WEARS Synonyms: 133 Similar and Opposite Words

wears

verb

present tense third-person singular of wear

as in kills

to use up all the physical energy of the job of running their own business wears them sometimes

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as in erodes

to damage or diminish by continued friction all that walking every day wore the soles of my shoes very quickly

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as in stands

British to put up with (something painful or difficult) her marriage is so bad—I don't know how she wears it

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Recent Examples of wears Linda Noskova wears Missoni shorts and a jacket and white leather trench by The Frankie Shop; Miista boots. — Corey Seymour, Vogue, 6 Nov. 2026 The Puch wears race-spec WP suspension forks sourced from a 1993 Aprilia RS 125 R Grand Prix racer, along with a single-sided swingarm from the same machine. — New Atlas, 6 Nov. 2026 In one scene, Cliff wears a Hawaiian shirt featuring beer bottles. — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026 Prada is now on ChatGPT If the devil wears Prada, then OpenAI isn’t far behind. — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2026 Then, Real Housewife Lisa Rinna wears the outfit Morgan had planned — forcing Sasha and Morgan to dash through the streets of New York for a suitable second option. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2026 The commercial version lives in American politics The American version of this pattern wears a different outfit. — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2026 An independent artist, Lumsden is self-managed with her husband Dan Freeman, who wears multiple hats as bandmate (bass player) and label manager for their imprint, Red Dirt Road Records. — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2026 Much like the lead apron that the technician taking your X-ray at the hospital wears to protect themselves from the radiation, dust and gas that gathers near a supermassive black hole can block gamma rays from ever reaching Earth. — Yjan Gordon, The Conversation, 30 Oct. 2026

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Verb

Selena is offended, and splashes him with the liquid, which burns and kills him.

— William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2026
The deadliest form of skin cancer, melanoma, kills more than 8,000 Americans a year and in Connecticut, nearly 900 people will be diagnosed each year.

— Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of kills

Verb

This further erodes the independence of the Justice Department.

— David Baldacci, Vanity Fair, 3 Nov. 2026
Dench was first diagnosed in 2012 with macular degeneration, a retinal disease that erodes one’s central vision and is a leading cause of vision loss and blindness in people over 65.

— Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of erodes

Verb

Astera Labs stands to get a boost from the ongoing artificial intelligence build-out after being hit by a rotation out of semiconductor stocks, according to BMO Capital Markets.

— Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2026
The San Antonio Spurs forward-center, who stands 7-foot-4 and wears size 20 shoes, prefers to be barefoot when circumstances allow.

— Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of stands

Verb

That pretty much exhausts the points of agreement between the pro- and anti-Proposition 40 camps.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
Instead of occupying both sides with large cooling vents, air enters toward the front of the station and exhausts through the rear.

— Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of exhausts

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Conjuring the troubled inner life of a young, successful Buenos Aires fashion designer with an uncommon mix of stylistic rigor and feeling, the film frays your nerves.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2026
The coalition of supporters frays Still another issue is conflict within the legalization movement itself, particularly between the business and activist wings.

— William Garriott, The Conversation, 17 Apr. 2026

Definition of frays

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This tough native tolerates drought and dry soil, but benefits from a layer of summer mulch to conserve soil moisture.

— Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 29 Oct. 2026
Ye-ji has a hunky hedge-fund-type husband, Sang-woo (Zo In-sung), who condescendingly tolerates, but doesn’t finance, his wife’s cinematic caprices.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of tolerates

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While the concept has always had Fox shocks, it was first seen with Maxxis rubber, and subsequently with Schwalbe Tacky Chan downhill tires on DT Swiss wheels last year.

— Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2026
More than 90% agreed or strongly agreed that scent work is enjoyable for dogs, tires them out and builds confidence in shy dogs.

— Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 July 2026

Definition of tires

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My colleague counters that to do so rubs salt in the wound, and that the loser is the one to first contact the winner with congratulations.

— Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026
By the end of the nineteenth century, health tourists could easily travel to Davos, in the east of Switzerland, where the mountain vistas were more dramatic and newer treatments, such as chest rubs with marmot fat, awaited.

— D. T. Max, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026