Synonyms of rears

rears 1 of 2

noun

plural of rear

1

as in backs

a behind part or surface

the rear of the car was sleekly designed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• backs
• tails
• reverses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fronts
• faces
• foreheads
• foreparts

2

as in cheeks

the part of the body upon which someone sits

fell off her skates onto her rear

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cheeks
• tails
• seats
• bums
• rumps
• bottoms
• behinds
• haunches
• buns
• butts
• backsides
• posteriors
• buttocks
• breeches
• rear ends
• fannies
• hams
• cans
• tail ends
• nates
• tushes
• beams
• heinies
• hunkers
• booties
• fundaments
• cabooses
• duffs
• sterns
• keisters
• derrieres
• moons

rears

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of rear

1

as in raises

to bring to maturity through care and education

watched a documentary on how wolves rear their young

Synonyms & Similar Words

• raises
• breeds
• fosters
• nurtures
• fathers
• nourishes
• mothers
• feeds
• promotes
• watches
• educates
• teaches
• brings up
• ministers (to)
• cultivates
• schools
• nurses
• cradles
• minds
• leads
• attends
• instructs
• cares (for)
• trains
• indoctrinates
• prepares
• provides (for)
• supplies
• directs
• forwards
• edifies
• disciplines
• enlightens
• mentors
• guides
• furthers
• advances
• shows
• tutors
• shepherds

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• abuses
• mistreats
• ignores
• neglects
• maltreats
• hurts
• ill-treats
• mishandles
• injures
• ill-uses
• harms

2

as in erects

to fix in an upright position

it took all the men in the village to rear the frame for the barn, pulling hard at the ropes until all the sides were standing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• erects
• raises
• lifts
• hoists
• pitches
• sets up
• upends
• ups
• braces
• buttresses
• upraises
• elevates
• shores (up)
• supports
• puts up
• heaves
• uplifts
• cranes
• heightens
• upholds
• props (up)
• hefts
• hikes
• boosts
• perks (up)
• picks up
• jacks (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• flattens
• levels
• demolishes
• tears down
• knocks down
• razes

3

as in builds

to form by putting together parts or materials

the city has plans for rearing a new convention center over the next two years

Synonyms & Similar Words

• builds
• constructs
• assembles
• makes
• erects
• creates
• manufactures
• pieces
• produces
• fabricates
• raises
• designs
• confects
• establishes
• puts together
• sets up
• makes up
• originates
• generates
• frames
• shapes
• rebuilds
• fathers
• hammers
• molds
• begins
• fashions
• puts up
• concocts
• institutes
• forges
• founds
• organizes
• initiates
• inaugurates
• invents
• conceives
• coins
• contrives
• imagines
• constitutes
• prefabricates
• devises
• reconstructs
• innovates
• reassembles
• carpenters
• reedifies
• unites
• combines
• thinks (up)
• cooks (up)
• handcrafts
• retrofits
• rigs (up)
• redevelops
• throws up
• jerry-builds

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• strikes
• dismembers
• flattens
• takes down
• tears down
• destroys
• knocks down
• levels
• dismantles
• wrecks
• smashes
• ruins
• shatters
• pulverizes
• disassembles
• demolishes
• pulls down
• explodes
• razes
• devastates
• demounts
• disengages
• detaches
• blows up
• separates
• ruinates
• divides
• disconnects
• disjoins
• disunites

4

as in grows

to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care

an amateur who rears rare orchids in a professional-grade greenhouse

Synonyms & Similar Words

• grows
• cultivates
• crops
• produces
• plants
• tends
• raises
• cultures
• promotes
• dresses
• harvests
• breeds
• propagates
• sows
• roots
• sprouts
• ripens
• quickens
• gathers
• reaps
• germinates
• gleans

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• kills
• picks
• plucks
• digs
• pulls (up)
• cuts
• uproots
• mows
• extirpates
• hays

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of rears

Noun

When justice recedes, revenge rears its bloodstained head. — Charlie Tyson, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026

So, the most damaging scandal of Starmer’s premiership rears its head again at a profoundly unstable time for the government. — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 20 Apr. 2026

This is where the idea of revenge rears its head. — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 16 Mar. 2026

Dogs sniff each other’s rears, African elephants swing their trunks, and songbirds peck at one another’s feathers. — Shayla Love, New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2026

So much grunt routes through a trick all-wheel-drive system that actually uses a two-speed gearbox ahead of the engine between the front wheels, in addition to a more traditional eight-speed dual-clutch transaxle routing power to the rears. — Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026

Jordan love kind of rears back, throws it across the field, and Mike Jack had the presence of mind to stay with his guy on that one, and could have come up with a big interception. — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 2 Nov. 2025

Last year’s team, in particular, needed a fire lit under their collective rears. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025

Power Train and Hardware Both trim levels are undergirded by a 94 kWh battery and two motors—one driving the front wheels, the other driving the rears—for all-wheel-drive capability. — Brett Berk, Robb Report, 18 Sep. 2025

Verb

Violence rears its ugly head in the small seaside town, and like the waves of the stormy sea, the impact will be devastating. — Alex Ritman, Variety, 26 June 2026

Even though aeration units have been installed to add ozone to the water and slow the growth of algae, the pool’s water must still be cycled, which is where the problem of broken pipes again rears its ugly head. — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 June 2026

Partisan politics rears its head in Mansfield The issues plaguing Mansfield, though, go deeper than disagreements over growth, fiscal stewardship and how to run a city. — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 June 2026

Just as security teams and end users alike look forward to the weekend, a security issue rears its ugly head, putting a stop to all that. — Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026

As Pluto goes retrograde today, note a health or work crisis that habitually rears its head. — Usa Today, USA Today, 6 May 2026

The only time contemporary dance music rears its head is when Cunningham drops a kick drum to frame the duo’s meanderings, in the same manner that Ciani uses control voltages to corral her buzzing sounds. — Andrew Ryce, Pitchfork, 9 Apr. 2026

To support the flight, there has been a sharpening of space weather forecasting skills — an ability to better gauge the sun's activity and to help assure crew safety if a hazardous uptick in solar action rears its energetic head. — Leonard David, Space.com, 30 Mar. 2026

An attack rears its ugly head, and the security team smacks it down. — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 27 Mar. 2026