Synonyms 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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms: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, stare

3. stareverb

   fixate one's eyes

   "The ancestor in the painting is staring down menacingly"

   Synonyms:
   gaze

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1. stareverb

   Synonyms:
   gaze, gloat, look intently, gaze earnestly

2. stareverb

   Synonyms:
   chickweed, star-wort

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1. Glenn Greenwald:

   Hewas forced for the full hour to stare at the floor, not knowing what was happening except that he was being constantly threatened and then physically assaulted.

2. Gene Fowler:

   Writing is easy. All you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.

3. Nicholas Hoult:

   We spent a few days in a hotel room doing these...trust and acting exercises, it's weird, you don't often stare into people's eyes that long and when you do...you really quickly start to pick up on micro-expressions or whatever they give off and feelings perhaps and you just link up in a way.

4. Brendan Mulvaney:

   They are cheap, provide long-term persistent stare for collection of imagery, communications and other information – including weather.

5. Scott C. Holstad:

   People tend to get nervous when you stare at them. They are racked with enough insecurities as it is. They always look away, glance back quickly and look away again. Some part of them melts and as they attempt to gather themselves, their flesh forms puddles at their feet.