Synonyms of rears

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noun

plural of rear

1

as in backs

a behind part or surface

the rear of the car was sleekly designed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• backs
• tails
• reverses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fronts
• faces
• foreheads
• foreparts

2

as in cheeks

the part of the body upon which someone sits

fell off her skates onto her rear

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cheeks
• tails
• seats
• bums
• rumps
• behinds
• bottoms
• buns
• haunches
• butts
• backsides
• posteriors
• buttocks
• fannies
• hunkers
• breeches
• rear ends
• hams
• cans
• tail ends
• nates
• tushes
• beams
• duffs
• heinies
• booties
• fundaments
• cabooses
• derrières
• keisters
• sterns
• derrieres
• keesters
• moons

rears

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verb

present tense third-person singular of rear

1

as in raises

to bring to maturity through care and education

watched a documentary on how wolves rear their young

Synonyms & Similar Words

• raises
• breeds
• fosters
• nurtures
• fathers
• nourishes
• mothers
• feeds
• promotes
• watches
• educates
• teaches
• brings up
• ministers (to)
• cultivates
• schools
• nurses
• cradles
• minds
• leads
• attends
• instructs
• cares (for)
• trains
• indoctrinates
• prepares
• provides (for)
• supplies
• directs
• forwards
• edifies
• disciplines
• enlightens
• mentors
• guides
• furthers
• advances
• shows
• tutors
• shepherds

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• abuses
• mistreats
• ignores
• neglects
• maltreats
• hurts
• ill-treats
• mishandles
• injures
• ill-uses
• harms

2

as in erects

to fix in an upright position

it took all the men in the village to rear the frame for the barn, pulling hard at the ropes until all the sides were standing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• erects
• raises
• lifts
• hoists
• pitches
• sets up
• upends
• ups
• braces
• buttresses
• upraises
• elevates
• shores (up)
• supports
• puts up
• heaves
• uplifts
• cranes
• heightens
• upholds
• props (up)
• hefts
• hikes
• boosts
• perks (up)
• picks up
• jacks (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• flattens
• levels
• demolishes
• tears down
• knocks down
• razes

3

as in builds

to form by putting together parts or materials

the city has plans for rearing a new convention center over the next two years

Synonyms & Similar Words

• builds
• constructs
• assembles
• makes
• erects
• creates
• manufactures
• pieces
• produces
• fabricates
• raises
• designs
• confects
• establishes
• puts together
• sets up
• makes up
• originates
• generates
• frames
• shapes
• rebuilds
• fathers
• hammers
• molds
• begins
• fashions
• puts up
• concocts
• institutes
• forges
• founds
• organizes
• initiates
• inaugurates
• invents
• conceives
• coins
• contrives
• imagines
• constitutes
• prefabricates
• devises
• reconstructs
• innovates
• reassembles
• carpenters
• reedifies
• unites
• combines
• thinks (up)
• cooks (up)
• handcrafts
• retrofits
• rigs (up)
• redevelops
• throws up
• jerry-builds

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• strikes
• dismembers
• flattens
• takes down
• tears down
• destroys
• knocks down
• levels
• dismantles
• wrecks
• smashes
• ruins
• shatters
• pulverizes
• disassembles
• demolishes
• pulls down
• explodes
• razes
• devastates
• demounts
• disengages
• detaches
• blows up
• separates
• ruinates
• divides
• disconnects
• disjoins
• disunites

4

as in grows

to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care

an amateur who rears rare orchids in a professional-grade greenhouse

Synonyms & Similar Words

• grows
• cultivates
• crops
• produces
• plants
• tends
• raises
• cultures
• promotes
• dresses
• harvests
• breeds
• propagates
• sows
• roots
• sprouts
• ripens
• quickens
• gathers
• reaps
• germinates
• gleans

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• kills
• picks
• plucks
• digs
• pulls (up)
• cuts
• uproots
• mows
• extirpates
• hays