tear - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

the act of tearing

Synonyms

• tear

More generic

• separation

More specific

• laceration
• rent
• rip
• split

Noun

an occasion for excessive eating or drinking

Synonyms

• binge
• bout
• bust
• tear

More generic

• revel
• revelry

More specific

• piss-up

Noun

a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands

Synonyms

• tear
• teardrop

More generic

• drib
• driblet
• drop

Related

• lachrymal secretion
• lacrimal secretion

Related

• H2O
• water

Noun

an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart

Synonyms

• rent
• rip
• snag
• split
• tear

More generic

• gap
• opening

Verb

fill with tears or shed tears

Synonyms

• tear

More generic

• cry
• weep

Verb

strip of feathers

Synonyms

• deplumate
• deplume
• displume
• pluck
• pull
• tear

More generic

• strip

Verb

to separate or be separated by force

Synonyms

• tear

More generic

• disunite
• divide
• part
• separate

More specific

• cleave
• rive
• split

Verb

separate or cause to separate abruptly

Synonyms

• bust
• rupture
• snap
• tear

More generic

• disunite
• divide
• part
• separate

Also See

• tear apart
• tear down
• tear up

More specific

• lacerate
• pull
• rend
• rip
• rip up
• rive
• shred
• tear up

Verb

move quickly and violently

Synonyms

• buck
• charge
• shoot
• shoot down
• tear

More generic

• belt along
• bucket along
• cannonball along
• hasten
• hie
• hotfoot
• pelt along
• race
• rush
• rush along
• speed
• step on it

More specific

• rip

Related

• dart
• dash
• flash
• scoot
• scud
• shoot

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