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

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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

The 39-year-old, who has been arrested multiple times in Burbank and Glendale, was taken into custody on suspicion of violating terms of his probation from a previous arrest linked to sniffing women’s rears. — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026

Universal constants arise often in math problems, and even the square root of log(N) rears its head once in a while. — Quanta Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026

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

Verb

Once Olive reveals what happened to Anh, her friend’s protective nature rears its head, determined to turn around Olive’s despair. — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026

On the apparel front, a Ballistic Tech Vest harkens back to ’90s utility gear, while Gore-Tex rears its head again on a circa-2000 Mountain Jacket with seam seals and another shell that reaches full length. — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026

But the core four aren’t the only transplants from Woodsboro, as Ghostface soon rears its ugly head, directly targeting them and whomever else is caught up in their orbit. — Michael Lee Simpson, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Sep. 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

Voting inertia rears its head for The Bear’s largely forgettable fourth season. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 8 July 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