ears: Prefix, Suffix and Derived words
Prefixes of ears
- bears«Word Popularity Bar5/5
bear
- noun massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws
- noun an investor with a pessimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to fall and so sells now in order to buy later at a lower price
- noun massive plantigrade carnivorous or omnivorous mammals with long shaggy coats and strong claws
- years5/5
years
- noun a late time of life
geezerhood; age; old age; eld.
- old age is not for sissies
- he's showing his years
- age hasn't slowed him down at all
- a beard white with eld
- on the brink of geezerhood
- noun a prolonged period of time
age; long time.
- we've known each other for ages
- I haven't been there for years and years
- noun a late time of life
- appears5/5
appear
- verb give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
seem; look.
- She seems to be sleeping
- This appears to be a very difficult problem
- This project looks fishy
- They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time
- verb come into sight or view
- He suddenly appeared at the wedding
- A new star appeared on the horizon
- verb give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
- tears5/5
tears
- noun the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
weeping; crying.
- I hate to hear the crying of a child
- she was in tears
- noun a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands
tear; teardrop.
- his story brought tears to her eyes
- noun the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)
- fears5/5
fear
- noun an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
fearfulness; fright.
- noun an anxious feeling
care; concern.
- care had aged him
- they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction
- noun an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
- hears4/5
hear
- verb perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
- verb get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
pick up; get a line; discover; see; learn; find out; get wind; get word.
- I learned that she has two grown-up children
- I see that you have been promoted
- verb perceive (sound) via the auditory sense
- wears4/5
wear
- noun impairment resulting from long use
- the tires showed uneven wear
- noun a covering designed to be worn on a person's body
habiliment; vesture; clothing; wearable; article of clothing.
- noun impairment resulting from long use
- sears4/5
sear
- verb make very hot and dry
scorch.
- The heat scorched the countryside
- verb become superficially burned
scorch; singe.
- my eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames
- verb make very hot and dry
- disappears4/5
disappear
- verb get lost, as without warning or explanation
go away; vanish.
- He disappeared without a trace
- verb become invisible or unnoticeable
go away; vanish.
- The effect vanished when day broke
- verb get lost, as without warning or explanation
- spears4/5
spear
- noun a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
lance; shaft.
- noun an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
gig; fizgig; fishgig; lance.
- noun a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon
- gears4/5
gear
- noun a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
cogwheel; gear wheel; geared wheel.
- noun wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed
gearing; geartrain; train; power train.
- the fool got his tie caught in the geartrain
- noun a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
- pears3/5
pear
- noun sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties
- noun Old World tree having sweet gritty-textured juicy fruit; widely cultivated in many varieties
pear tree; Pyrus communis.
- noun sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties
- clears3/5
clear
- noun the state of being free of suspicion
- investigation showed that he was in the clear
- noun a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
open.
- finally broke out of the forest into the open
- noun the state of being free of suspicion
- smears3/5
smear
- noun slanderous defamation
malignment; vilification.
- noun a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope
cytosmear; cytologic smear.
- noun slanderous defamation
- shears3/5
shears
- noun large scissors with strong blades
- noun (physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves
shear.
- the shear changed the quadrilateral into a parallelogram
- noun large scissors with strong blades
- swears3/5
swear
- verb utter obscenities or profanities
imprecate; cuss; curse; blaspheme.
- The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street
- verb to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
avow; affirm; verify; swan; assert; aver.
- Before God I swear I am innocent
- verb utter obscenities or profanities
- reappears3/5
reappear
- verb appear again
re-emerge.
- The sores reappeared on her body
- Her husband reappeared after having left her years ago
- verb appear again
- arrears3/5
arrears
- noun the state of being behind in payments
- an account in arrears
- noun an unpaid overdue debt
- noun the state of being behind in payments
- forebears3/5
forebear
- noun a person from whom you are descended
forbear.
- noun a person from whom you are descended
- overhears2/5
overhear
- verb hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
catch; take in.
- We overheard the conversation at the next table
- verb hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
- rears2/5
rear
- noun the back of a military formation or procession
- infantrymen were in the rear
- noun the side of an object that is opposite its front
backside; back end.
- his room was toward the rear of the hotel
- noun the back of a military formation or procession
- nears2/5
near
- verb move towards
go up; come near; draw near; draw close; come on; approach.
- We were approaching our destination
- They are drawing near
- The enemy army came nearer and nearer
- adjective not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
close; nigh.
- near neighbors
- in the near future
- they are near equals
- his nearest approach to success
- a very near thing
- a near hit by the bomb
- she was near tears
- she was close to tears
- had a close call
- verb move towards
- dears2/5
dear
- noun a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
honey; dearest; love; beloved.
- noun a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child)
lamb.
- noun a beloved person; used as terms of endearment
- forbears2/5
forbear
- noun a person from whom you are descended
forebear.
- verb refrain from doing
hold back.
- she forbore a snicker
- noun a person from whom you are descended
- lears2/5
lear
- noun British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888)
Edward Lear.
- noun the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who was betrayed and mistreated by two of his scheming daughters
King Lear.
- noun British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888)
- blears1/5
blear
- verb make dim or indistinct
blur.
- The fog blurs my vision
- adjective satellite tired to the point of exhaustion
blear-eyed; bleary; bleary-eyed.
- verb make dim or indistinct
- goodyears1/5
goodyear
- noun United States inventor of vulcanized rubber (1800-1860)
Charles Goodyear.
- noun United States inventor of vulcanized rubber (1800-1860)
- bugbears1/5
bugbear
- noun an imaginary monster used to frighten children
booger; bugaboo; boogeyman; bogeyman.
- noun an object of dread or apprehension
hobgoblin.
- Germany was always a bugbear for France
- A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds"--Ralph Waldo Emerson
- noun an imaginary monster used to frighten children
- forswears1/5
forswear
- verb formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
retract; resile; abjure; recant.
- He retracted his earlier statements about his religion
- She abjured her beliefs
- verb formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
- headgears1/5
headgear
- noun clothing for the head
headdress.
- noun the hoist at the pithead of a mine
- noun clothing for the head
- endears1/5
endear
- verb make attractive or lovable
- This behavior endeared her to me
- verb make attractive or lovable
- yesteryears1/5
yesteryear
- noun the time that has elapsed
past; past times.
- forget the past
- noun the time that has elapsed
- wheatears1/5
wheatear
- noun small songbird of northern America and Eurasia having a distinctive white rump
- noun small songbird of northern America and Eurasia having a distinctive white rump
- lightyears1/5
lightyears
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- stears1/5
steer
- noun an indication of potential opportunity
lead; hint; tip; wind; confidential information.
- he got a tip on the stock market
- a good lead for a job
- noun castrated bull
bullock.
- noun an indication of potential opportunity
- jears1/5
- switchgears1/5
Suffixes of ears
- earshot«Word Popularity Bar3/5
earshot
- noun the range within which a voice can be heard
earreach; hearing.
- the children were told to stay within earshot
- noun the range within which a voice can be heard
- earsplitting1/5
earsplitting
- adjective satellite loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss
thundery; deafening; thunderous.
- adjective satellite loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss
Derived words of ears
- rehearsal«Word Popularity Bar4/5
rehearsal
- noun a practice session in preparation for a public performance (as of a play or speech or concert)
dry run.
- he missed too many rehearsals
- a rehearsal will be held the day before the wedding
- noun (psychology) a form of practice; repetition of information (silently or aloud) in order to keep it in short-term memory
- noun a practice session in preparation for a public performance (as of a play or speech or concert)
- hearsay4/5
hearsay
- noun gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
rumour; rumor.
- adjective satellite heard through another rather than directly
- hearsay information
- noun gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
- pearson4/5
pearson
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- rehearsals3/5
rehearsal
- noun a practice session in preparation for a public performance (as of a play or speech or concert)
dry run.
- he missed too many rehearsals
- a rehearsal will be held the day before the wedding
- noun (psychology) a form of practice; repetition of information (silently or aloud) in order to keep it in short-term memory
- noun a practice session in preparation for a public performance (as of a play or speech or concert)
- rehearsed3/5
rehearse
- verb engage in a rehearsal (of)
practise; practice.
- verb engage in a rehearsal (of)
- rehearse3/5
rehearse
- verb engage in a rehearsal (of)
practise; practice.
- verb engage in a rehearsal (of)
- rehearsing3/5
rehearse
- verb engage in a rehearsal (of)
practise; practice.
- verb engage in a rehearsal (of)
- hearst3/5
hearst
- noun United States newspaper publisher whose introduction of large headlines and sensational reporting changed American journalism (1863-1951)
William Randolph Hearst.
- noun United States newspaper publisher whose introduction of large headlines and sensational reporting changed American journalism (1863-1951)
- fearsome3/5
fearsome
- adjective satellite causing fear or dread or terror
dreadful; direful; horrific; fearful; frightening; terrible; dread; dire; horrendous; awful; dreaded.
- the awful war
- an awful risk
- dire news
- a career or vengeance so direful that London was shocked
- the dread presence of the headmaster
- polio is no longer the dreaded disease it once was
- a dreadful storm
- a fearful howling
- horrendous explosions shook the city
- a terrible curse
- adjective satellite causing fear or dread or terror
- hearse3/5
hearse
- noun a vehicle for carrying a coffin to a church or a cemetery; formerly drawn by horses but now usually a motor vehicle
- noun a vehicle for carrying a coffin to a church or a cemetery; formerly drawn by horses but now usually a motor vehicle
- rehearses2/5
rehearse
- verb engage in a rehearsal (of)
practise; practice.
- verb engage in a rehearsal (of)
- gearshift2/5
gearshift
- noun a mechanical device for engaging and disengaging gears
shifter; gearstick; gear lever.
- in Britain they call a gearshift a gear lever
- noun a mechanical device for engaging and disengaging gears
- bearskin2/5
bearskin
- noun the pelt of a bear (sometimes used as a rug)
- noun tall hat; worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasions
busby; shako.
- noun the pelt of a bear (sometimes used as a rug)
- nearsightedness2/5
nearsightedness
- noun (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred
myopia; shortsightedness.
- noun (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred
- nearsighted2/5
nearsighted
- adjective unable to see distant objects clearly
shortsighted; myopic.
- adjective unable to see distant objects clearly
- unrehearsed2/5
unrehearsed
- adjective satellite with little or no preparation or forethought
extemporaneous; extempore; offhand; ad-lib; offhanded; extemporary; impromptu; off-the-cuff.
- his ad-lib comments showed poor judgment
- an extemporaneous piano recital
- an extemporary lecture
- an extempore skit
- an impromptu speech
- offhand excuses
- trying to sound offhanded and reassuring
- an off-the-cuff toast
- a few unrehearsed comments
- adjective satellite with little or no preparation or forethought
- nearshore2/5
- tearsheets2/5
- hearses1/5
hearse
- noun a vehicle for carrying a coffin to a church or a cemetery; formerly drawn by horses but now usually a motor vehicle
- noun a vehicle for carrying a coffin to a church or a cemetery; formerly drawn by horses but now usually a motor vehicle
- bearskins1/5
bearskin
- noun the pelt of a bear (sometimes used as a rug)
- noun tall hat; worn by some British soldiers on ceremonial occasions
busby; shako.
- noun the pelt of a bear (sometimes used as a rug)
- gearset1/5
- nearside1/5
nearside
- noun the side of a vehicle nearest the kerb
- noun the side of a vehicle nearest the kerb
- fearsomely1/5
fearsomely
- adverb in a fearsome manner
- a sabre slammed fearsomely through the thicket in all directions
- adverb in a fearsome manner
- hearsays1/5
hearsay
- noun gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
rumour; rumor.
- adjective satellite heard through another rather than directly
- hearsay information
- noun gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
- tearstained1/5
tearstained
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- clearsighted1/5
clearsighted
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- tearsheet1/5
tearsheet
Sorry, we do not have the definition for this word.
- years'1/5
years
- noun a late time of life
geezerhood; age; old age; eld.
- old age is not for sissies
- he's showing his years
- age hasn't slowed him down at all
- a beard white with eld
- on the brink of geezerhood
- noun a prolonged period of time
age; long time.
- we've known each other for ages
- I haven't been there for years and years
- noun a late time of life
- fearsomeness1/5
- clearsightedness1/5
- shearsman1/5
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `ears`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.
While some of the words are direct derivations of the word `ears`, some are not.
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About Prefix and Suffix Words
This page lists all the words created by adding prefixes, suffixes to the word `ears`. For each word, youwill notice a blue bar below the word. The longer the blue bar below a word, the more common/popular the word. Very short blue bars indicate rare usage.
While some of the words are direct derivations of the word `ears`, some are not.
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