Synonyms for hare

Most common

speed · tear · rabbit

All synonyms

Verb

Noun

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To move swiftly.

2. n. 1

   Any of several plant-eating mammals of the genus Lepus, similar to a rabbit, but larger and with longer ears.

Related words

Phrases

snowshoe hare hare's foot varying hare brown hare desert hare hare's ear sea hare hare's-foot fern

Forms

Plural

hares → coneys…

Past participle

hared
e.g. hared → rabbited, raced, sped, teared…

Example sentences

• speed Let's see if we can speed up the process a little.
• tear Tom said that he watched them tear down the house.
• rabbit The tail of a fox is longer than that of a rabbit.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters

race¹, tear¹

5 letters

speed¹, coney²

6 letters

rabbit²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (coney² = 2 syllables).