wearing

The word “wearing” has 2 syllables: wear-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈwɛrɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for wearing?

In the thesaurus, “wearing” has 196 synonyms and 115 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for wearing

abiding
abrading
absorbing
accepting
acquiescing
agonizing
allowing
annoying
aseptic
austere
bad
barren
bearing
biding
biting
bitter
blah
blank
bleak
bothersome
breaking
breaking down
breaking up
brooking
brutal
burdensome
burning out
busting
capitulating
chafing
chewing
comfortless
common
commonplace
corrading
corroding
countenancing
cruel
crushing
cumbersome
debilitating
decomposing
demoralizing
disagreeable
discomforting
discouraging
disheartening
disintegrating
dispiriting
dissolving
doing in
doing up
draining
dullish
earthbound
eating
enduring
enervating
enfeebling
erasing
eroding
excruciating
exhausting
fagging
fatiguing
filing
forbidding
fraying
frazzling
fretting
galling
gnawing
going
grating
gray
grazing
grey
grievous
grim
grinding
hacking
handling
harassing
hard
hardhanded
harrowing
harsh
heartbreaking
heartrending
heavy
honing
hostile
inanimate
inclement
inhospitable
inhuman
insufferable
insupportable
intemperate
intolerable
irksome
irritating
killing
knocking out
living with
longsome
lumbering
meeting
murderous
nibbling
onerous
oppressive
ordinary
outwearing
overwhelming
painful
pallid
palling
pedantic
permitting
pleasureless
plodding
pocketing
pokey
poky
prosaic
prosy
rasping
reducing
respecting
rigorous
rough
rubbing
rubbing out
rugged
sandblasting
sandpapering
sapping
scouring
scraping
scuffing
searing
severe
sharpening
shaving
soggy
spartan
spiritless
standing
standing for
sterile
sticking out
stiff
stomaching
strict
stringent
suffering
supporting
suspenseless
sustaining
swallowing
sweating out
taking
tepid
tiring
tolerating
tortuous
tough
toughing it out
trying
unbearable
uncomfortable
undramatic
unendurable
uneventful
unexceptional
unexciting
unfriendly
unimaginative
uninspiring
unnewsworthy
unpleasant
unrewarding
unsensational
unspectacular
unsurprising
vapid
washing out
wasting
weakening
wearing out
wearing to a frazzle
wearying
whetting
wild
wretched

Antonyms for wearing

absorbing
activating
agreeable
alluring
amazing
amusing
animating
arresting
astonishing
astounding
attracting
attractive
avoiding
awesome
balmy
bearable
beguiling
bewitching
breathtaking
bypassing
calm
captivating
charming
circumventing
clement
combating
combatting
comfortable
contesting
cozy
declining
dismissing
diverting
dodging
easy
electrifying
eluding
enchanting
endurable
energizing
engaging
engrossing
enlivening
entertaining
enthralling
entrancing
escaping
evading
exciting
exhilarating
eye-opening
fabulous
fascinating
fighting
forbearing
friendly
galvanizing
genial
gentle
gripping
hair-raising
hospitable
inspiring
interesting
intriguing
invigorating
involving
light
luxurious
marvellous
marvelous
mesmerizing
mild
missing
moderate
moving
opposing
painless
peaceful
pleasant
poignant
provocative
refusing
rejecting
rejuvenating
relaxing
reposeful
repudiating
resisting
restful
resting
rip-roaring
riveting
rousing
sensational
snug
soft
spectacular
spellbinding
spurning
stimulating
stirring
strengthening
surprising
suspenseful
tantalizing
temperate
thrilling
tolerable
touching
turning down
unwinding
vitalizing
wonderful
wondrous

Meanings of wearing

verb
1. To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, etc.
2. To have or carry on one's person habitually, consistently; or, to maintain in a particular fashion or manner.
3. To bear or display in one's aspect or appearance.
4. (with "it") To overcome one's reluctance and endure a (previously specified) situation.
5. To eat away at, erode, diminish, or consume gradually; to cause a gradual deterioration in; to produce (some change) through attrition, exposure, or constant use.
6. To undergo gradual deterioration; become impaired; be reduced or consumed gradually due to any continued process, activity, or use.
7. To exhaust, fatigue, expend, or weary.
8. To last or remain durable under hard use or over time; to retain usefulness, value, or desirable qualities under any continued strain or long period of time; sometimes said of a person, regarding the quality of being easy or difficult to tolerate.
9. (in the phrase "wearing on (someone)") To cause annoyance, irritation, fatigue, or weariness near the point of an exhaustion of patience.
10. (of time) To pass slowly, gradually or tediously.
11. To bring (a sailing vessel) onto the other tack by bringing the wind around the stern (as opposed to tacking when the wind is brought around the bow); to come round on another tack by turning away from the wind. Also written "ware". Past: weared, or wore/worn.
12. To guard; watch; keep watch, especially from entry or invasion.
13. To defend; protect.
14. To ward off; prevent from approaching or entering; drive off; repel.
15. To conduct or guide with care or caution, as into a fold or place of safety.
noun
1. The mechanical process of eroding or grinding.
2. The act by which something is worn.
3. That which is worn; clothes; garments.
adjective
1. Intended to be worn.
2. Causing tiredness.
3. Causing erosion.

Example Sentences

She was wearing a bright red dress at the party.
The constant stress of the job was wearing him down.
He enjoys wearing comfortable clothes when working from home.
They were wearing matching bracelets to show their friendship.
After wearing those shoes all day, her feet were sore.

On this page you'll find 311 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to wearing, such as: abiding, abrading, absorbing, accepting, acquiescing, activating, agonizing.

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