Tear

/tɛə/

Synonyms for "tear" (482 found)

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Closest matches (97)

Noun(10 words)

rip teardrop binge bout bustcard tearingcatalan llàgrimaclawing claws cry

abrade abrasion amputate assault attack autacoid ax bacchanal bacchanalia bacchanalianball the jackbarbarize bark barrel bat batter bawling bender bile binge

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bisect blemish bloody blubbering boil bolt boom booze boutbowl alongbreach break breakage breezebreeze alongbroach brush brutalize bundle burn burst bust bustle butcherbuzz aboutcareer carousal carousecarry oncarve celebration chafe chalone charge chase check chink chip chop chyle claw cleave cleft clip colostrum compotation concussion course crack crackle craze crevasse crowd cry crying cutcut alongcut awaycut in twocut offcut opendamage

Verb(4 words)

buck bust charge clawed

Adjective(1 words)

conscious tearing

Strong matches (144)

Noun(18 words)

danish tårdarn dash drip dropletemotional tearingfabric tearfabric tearingfatigue tearingfiber tearinggashgerman tränehole hurryinstant tearitalian lacrimalacerations ladders

dart dashdash offdash ondebauch destroy devil dichotomizedigestive secretiondischarge dispart dissever divaricate dividedouble timedouble-timedrinking boutdrop drumhead drunk

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drunken carousalendocrine escapade evulse excise excrete extract festinate fissurefit of cryingflashflash burnflaw fleet fling flitflood of tearsflutter flyfly lowfly openfoot fracture fray frazzle fret fuss gall gallop gap gashgastric juiceget goingget movinggive outgleetgo fastgo ongood crygore greet guzzle hack halve hammer haste hasten hew hie highball hole hormone humor humphump ithurryhurry abouthurry onhurry scurryhurry throughhurry uphurry-scurry hurt hurtle hustle ichor impair incise incision injure injuryintestinal juicejag jigsaw lacerate laceration lachryma lachrymosity lacrimatory lactate lactation lance lark lashlay openlay wasteleak leap lesion leukorrhea lootlose no timelymph maimmake a fussmake haste

Verb(6 words)

deplumate deplume displume lacerated lacerates lacerating

Adjective(4 words)

dutch traanepisodic tearingfrench larmegalician lagrima

Related words (241)

make knotsmake mincemeat ofmangle matter maulmelting moodmilkmortal woundmove quicklymucor mucus mug mutilate mutilation nip np ope openopen uporgy

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outstrip the windoverflowing eyespancreatic juicepare partpeccant humorphlegm pierce pillage ploy plunge post potationpour it onpress onproduceprostatic fluidprune pub-crawl pullpull apartpuncture purulence puspush onrace rage ramp rampage randan randy rant rape rave rend rent revel rheum ribbon rift riot rip rive roar ruin run rupture rushrush aboutrush aroundrush throughsack salivasalivary secretionsanies savage saw scald scale scamper scissor scoot scorch score scotch scour scramble scrape scratch scud scuff scurry scuttle secernsecond-degree burnsecrete semen separateserous fluidserum sever shoot shred sizzle skedaddle skim skin slash slaughter slice slit snatch snip sniveling snot soak sobbing sore sousesow chaosspeed sperm splinter split sprain spreadspread outspree springspring opensprint spurt squeeze stabstab woundstampedestep on itstick stormstorm alongstrain streak sunder suppuration sweat sweepswing opensymposium taptear alongtear aroundtear bottletear openteardroptearful eyestearfulness tears terrorizethe whitesthird-degree burnthrow openthunder alongthyroxin toot trauma traumatize urine vandalize violate wassail water weep weepiness weeping whimpering whisk whittle whizwhiz aboutwingding woundwounds immedicablewreck wrench yank zing zip zoom

Adverb(1 words)

more continuous tearing

Determiner(1 words)

more reflex tearing

Noun(32 words)

most continuous tearingold norse tárportuguese lágrimapulled hamstringrace rag rendrend slowlyrending rent rentsrip apartripping ripsrips apartromanian lacrimăromper ruptures rupturing shred

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snag sob split sprains tatter tattering tatterstear throughtear upteardropstissue tearweep

Adjective(9 words)

occasional tearingoccitan lagrimapropagating tearrivenseasonal tearingspanish lágrimatatteredunbroken tearingvoluntary tearing

Verb(10 words)

pluck pull rends ripped rupture shootshoot downshredded snap teared

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

33 entries

belt alongbucket alongcannonball alongcry damage disunite divide drib driblet dropemotional expressioneye secretiongap hasten hie hotfoot

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More specific

12 entries

dash gash racerend in tworiprip opensobbing sprinttear apartteardrop tears weeping

Collocations

11 entries

tear aparttear downtear ducttear filmtear gastear intear intotear opentear throughtear upteardrop

Inflections

4 entries

tearing tears tore torn

Derivations

6 entries

teardrop tearful tearfully tearfulness tearing tears

similar

6 entries

dart dash flash scoot scud shoot

Sample sentences

36 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

If he sends me any letters, I just tear them up and throw them away.

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If she's not careful she'll tear a ligament doing that.

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Why did Bill tear the letter into pieces?

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A tear rolled down her cheek.

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