Synonyms for stare
stɛərstare

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.7 / 3 votes

1. stare

   To see is simply to become conscious of an object of vision; to look is to make a conscious and direct endeavor to see. To behold is to fix the sight and the mind with distinctness and consideration upon something that has come to be clearly before the eyes. We may look without seeing, as in pitch-darkness, and we may see without looking, as in case of a flash of lightning. To gaze is to look intently, long, and steadily upon an object. To glance is to look casually or momentarily. To stare is to look with a fixed intensity such as is the effect of surprise, alarm, or rudeness. To scan is to look at minutely, to note every visible feature. To inspect is to go below the surface, uncover, study item by item. View and survey are comprehensive, survey expressing the greater exactness of measurement or estimate. Watch brings in the element of time and often of wariness; we watch for a movement or change, a signal, the approach of an enemy, etc. Compare APPEAR.

   Synonyms:
   behold, contemplate, descry, discern, gaze, glance, inspect, look, regard, scan, see, survey, view, watch

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.3 / 3 votes

1. stareverb

   a fixed look with eyes open wide

2. gaze, stareverb

   look at with fixed eyes

   "The students stared at the teacher with amazement"

   Synonyms:
   gaze, stare

3. stareverb

   fixate one's eyes

   "The ancestor in the painting is staring down menacingly"

   Synonyms:
   gaze

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1. stareverb

   Synonyms:
   gaze, gloat, look intently, gaze earnestly

2. stareverb

   Synonyms:
   chickweed, star-wort

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1. Glenn Greenwald:

   Hewas forced for the full hour to stare at the floor, not knowing what was happening except that he was being constantly threatened and then physically assaulted.

2. Colin Wilson:

   This is one of the most urgent problems for civilized man. He has created civilization to give him security. Security for what? For boredom? His chief problem seems to be that most human beings need a certain amount of challenge, of external stimulus, to stop them from sinking into the blank stare and blank consciousness of the idiot.

3. Lisa Shultis:

   When I tell people I'm Lisa Shultis, they look at me with a blank stare, until this time. Now they look at me with fear.

4. Daniel Ghali:

   Over the medium term, copper prices do have more room to fall, especially as we stare down the barrel of a recession.

5. RJ Intindola:

   Stare your fears down and they will eventually disappear.