tears

The word “tears” has 1 syllable: tears

It's pronounced as /tɛrz/

What is synonym and antonym for tears?

In the thesaurus, “tears” has 130 synonyms and 19 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for tears

abrasions
accelerates
amputates
arrows
barrels
beats it
beelines
beetles
belts
blasts
blazes
blows
bolts
bombs
bowls
breaks
breezes
bundles
bustles
butchers
buzzes
cannonballs
careens
careers
catches up
chases
cleaves
courses
cracks
cuts
darts
dashes
dismembers
dissects
dissevers
drives
extracts
fast-forwards
flies
flits
forces
fractures
gallops
gashes
gets a move on
grabs
hacks
hares
hastens
hies
highballs
humps
hurls
hurries
hurtles
hustles
incises
incisions
injuries
jerks
jets
jogs
jumps
lacerates
lacerations
makes tracks
mangles
motors
nabs
nips
outpaces
outruns
outstrips
overtakes
pelts
pries
prizes
pulls
quickens
races
rams
rends
rents
ribbons
rips
rives
rockets
runs
ruptures
rushes
rustles
scampers
scoots
scores
scrapes
scratches
scuds
scuffles
scurries
scuttles
seizes
severs
shakes a leg
shoots
shreds
slashes
slits
snags
snatches
speeds
splits
sprints
stampedes
steps
steps on it
steps out
streaks
tatters
travels
trots
uproots
whirls
whisks
whizzes
wounds
wrenches
wrests
yanks
zips
zooms

Antonyms for tears

ambles
crawls
creeps
dallies
dawdles
decelerates
dillydallies
drags
lags
lingers
loiters
lumbers
plods
pokes
reattaches
saunters
shuffles
strolls
tarries

Meanings of tears

noun
1. A hole or break caused by tearing.
2. A rampage.
3. A drop of clear, salty liquid produced from the eyes by crying or irritation.
4. Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins.
5. (glass manufacture) A partially vitrified bit of clay in glass.
6. That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge.
verb
1. To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.
2. To injure as if by pulling apart.
3. To destroy or reduce abstract unity or coherence, such as social, political or emotional.
4. To make (an opening) with force or energy.
5. (often with off or out) To remove by tearing.
6. (of structures, with down) To demolish.
7. To become torn, especially accidentally.
8. To move or act with great speed, energy, or violence.
9. To smash or enter something with great force.
10. To produce tears.

Example Sentences

Tears welled up in her eyes as she read the letter.
His shirt had several tears after climbing through the fence.
She wiped away her tears and smiled bravely.
The document was full of tears and creases from being mishandled.
There were both laughter and tears at the farewell party.

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