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 Farrell, who also narrates in a soft voice, often wears a look of shy incomprehension, as if a beat behind in translating the world around him, a stranger in a strange land. —

Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026 Non-inverter ACs feature simpler parts that are cheaper and easier to fix, but the stop-start cycle wears the mechanical parts out faster, so these air conditioners are more prone to frequent repairs and tend to have a shorter lifespan. —

Timothy Dale, The Spruce, 18 June 2026 When the bond matures, QTS has to return to the market and roll the debt, and if conditions are worse then, or the economics of the Microsoft lease have shifted, the bondholder wears that risk. —

Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026 Steel offers a lightweight alternative for the track but wears much quicker. —

Bestreviews, Mercury News, 18 June 2026 Patricia wears a tiara and circulates dreamily, like a grownup Carrie at prom. —

Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 18 June 2026 Logan wears a hat identifying him as an Air Force veteran. —

Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 June 2026 The formula leaves skin with a velvety matte, poreless finish and wears beautifully under makeup thanks to its blurring effect. —

Iman Balagam, Vogue, 12 June 2026 Kate Middleton often wears styles in bright, bold colors with contrasting white collars and cuffs, an element Diana also often employed. —

Giorgia Olivieri, Vanity Fair, 12 June 2026

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Originally, Shorty was out in the front yard for the very final moment, and the runaway rollercoaster from the beginning crashes into him and kills him.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2026
That extra molecule, according to the Cleveland Clinic, kills bacteria and removes stains.

— Mike Stunson, USA Today, 17 June 2026