Antonyms for stare
stɛərstare

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.7 / 3 votes

1. stare

   To see is simply to become conscious of an object of vision; to look is to make a conscious and direct endeavor to see. To behold is to fix the sight and the mind with distinctness and consideration upon something that has come to be clearly before the eyes. We may look without seeing, as in pitch-darkness, and we may see without looking, as in case of a flash of lightning. To gaze is to look intently, long, and steadily upon an object. To glance is to look casually or momentarily. To stare is to look with a fixed intensity such as is the effect of surprise, alarm, or rudeness. To scan is to look at minutely, to note every visible feature. To inspect is to go below the surface, uncover, study item by item. View and survey are comprehensive, survey expressing the greater exactness of measurement or estimate. Watch brings in the element of time and often of wariness; we watch for a movement or change, a signal, the approach of an enemy, etc. Compare APPEAR.

   Synonyms:
   behold, contemplate, descry, discern, gaze, glance, inspect, look, regard, scan, see, survey, view, watch

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1. • Look

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:2.3 / 3 votes

1. stareverb

   a fixed look with eyes open wide

2. gaze, stareverb

   look at with fixed eyes

   "The students stared at the teacher with amazement"

   Synonyms:
   gaze

3. stareverb

   fixate one's eyes

   "The ancestor in the painting is staring down menacingly"

   Synonyms:
   gaze

How to use stare in a sentence?

1. Mandy Moore:

   I got to stare at his butt all day because in the scene he’s supposed to be naked, just covering his bits with a towel, because we’re supposed to be having some sexy time, so that was maybe the only awkward part.

2. Richard Fidler:

   We’ve kind of approached a natural limit with how much we can stare down at screens. The next natural place for that screen to live is thoroughly integrated into what we’re seeing so we don’t ever look down at the screen because the world has become the screen, in some sense it’s horrifying.

3. Fer:

   why can´t you realize the 1000 times I walk beside you the 2000 times I blushed when you are near the 3000 times I stared at you and blushed when you find out the 4000 times I tried to talk to you but I didn´t have an excuse the 5000 times that I dream of your smileand the million times I´ve found out that no matter how many times I walk beside you, blushed when you are near, stare at you, try to talk to you, dream of your smile you´ll never fall in love with me...

4. Clarence Thomas:

   We use stare decisis as a mantra when we don't want to think.

5. Sipho P Nkosi:

   Stare at the Newborn baby then you'll see love and peace.

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