wear | Definition of wear

wear

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of wear

1 to use up all the physical energy of

the job of running their own business wears them sometimes

Synonyms of wear

break, burn out, bust, do in, do up, drain, exhaust, fag, fatigue, frazzle, harass, kill, knock out, outwear, tire, tucker (out), wash out, wear out, weary

Words Related to wear

debilitate, enervate, enfeeble, sap, waste, weaken

Phrases Synonymous with wear

wear to a frazzle

Near Antonyms of wear

activate, energize, invigorate, rejuvenate, strengthen, vitalize

relax, rest, unwind

2 to damage or diminish by continued friction

all that walking every day wore the soles of my shoes very quickly

Synonyms of wear

abrade, chafe, corrade, erode, fray, frazzle, fret, gall, rasp, rub

Words Related to wear

file, gnaw, grate, graze, grind, nibble, sandblast, sandpaper, scour, scrape, scuff, shave

erase, reduce, rub out, wear out, wipe (away)

bite, break down, break up, chew, corrode, decompose, disintegrate, dissolve, eat

hone, sharpen, whet

3 British to put up with (something painful or difficult)

her marriage is so bad—I don't know how she wears it

Synonyms of wear

abide, absorb, accept, bear, bide [chiefly dialect], brook, countenance, endure, go, hack, handle, meet, pocket, stand, stick out, stomach, support, sustain, sweat out, take, tolerate

Words Related to wear

allow, permit, suffer, swallow

acquiesce, agree (with or to), assent (to), capitulate, consent (to), respect, submit (to), yield (to)

Phrases Synonymous with wear

live with, lump (it), stand for, tough out (it)

Near Antonyms of wear

decline, dismiss, refuse, reject, repudiate, spurn, turn down

combat, contest, fight, oppose, resist

avoid, bypass, circumvent, dodge, elude, escape, evade, miss

abstain (from), forbear, refrain (from)