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Synonyms of bear in English:
bear
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verb
1‘Bill arrived, bearing a large picnic hamper’
SYNONYMS
carry, bring, transport, move, convey, take, fetch, haul, lug, shift
deliver
informal tote
2‘the letter bore the signature of a local councillor’
SYNONYMS
display, exhibit, show, present, set forth, be marked with, carry, have
3‘the track has horizontal concrete slabs, which bear the weight of the vehicle’
SYNONYMS
support, carry, hold up, prop up, keep up, bolster up
brace, shore up, underpin, buttress, reinforce
4‘ratepayers will have to bear the cost of such a move’
SYNONYMS
sustain, carry, support, shoulder, uphold, absorb, take on
5‘the drugs had been planted by someone who bore a grudge against him’
SYNONYMS
harbour, foster, entertain, cherish, nurse, nurture, brood over, possess, have, hold, hold on to, cling to, maintain, retain
6‘such a solution does not bear close scrutiny’
SYNONYMS
withstand, stand up to, stand, put up with, take, cope with, handle, resist, sustain, absorb, accept
7‘I'm not sure how much longer I can bear the pain’
SYNONYMS
endure, tolerate, put up with, stand, suffer, abide, submit to, experience, undergo, go through, countenance, brook, brave, weather, support
informal stick, stomach, swallow
8‘I can't bear being dependent on other people’
SYNONYMS
tolerate, stand, put up with, stomach, swallow, brook, undergo, accept, approve of, endorse, allow, admit, permit
Scottish thole
informal stick, hack, abide
British informal wear, be doing with
archaic suffer
9‘at seventeen she bore his daughter’
SYNONYMS
give birth to, bring forth, deliver, be delivered of, have, mother, create, produce, spawn
conceive
breed, procreate, reproduce
North American birth
informal drop
literary beget
archaic engender, be brought to bed of
10‘the radio bore the news of a policeman shot in Belfast’
SYNONYMS
communicate, carry, spread, disclose, tell, disseminate, circulate, diffuse, pass on, make public, make known
transmit, broadcast, publish
11‘a squash that bears fruit shaped like cucumbers’
SYNONYMS
produce, yield, give forth, give, provide, supply, generate, afford, furnish, bestow
12‘you drive to the end of the street, bear left, and go into the car park’
SYNONYMS
veer, curve, swerve, incline, turn, fork, diverge, deviate, bend
go, move
tack, sheer
Phrases
- bear fruit
‘plans for power-sharing may be about to bear fruit’
SYNONYMS
yield results, get results, succeed, meet with success, be successful, be effective, be profitable, work, go as planned
informal pay off, come off, pan out, do the trick, do the business
ANTONYMS
come to nothing
‘she looks fantastic and is bearing up remarkably well’
SYNONYMS
cope, persevere, manage, endure
muddle along, muddle through, get through, get on, carry on, get along, deal with the situation
grin and bear it, weather the storm
informal make out, get by, hack it
ANTONYMS
go to pieces
‘he has conducted experiments that bear out these ideas’
SYNONYMS
confirm, corroborate, substantiate, endorse, vindicate, give credence to, support, ratify, warrant, uphold, justify, prove, authenticate, verify
ANTONYMS
contradict, falsify
‘she bore herself like a queen as she slowly descended the stairs’
SYNONYMS
conduct oneself, carry oneself, acquit oneself, act, behave, perform
rare comport oneself, deport oneself
‘there is a long cultural history which bears on the way these writers express themselves’
SYNONYMS
be relevant to, appertain to, pertain to, relate to, have a bearing on, have relevance to, apply to, be pertinent to, have reference to, concern, be concerned with, have to do with, be connected with
ANTONYMS
be irrelevant to
‘the great cathedrals bore witness to a towering vision of transcendence’
SYNONYMS
testify to, be evidence of, be proof of, attest to, confirm, evidence, prove, vouch for
demonstrate, show, establish, indicate, reveal, bespeak
‘at a canter they bore down on the mass of men ahead’
SYNONYMS
advance on, close in on, move in on, converge on, approach, come close to, come closer to, move close to, move closer to, draw near to, draw nearer to, press on towards
attack, set upon, fall upon, assail, let fly at, tear into
British informal set about
ANTONYMS
retreat from, move away from
‘it is important to bear in mind that different countries have different regimes’
SYNONYMS
take into account, be mindful, remember, consider, mind, mark, heed, take into consideration, not forget
respect, have regard to, pay regard to, make allowances for, be guided by
ANTONYMS
forget, ignore
‘bear with me a moment while I make a telephone call’
SYNONYMS
be patient with, show forbearance towards, make allowances for, tolerate, put up with, endure, suffer
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