PEERS Synonyms: 108 Similar and Opposite Words

peers 1 of 2

noun

plural of peer

as in noblemen

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

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as in counterparts

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

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Noun

This twin achievement of expanding its treasury and posting outsize shareholder returns puts the Hyperliquid DAT in stark contrast to its peers. — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 5 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 But this 69-year-old Italian American New York theater, film, and television actor has built affection and respect from his peers. — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 5 Oct. 2026 The older cardinal looked down toward a group of their peers at the front of the room. — Scott Detrow, NPR, 3 Oct. 2026 For all the rock in their sound, Dexter and the Moonrocks still live in Texas, playing shows in the Texas country market, and earning the respect of their peers in that scene along the way. — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026 Woodard says many of her peers are often caught up in trends like buying skincare and makeup. — Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2026 And if Bell was shamed by peers for his words at the time, it would have been justified. — Matt Calkins Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026 The region also earns an F for disconnected communities, with 21% of workers commuting 45 minutes or more, and the longest average commute among its peers at 30 minutes. — Brian O'Malley, Baltimore Sun, 28 Sep. 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

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Noun

The best buyers were Russian noblemen, high rollers who used the glossy fur to line the collars of their winter overcoats.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 July 2026
In addition, while common soldiers were buried in mass graves, officers and noblemen were usually laid to rest in a church.

— Eleanor Beardsley, NPR, 30 Mar. 2026

Definition of noblemen

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Florida public school teachers are the second-worst paid in the nation, pulling only slightly more than their counterparts in Mississippi, according to the National Education Association.

— Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2026
The 64-year-old suggests she was held to a different standard than her male counterparts.

— Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of counterparts

Verb

Lux is drawn back to the old pictures and voice notes on his phone, while Mille stares at the WhatsApp chat with her sister as if waiting for a response.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2026
When Molly holds out her empty hand, Yvette stares at it, then shoves her dustpan under one arm, laces her fingers through Molly’s.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of stares

Noun

The Ratepayer Protection Act, meant to prevent data centers from raising electricity prices, enjoyed sweeping support in the House from all but three Democrats while all but four of their colleagues in the Senate opposed it.

— Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
Anthony Jack, Richard Boyatzis and colleagues at Case Western Reserve University coached people once about their personal vision and once about their current problems, then scanned them with fMRI.

— Catherine Bell, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of colleagues

Noun

Dune reports that the total supply of tokenized real-world assets has exceeded $34 billion in 2026, and major categories—including cash equivalents and commodities—have more than doubled over the past year.

— Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026
The Pro editions of the software updater and password manager don’t do much beyond their free equivalents.

— Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of equivalents

Noun

The Islamic Scholarship Fund, New York production and post house Lost in Space, and Aneesa Talks, which filmmaker Aneesa Khan founded to support South Asian and Muslim creatives, have also signed on as partners.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 Oct. 2026
Toyota plans to provide research access through the University of Michigan Electric Vehicle Center, allowing other research partners to use its battery testing and evaluation capabilities.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026

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