Peer

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To look intently, searchingly, or with difficulty. See Synonyms at gaze.
  • verb-intransitive. To be partially visible; show: The moon peered from behind dark clouds.
  • n. A person who has equal standing with another or others, as in rank, class, or age: children who are easily influenced by their peers.
  • n. A nobleman.
  • n. A man who holds a peerage by descent or appointment.
  • n. Archaic A companion; a fellow: "To stray away into these forests drear,/Alone, without a peer” ( John Keats).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To look with difficulty, or as if searching for something.
  • n. Somebody who is, or something that is, at a level equal (to that of something else).
  • n. A noble with a hereditary title, i.e., a peerage, and in times past, with certain rights and privileges not enjoyed by commoners.
  • v. To carry communications traffic terminating on one's own network on an equivalency basis to and from another network, usually without charge or payment. Contrast with transit where one pays another network provider to carry one's traffic.
  • n. Someone who pees, someone who urinates.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To come in sight; to appear.
  • verb-intransitive. To look narrowly or curiously or intently; to peep.
  • n. One of the same rank, quality, endowments, character, etc.; an equal; a match; a mate.
  • n. A comrade; a companion; a fellow; an associate.
  • n. A nobleman; a member of one of the five degrees of the British nobility, namely, duke, marquis, earl, viscount, baron.
  • v. To make equal in rank.
  • v. To be, or to assume to be, equal.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To look narrowly or sharply: commonly implying searching or an effort to see: as, to peer into the darkness.
  • To appear; come in sight.
  • To appear; seem.
  • n. One of the same rank, qualities, endowments, character, or the like; an equal; a match.
  • n. A companion; a fellow; an associate.
  • n. A nobleman of an especial dignity.
  • To play the peer; be a peer or equal; take or be of equal rank.
  • To make equal to or of the same rank with.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage
  • n. a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
  • v. look searchingly
  • Equivalent
    the peers   
    Verb Form
    peered    peering    peers   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    look   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    peep    equal    match    mate    comrade    companion    fellow    associate    nobleman    noble   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bombardier    Chevalier    Clear    Deere    Fear    Greer    Imagineer    Lanier    Lear    Meir   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    nobleman    baron    colleague    senator    lord    statesman    clergyman    minister    magistrate    nobility