Peer
Meaning of Peer
verb
- look with difficulty or concentration at someone or something.
Faye peered at her with suspicion
late 16th century: perhaps a variant of dialect pire or perhaps partly from a shortening of appear.
noun- a member of the nobility in Britain or Ireland, comprising the ranks of duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron.
hereditary peers could still dominate the proceedings of the House of Lords
- a person of the same age, status, or ability as another specified person.
he has incurred much criticism from his academic peers
- make or become equal with.
the Thames could not peer with the mill-streamlet close to my home
of Homer it is said that none could ever peer him for poetry
Middle English: from Old French peer, from Latin par ‘equal’.
Information about Peer
- It's a proper name.
- The plural form of Peer is: Peers.
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Hyphenation of Peer
Peer
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- Peer is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Peer synonyms
Meaning equal:
Meaning look at someone or something with one or both eyes partly closed in an attempt to see more clearly or as a reaction to strong light:
Meaning look quickly and furtively at something, especially through a narrow opening:
Meaning look quickly or furtively:
Meaning inquire too closely into a person's private affairs:
Meaning work for a government or other organization by secretly obtaining information about enemies or competitors:
Meaning direct one's gaze toward someone or something or in a specified direction:
Meaning stare openly in a stupid or rude manner:
Meaning look steadily and intently, especially in admiration, surprise, or thought:
Meaning look fixedly or vacantly at someone or something with one's eyes wide open:
Meaning be or become wide open:
Meaning examine or inspect closely and thoroughly:
Meaning look closely at or examine (someone or something):
Meaning inspect (someone or something) thoroughly in order to determine their nature or condition:
Meaning look at or inspect:
Meaning look at closely or with interest:
Meaning look at all parts of (something) carefully in order to detect some feature:
Meaning notice or perceive (something) and register it as being significant:
Meaning devote time and attention to gaining knowledge of (an academic subject), especially by means of books:
Meaning consider or think of in a specified way:
Meaning look thoughtfully for a long time at:
Meaning investigate or look around furtively in an attempt to find out something, especially information about someone's private affairs:
Meaning cry; weep:
Meaning a member of the aristocracy:
Meaning a man of noble rank or high office; a nobleman:
Meaning a polite or formal way of referring to a woman:
Meaning a woman holding the rank of a peer in her own right:
Meaning (especially in former times) a person of noble rank or birth:
Meaning a man who belongs by rank, title, or birth to the aristocracy; a peer:
Meaning a woman who belongs by rank, title, or birth to the aristocracy; a peeress:
Meaning an aristocrat or nobleman:
Meaning a person of wealth or high social position:
Meaning an upper-class person:
Meaning a person in the same position, involved in the same activity, or otherwise associated with another:
Meaning a thing or things of the same kind (often used to express surprise or for emphasis):
Meaning a person or thing that equals another in quality:
Meaning a person or thing living or existing at the same time as another:
Meaning a person of roughly the same age as oneself; a contemporary:
Anagrams of Peer
Words that rhyme with Peer
peer, Lapeer, compeer, overpeer, underpeer, Speer, backspeer, speer, transpeer, outpeer
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