Synonyms for wear
- verb
- noun
Definitions
- v. 1
To have on: To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, perfume, etc.
Please wear your seatbelt.
- v. 2
To have on: To have or carry on one's person habitually, consistently; or, to maintain in a particular fashion or manner.
She wears her hair in braids.
- v. 3
To have on: To bear or display in one's aspect or appearance.
She wore a smile all day.
- n. 1
Clothing.
footwear; outdoor wear; maternity wear
Related words
- Word family
- wearable
- Phrases
- wear out wear down wear away worse for wear wear off wear the trousers wear thin wear and tear
Example sentences
- tire These tire tracks were made by a mid-size vehicle.
- outwear He hung his outwear in the entryway.
- corrode Dehumanization and racism corrode the moral fabric of society.
By length
- 3 letters
- use1, rub1, fag1
- 4 letters
- last1, bear1, tire2, bust1, jade1, poop1, tyre1, fret1, fray1, gybe
- 5 letters
- break1, waste1, sport1, weary2
- 6 letters
- assume2, endure2
- 7 letters
- fatigue2, consume2, corrode2, outwear, vesture
- 8 letters
- clothing2, diminish3, wearable3, overwear
- 10 letters
- habiliment
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tire2 = 2 syllables).