continues to mount for consumers and appears to weigh on Disney’s parks peers. — Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2026