PEERS Synonyms: 108 Similar and Opposite Words

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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

In July, Peyton became the first Black woman to ever chair the Jackson County Legislature after former Chair Manny Abarca was removed by a vote of his peers. — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026 The key to it is to give these kids an opportunity in the summer to be with their peers and not have to conform to always having to do hard things. — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2026 This hyper-awareness rears its head in moments the otherwise invisible tween is placed under a spotlight by his peers, resulting in quick bursts of visual energy that intentionally get on your nerves. — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026 Similar investor bullishness can be seen in the performance of Lumentum's peers, with Coherent up over 66%, and shares of Nlight rising by roughly 100%. — Paxton Honerkamp, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2026 Donald apparently began to entertain the idea of a comeback early last month after the Rams traded for Garrett, one of Donald's few contemporary peers. — ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026 My company doesn’t sell to government, but many of my peers would jump at putting the city of Chicago on their logo wall. — Tom Dowling, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026 And the loss of these students could impact district performance as cohorts move up in their educational careers; students who attend a pre-K program typically perform better in school compared to their peers who didn’t attend. — Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 July 2026 Managing around you means creating clarity with peers, clients and team members. — Ryan Dohrn, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Verb

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 The Champions statue — including West Ham’s three 1966 World Cup winners, captain Bobby Moore, hat-trick-hero centre-forward Sir Geoff Hurst and fellow goalscorer Martin Peters — peers across the Barking Road and down Green Street. — Lee Clayton, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026 The striking image peers through the Milky Way at millions of multi-colored stars appearing against a backdrop of galaxies. — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 7 July 2026 Someone dressed in a big blue bear costume — an homage to the 40-foot ursine behemoth who peers into the Colorado Convention Center along 14th Street in downtown Denver — has already been getting a lot of attention from attendees, the party chair said. — John Aguilar, Denver Post, 10 Apr. 2026 Reid Wiseman peers out the window of the Orion spacecraft. — Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026 Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, right, peers out of one of Orion's windows. — Denise Chow, NBC news, 6 Apr. 2026 In this photo released by Precision Helicopters Ltd, Molly peers out of the door of a helicopter after her rescue from a waterfall on the Arahura River on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. — CBS News, 1 Apr. 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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Junk food is an aphrodisiac here, with KFC buckets and oodles of brightly colored brand-name candy acting as culinary counterparts to the junk cinema that’s activated something in the movie’s characters and its creator.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026
The Palm Beach County school district, like its Broward and Miami-Dade counterparts, is facing the issue of decreasing enrollment.

— Abigail Hasebroock, Sun Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of counterparts

Verb

Unlike traditional video games where the player stares at a screen, VR seeks to place the player inside the game and fully immerse them in this new world.

— BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026
While Jon Moxley stares Ospreay down, Daniel Garcia speaks up and gets hit by Ospreay.

— Rob Wolkenbrod, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of stares

Noun

That, ladies and gentlemen, is why the stock of Amazon surged Friday and took its hyperscaler peers along for the ride.

— Jim Cramer, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2026
There’s a resident big band that sets the tempo for dancing—there are even gentlemen hosts available for ladies—and a DJ rocks the small disco late into the night.

— Fran Golden, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026

Definition of gentlemen

Noun

In interviews, colleagues and friends have painted the portrait of Galliano before his downfall as a brilliant designer as well as an incorrigible drunk who trashed hotel rooms.

— Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
To that end, Gabler and her colleagues wanted to know more about the composition of the slime of a particular kind of terrestrial species that's native to central Europe, called Cepaea nemoralis, or the brown-lipped snail.

— Ari Daniel, NPR, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of colleagues

Verb

Yet Etna gazes sensitively upon the vulnerable American soldiers who command him.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026
The Child has placed his foot on the basket of yarns and has grasped the yarnwinder and gazes attentively at the four spokes that are in the form of a cross.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of gazes

Noun

This annual autumn release allows manufacturing partners like TSMC to efficiently allocate custom silicon production for high-volume runs.

— Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Some people have uninstalled the apps in protest or tried to upload their chat histories into other apps to try to resurrect their virtual partners.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026

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