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Synonyms for wear off
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Princeton's WordNet
wear, wear off, wear out, wear down, wear thin(verb)
deteriorate through use or stress
"The constant friction wore out the cloth"
Synonyms:
wear thin, weary, hold out, wear upon, wear away, get into, wear, fatigue, have on, assume, put on, break, tire, wear out, fag out, bust, fall apart, outwear, don, tire out, bear, wear down, endure, jadewear away, wear off(verb)
diminish, as by friction
"Erosion wore away the surface"
Synonyms:
wear thin, eat at, wear away, whittle down, whittle away, wear, wear down, gnaw, gnaw at, erode, wear out
Dictionary of English Synonymes
wear off
Synonyms:
[Active.] obliterate, rub offwear off
Synonyms:
[Neuter.] pass off by degrees or gradually
Words popularity by usage frequency
| rank | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #1618 | break | |
| #2490 | bear | |
| #2664 | wear | |
| #2982 | don | |
| #3354 | assume | |
| #6587 | tire | |
| #9715 | jade | |
| #10055 | fatigue | |
| #10713 | bust | |
| #17899 | endure | |
| #19799 | weary | |
| #30495 | erode | |
| #102831 | gnaw | |
| #162209 | outwear |
How to use wear off in a sentence?
We're confident about this weekend, but thereafter we're not so sure, the novelty might wear off.
There is an initial impact and you do get these flights to safety but it does wear off very quickly.
After a while that starts to wear off.
A rally doesn't mean we're out of the woods just yet nor that volatility is a thing of the past, if there is one thing recent history has shown us, it's that optimism can wear off quickly if cases climb or stay-at-home orders are extended.
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