Synonyms of stares

stares 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of stare

as in gazes

to look long and hard in wonder or surprise

her friends stared in disbelief upon seeing her walking arm in arm with her ex-husband

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gazes
• gawks
• glares
• peers
• gapes
• blinks
• gawps
• goggles
• watches
• rubbernecks
• eyes
• glowers
• gloats
• leers
• fixates
• ogles
• peruses
• observes
• stares down
• considers
• regards
• studies
• pores (over)
• outstares
• outfaces

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• glances
• glimpses
• peeks
• scans
• dips (into)
• peeps
• winks (at)
• browses

stares

2 of 2

noun

plural of stare

as in eyes

a fixed intent look

caught the child's wide-eyed stare on film

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gazes
• eyes
• glares
• regards
• gapes
• attentions
• scrutinies
• aspects
• glowers
• observations
• watches
• fixations
• surveys
• contemplations
• inspections
• studies
• observances
• examinations
• surveillances
• perusals

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• glances
• glimpses
• flashes
• sights
• peeks
• blinks
• peeps
• scans
• stimes
• ogles
• oeillades
• browses

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of stares

Verb

Late July once again stares back from the calendar’s final line. — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 24 July 2026

Erez picks it up, stares through the crosshairs, as a voice on the phone instructs them how to aim and shoot. — Marisa Fox, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2026

Batman stares intensely at the camera, and the film’s logo appears, followed by the new release date, which is set for February 18, 2028, up from its previous release date of October 1, 2027. — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 15 July 2026

In one early scene, a horrified Pam stares into her bathroom mirror, covered head to toe in blood. — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 13 July 2026

In the scene the young girl stares in a mirror near the urns, and the Deadite Ellie appears in the reflection and mimics the girl’s moves. — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

In the aforementioned Sylvia, Gwyneth Paltrow stares moodily into the void or shrieks at Daniel Craig’s skulking Hughes for coming home late. — Literary Hub, 1 July 2026

The first photo of the two-slide carousel shows Prince Harry holding Lilibet in his arms while Meghan, her arm on her husband, stares lovingly at her daughter. — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 4 June 2026

There are countless points during Body of Work, the new hour-long behemoth from Edward Skeletrix, where the multi-hyphenate artist stares dead into the proverbial camera. — Olivier Lafontant, Pitchfork, 15 May 2026

Noun

Her wide eyes speak their own language of panicked blinks and observant stares. — Judy Berman, Time, 15 July 2026

But credit Neill for both understanding the assignment and not quite settling for those awed stares of Spielbergian wonder. — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026

Brith stares, dazed, nonplussed. — Maggie O’Farrell, Literary Hub, 2 June 2026

Passengers react to unexpected seatmate Passengers and flight attendants reacted with surprise as Stewie made its way to a window seat, drawing stares, photos, and plenty of questions. — J.d. Miles, CBS News, 14 May 2026

In one scene from the film’s original script, the King of Pop stares at his reflection in the mirror, capturing his sorrowful gaze as police car lights flash behind him. — Brent Lang, Variety, 7 Apr. 2026

Musgraves and Hannah Lux Davis co-directed the song’s cheeky video, which is set in a grocery store and is ripe with fruit-touching and wistful stares. — Travis Pinson, Dallas Morning News, 11 Mar. 2026

Her performance is a showpiece of stiffness and resentment, all mannered pouting and stern forehead-forward stares, that’s two steps away from parody — until her earrings in the sixth episode bring it over the line. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 11 Mar. 2026

The stares were blank and the handshakes perfunctory, because the Canadians know the value of silver as pertains to this tournament. — Steve Buckley, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2026