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Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'tear'

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1. (noun) tear, teardrop
a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands
Synonyms: snag, tear, rent, split, bust, teardrop, bout, binge, rip

2. (noun) rip, rent, snag, split, tear
an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
Synonyms: rent, economic rent, rakehell, snag, crosscurrent, roue, bust, rip, hitch, binge, split up, teardrop, tide rip, riptide, stock split, blood, tear, rake, hang-up, split, countercurrent, schism, profligate, bout, rub

3. (noun) bust, tear, binge, bout
an occasion for excessive eating or drinking
Synonyms: flop, rip, snag, round, bout, split, tear, teardrop, orgy, bust, binge, fizzle, female chest, rent, splurge, turn

4. (verb) tear
the act of tearing
Synonyms: snag, rent, split, bust, teardrop, bout, binge, rip

5. (verb) tear, rupture, snap, bust
separate or cause to separate abruptly
Synonyms: wear out, buck, snatch up, click, fall apart, shoot, burst, flick, deplume, break down, crack, displume, pluck, photograph, break, shoot down, lose it, tear, raid, pull, wear, charge, bust, snap, snatch, deplumate, snarl, rupture

6. (verb) tear
to separate or be separated by force
Synonyms: charge, deplumate, deplume, shoot down, bust, pull, displume, snap, buck, rupture, shoot, pluck

7. (verb) tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck
move quickly and violently
Synonyms: hitch, land, jerk, shoot, flash, scoot, bear down, scud, sprout, hit, consign, excite, commove, commit, blame, film, snap, down, appoint, take, point, pullulate, agitate, load, bill, deplumate, bourgeon, defeat, rouse, buck, saddle, pull, fool away, fritter, kill, lodge, dissipate, dart, frivol away, file, bust, burgeon forth, accuse, level, institutionalize, turn on, pluck, fritter away, charge, inject, vote down, deplume, germinate, shoot down, institutionalise, fool, burden, photograph, charge up, blast, dash, send, go against, spud, rupture, pip, vote out, displume, tear

8. (verb) pluck, pull, tear, deplume, deplumate, displume
strip of feathers
Synonyms: roll, shoot, hook, pull in, attract, cull, overstretch, perpetrate, commit, rob, pick, snap, deplumate, rive, surcharge, soak, overcharge, pull off, buck, draw out, pull, get out, take out, gazump, hustle, root for, bust, plunk, plume, pluck, charge, deplume, pull up, pick off, shoot down, pull out, force, draw, tear, rend, tweak, draw in, extract, rip, displume, rupture, fleece

9. (verb) tear
fill with tears or shed tears
Synonyms: charge, deplumate, deplume, shoot down, bust, pull, displume, snap, buck, rupture, shoot, pluck

Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'tear'

English Synonyms and Antonyms

1. tear
Rend and tear are applied to the separating of textile substances into parts by force violently applied (rend also to frangible substances), tear being the milder, rend the stronger word.
Synonyms: rend, break, cleave, mangle, rive, sever, sunder, burst, lacerate, rip, rupture, slit, tear
Antonyms: heal, mend, reunite, secure, sew, solder, stitch, unite, weld, join

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