Synonyms for gear
gɪərgear

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1. gearnoun

   Synonyms:
   cog, gearwheel, cogwheel

2. gearnoun

   equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor.

   Synonyms:
   gearwheel, cog, cogwheel

3. gearnoun

   a wheel with grooves (teeth) engraved on the outer circumference, such that two such devices can interlock and convey motion from one to the other.

   Synonyms:
   cogwheel, cog, gearwheel

4. gearnoun

   a particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved.

   Synonyms:
   gearwheel, cogwheel, cog

5. gearnoun

   A configuration of the transmission of an motor car so as to achieve a particular ratio of engine to axle torque

   Synonyms:
   cogwheel, cog, gearwheel

6. gearnoun

   stuff.

   Synonyms:
   cog, gearwheel, cogwheel

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1. gear, gear wheel, geared wheel, cogwheelnoun

   a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion

   Synonyms:
   geartrain, gear wheel, geared wheel, train, gearing, gear mechanism, appurtenance, power train, cogwheel, paraphernalia

2. gearing, gear, geartrain, power train, trainnoun

   wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed

   "the fool got his tie caught in the geartrain"

   Synonyms:
   geartrain, gear wheel, string, geared wheel, railroad train, train, gearing, gear mechanism, wagon train, appurtenance, power train, cogwheel, caravan, paraphernalia

3. gear, gear mechanismnoun

   a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)

   Synonyms:
   geartrain, gear wheel, geared wheel, train, gearing, gear mechanism, appurtenance, power train, cogwheel, paraphernalia

4. gear, paraphernalia, appurtenanceverb

   equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.

   Synonyms:
   add-on, geartrain, gear wheel, geared wheel, accessory, train, gearing, gear mechanism, appurtenance, power train, cogwheel, supplement, paraphernalia

5. gear, pitchverb

   set the level or character of

   "She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience"

   Synonyms:
   set up, vend, toss, huckster, lurch, slope, peddle, pitch, hawk, shift, tilt, flip, cant over, monger, deliver, incline, cant, sky, slant

Matched Categories

1. • Adapt
   • Mechanism
   • Wheel
   • Wheelwork

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1. gearnoun

   Synonyms:
   APPAREL, dress, furniture, accoutrements, ornaments, TOGGERY

2. gearnoun

   Synonyms:
   harness, caparison, rigging, trappings, equipments

3. gearnoun

   Synonyms:
   gearing, toothed wheels, series of cog-wheels

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1. gearnoun

   Synonyms:
   rigging, tackle, gearing, mechanism, draught-gear, accouterments, trappings

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1. List of paraphrases for "gear":

   sprocket, pinion, lever, equipment, braking, gears, speed, devices, speeds

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1. The US:

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2. Unknown, Army Magazine of Preventive Maintenance:

   A slipping gear in your M203 grenade launcher can cause it to fire when you least expect it. This could make you very unpopular with what is left of your unit.

3. Haley Huggins:

   You also want lots of room for tumbling inside your dryer — less is more, and you definitely don’t want to put too many pieces of gear in there because they will get all tangled together.

4. Peter Cardillo:

   I suspect that what we're seeing here is a little market jitters due to the fact that the dollar continues to weaken, i think we will just stay in a mixed-to-holding pattern for the next day or two until the earnings season begins to move into full gear next week.

5. Stanford University historian Adrienne Mayor:

   Excavations of Eurasian graves have uncovered battle-scarred female skeletons dressed in tunics and trousers, and buried with quivers full of arrows, battle-axes, spears, and horse gear, so we know that genuine warrior women really existed at the time and places reported by the ancient Greeks and other cultures.