Antonyms for peer
pɪərpeer

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.8 / 6 votes

1. peer

   An associate as used officially implies a chief, leader, or principal, to whom the associate is not fully equal in rank. Associate is popularly used of mere friendly relations, but oftener implies some work, enterprise, or pursuit in which the associated persons unite. We rarely speak of associates in crime or wrong, using confederates or accomplices instead. Companion gives itself with equal readiness to the good or evil sense, as also does comrade. One may be a companion in travel who would not readily become an associate at home. A lady advertises for a companion; she would not advertise for an associate. Peer implies equality rather than companionship; as, a jury of his peers. Comrade expresses more fellowship and good feeling than companion. Fellow has almost gone out of use in this connection, except in an inferior or patronizing sense. Consort is a word of equality and dignity, as applied especially to the marriage relation. Compare ACCESSORY; ACQUAINTANCE; FRIENDSHIP.

   Antonyms:
   antagonist, enemy, foe, hinderer, opponent, opposer, rival, stranger

   Synonyms:
   accomplice, ally, associate, chum, coadjutor, colleague, companion, comrade, confederate, consort, fellow, friend, helpmate, mate, partner

   Preposition:
   These were the associates of the leader in the enterprise.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.9 / 11 votes

1. peernoun

   Antonyms:
   one unequal in rank, state or condition

   Synonyms:
   mate, equal, compeer

2. peerverb

   Synonyms:
   peep, pry, look narrowly

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Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.8 / 8 votes

1. peer, equal, match, compeernoun

   a person who is of equal standing with another in a group

   Synonyms:
   catch, mates, couple, equal, lucifer, friction match, match, mate, compeer

2. peerverb

   a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage

   Synonyms:
   compeer, match, equal

3. peerverb

   look searchingly

   "We peered into the back of the shop to see whether a salesman was around"

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. peernoun

   Synonyms:
   equal, match, mate, compeer, nobleman, noble, lord

How to use peer in a sentence?

1. Mark Twain:

   When I was a child people simply looked about them and were moderately happy. Today they peer beyond the seven seas, bury themselves waist deep in tidings, and by and large what they see and hear makes them unutterably sad.

2. Robert Downey Jr.:

   A lot of my peer group think I'm an eccentric bisexual, like I may even have an ammonia-filled tentacle or something somewhere on my body. That's okay

3. Jonathan Todres:

   Hollywood loves a very dramatic abduction and similar stories, but that is not what typically happens in trafficking cases, it is usually someone they know or someone that an acquaintance knows. So it may be that a peer introduces them to someone who ends up recruiting for a trafficking ring.

4. The Justice Department official:

   Her focus is on ensuring that every peer reviewer has the appropriate expertise to review the grant.

5. Janine Lutz:

   So if you don’t have any local buddies you know, find some in your community because they're everywhere, and they're looking for help too, reach out to other veterans in your communities because that is your best medicine - your peer who has walked in your shoes.

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