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

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

Behind him, his band, Kublai Khan TX, rears and slumps into its next song. —James Parker, The Atlantic, 16 Dec. 2025

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

The namesake color rears its head again on the heel’s visible Air Max unit, which sits within a dark gray sole unit, as well as the tongue tag. —Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 19 Feb. 2026

As 2016 sneaker culture again rears its head, Kniffen believes that Foot Locker, acquired by Dick's Sporting Goods in 2025, stands to gain. —Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 7 Feb. 2026

But Kingsley warns of impending trouble for the twosome as Trevor's ambition once again rears its ugly head. —Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Dec. 2025

The man rears up and places his hands on your dad’s shoulders. —Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025

The problem really has to do with mentality, the fact that even after securing its first trophy in over a decade, the idea of being challengers, the Spursy curse still rears its head. —Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025

This was likely due to the injuries the team sustained, which could be an issue that rears its ugly head again. —James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025

However, elitism rears its head. —Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 17 Aug. 2025