Synonyms of tears

tears 1 of 2

noun

plural of tear

as in slits

a long deep cut

repaired a tear in the theater curtain just before the start of the show

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slits
• scratches
• fractures
• injuries
• rips
• lacerations
• incisions
• wounds
• rents
• gashes
• slashes
• scrapes
• abrasions
• cracks
• scores
• ruptures
• snags

tears

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of tear

1

as in rips

to cause (something) to separate into jagged pieces by violently pulling at it

angrily tore the letter to shreds

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rips
• shreds
• rends
• ribbons
• breaks
• rives
• splits
• tatters
• cuts
• ruptures
• cleaves
• slashes
• lacerates
• incises
• gashes
• dissects
• dismembers
• hacks
• butchers
• mangles

2

as in yanks

to separate or remove by forceful pulling

tore the book from his hand

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rips
• yanks
• grabs
• snatches
• pulls
• wrenches
• snaps (up)
• cuts (off)
• wrests
• extracts
• seizes
• forces
• pries
• severs
• lops (off)
• prizes
• jerks
• uproots
• nabs
• nips
• dissevers
• roots (out)
• amputates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reattaches

3

as in rushes

to proceed or move quickly

she tore out of the room as soon as the phone started to ring

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rushes
• races
• speeds
• hurries
• scurries
• flies
• travels
• zips
• drives
• trots
• chases
• jumps
• rips
• blows
• runs
• buzzes
• darts
• scoots
• dashes
• steps
• bowls
• barrels
• blasts
• jogs
• whirls
• scuttles
• cracks (on)
• rams
• zooms
• breezes
• bolts
• blazes
• shoots
• jets
• rustles
• humps
• bundles
• belts
• hastens
• hustles
• hurtles
• hurls
• steps on it
• pelts
• careers
• hares
• beats it
• motors
• courses
• nips
• hies
• rockets
• bustles
• whisks
• bombs
• makes tracks
• gallops
• careens
• gets a move on
• shakes a leg
• cannonballs
• streaks
• highballs
• hotfoots (it)
• flits
• scampers
• beetles
• scuds
• sprints
• stampedes
• accelerates
• scuffles
• whizzes
• quickens
• steps out
• overtakes
• arrows
• outruns
• outstrips
• catches up
• outpaces
• fast-forwards
• beelines

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• crawls
• creeps
• drags
• pokes
• lingers
• lags
• hangs (around or out)
• pokes
• dawdles
• loiters
• shuffles
• tarries
• strolls
• slows (down or up)
• ambles
• saunters
• dallies
• plods
• decelerates
• lumbers
• dillydallies