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reared

The word “reared” has 1 syllable: reared

It's pronounced as /rɪrd/

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In the thesaurus, “reared” has 128 synonyms and 51 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for reared along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for reared

  • advanced
  • assembled
  • attended
  • began
  • boosted
  • braced
  • bred
  • brought up
  • built
  • buttressed
  • carpentered
  • coined
  • combined
  • conceived
  • concocted
  • confected
  • constituted
  • constructed
  • contrived
  • cradled
  • craned
  • created
  • cropped
  • cultivated
  • cultured
  • designed
  • devised
  • directed
  • disciplined
  • dressed
  • edified
  • educated
  • elevated
  • enlightened
  • erected
  • established
  • fabricated
  • fashioned
  • fathered
  • fed
  • forged
  • forwarded
  • fostered
  • founded
  • framed
  • furthered
  • gathered
  • generated
  • germinated
  • gleaned
  • grew
  • guided
  • hammered
  • handcrafted
  • harvested
  • heaved
  • hefted
  • heightened
  • hiked
  • hoisted
  • hove
  • imagined
  • inaugurated
  • indoctrinated
  • initiated
  • innovated
  • instituted
  • instructed
  • invented
  • jerry-built
  • led
  • lifted
  • made
  • made up
  • manufactured
  • mentored
  • minded
  • molded
  • mothered
  • nourished
  • nursed
  • nurtured
  • organized
  • originated
  • picked up
  • pieced
  • pitched
  • planted
  • prefabricated
  • prepared
  • produced
  • promoted
  • propagated
  • put together
  • put up
  • quickened
  • raised
  • reaped
  • reassembled
  • rebuilt
  • reconstructed
  • redeveloped
  • reedified
  • retrofit
  • retrofitted
  • ripened
  • rooted
  • schooled
  • set up
  • shaped
  • shepherded
  • showed
  • sowed
  • sprouted
  • supplied
  • supported
  • taught
  • tended
  • threw up
  • trained
  • tutored
  • united
  • upended
  • upheld
  • uplifted
  • upped
  • upraised
  • watched

Antonyms for reared

  • abused
  • blew up
  • cut
  • demolished
  • demounted
  • destroyed
  • detached
  • devastated
  • disassembled
  • disconnected
  • disengaged
  • disjoined
  • dismantled
  • dismembered
  • disunited
  • divided
  • dug
  • exploded
  • extirpated
  • flattened
  • harmed
  • hayed
  • hurt
  • ignored
  • ill-treated
  • ill-used
  • injured
  • killed
  • knocked down
  • leveled
  • levelled
  • maltreated
  • mishandled
  • mistreated
  • mowed
  • neglected
  • picked
  • plucked
  • pulled down
  • pulverized
  • razed
  • ruinated
  • ruined
  • separated
  • shattered
  • smashed
  • struck
  • took down
  • tore down
  • uprooted
  • wrecked

Meanings of reared

  • verb
    1. To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.
    2. (said of people towards animals) To breed and raise.
    3. To rise up on the hind legs.
    4. (usually with "up") To get angry.
    5. To rise high above, tower above.
    6. To raise physically or metaphorically; to lift up; to cause to rise, to elevate.
    7. To construct by building; to set up.
    8. To raise spiritually; to lift up; to elevate morally.
    9. To lift and take up.
    10. To rouse; to strip up.
    11. To move; stir.
    12. (of geese) To carve.
    13. (regional, obsolete) To revive, bring to life, quicken. (only in the phrase, to rear to life).
    14. To place in the rear; to secure the rear of.
    15. To sodomize (perform anal sex).

Example Sentences

  • The horse suddenly reared when it heard a loud noise.
  • He was reared in a small village surrounded by mountains.
  • The mother bird carefully reared her chicks until they could fly.
  • Statues of dragons reared above the ancient temple gates.
  • They proudly reared their children to value honesty and kindness.

On this page you'll find 179 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to reared, such as: abused, advanced, assembled, attended, began, blew up, boosted.

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