Wear Synonyms and Antonyms

wâr
The act of having on your person as a covering or adornment
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. corrosion
  2. erosion
  3. depreciation
  4. damage
  5. loss
  6. wear-and-tear
  7. loss by friction
  8. attrition
  9. inroads of time
  10. diminution
  11. waste
  12. clothing
  13. wearing
  14. impairment
  15. wearing away
  16. dilapidation
  17. article of clothing
  18. disappearance
  19. result of friction
  20. detrition
  21. vesture
  22. wearable
  23. habiliment
Antonyms:
  1. growth
  2. accretion
  3. building-up
To use as clothing or personal ornament
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. bear
  2. put-on
  3. don
  4. get-into
  5. carry
  6. affect
  7. be clothed
  8. slip on
  9. get on
  10. have-on
  11. dress in
  12. attire
  13. array
  14. cover
  15. wrap
  16. harness
  17. assume
Antonyms:
  1. take off
  2. disrobe
  3. undress
To be consumed by wearing
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. fade
  2. go-to-seed
  3. decay
  4. crumble
  5. weather
  6. dwindle
  7. shrink
  8. decline
  9. have-on
  10. deteriorate
  11. decrease
  12. waste
  13. become threadbare

Words Related to Wear

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Wear Sentence Examples

  • You'd better wear a coat.

  • You could wear a feed sack at a formal dinner and not look underdressed.

  • What would you have me wear, a sweat suit?

  • At present men make shift to wear what they can get.

  • There was nothing suggestive about her attire, and it was too hot to wear jeans.

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