'Peer' definitions:
Definition of 'peer'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Peer'
From: GCIDE
- Peer \Peer\ (p[=e]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Peered; p. pr. & vb. n. Peering.] [OF. parir, pareir equiv. to F. para[^i]tre to appear, L. parere. Cf. Appear.]
- 1. To come in sight; to appear. [Poetic] [1913 Webster]
- So honor peereth in the meanest habit. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- See how his gorget peers above his gown! --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
- 2. [Perh. a different word; cf. OE. piren, LG. piren. Cf. Pry to peep.] To look narrowly or curiously or intently; to peep; as, the peering day. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Peering in maps for ports, and piers, and roads. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- As if through a dungeon grate he peered. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Peer'
From: GCIDE
- Peer \Peer\, n. [OE. per, OF. per, F. pair, fr. L. par equal. Cf. Apparel, Pair, Par, n., Umpire.]
- 1. One of the same rank, quality, endowments, character, etc.; an equal; a match; a mate. [1913 Webster]
- In song he never had his peer. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Shall they consort only with their peers? --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A comrade; a companion; a fellow; an associate. [1913 Webster]
- He all his peers in beauty did surpass. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A nobleman; a member of one of the five degrees of the British nobility, namely, duke, marquis, earl, viscount, baron; as, a peer of the realm. [1913 Webster]
- A noble peer of mickle trust and power. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- House of Peers, The Peers, the British House of Lords. See Parliament.
- Spiritual peers, the bishops and archibishops, or lords spiritual, who sit in the House of Lords. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Peer'
From: GCIDE
- Peer \Peer\ v. t. To make equal in rank. [R.] --Heylin. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Peer'
From: GCIDE
- Peer \Peer\ v. t. To be, or to assume to be, equal. [R.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'peer'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- appear,
- archduke,
- aristocrat,
- armiger,
- associate,
- autopsy,
- baron,
- baroness,
- baronet,
- be curious,
- become visible,
- bend the eyes,
- blue blood,
- bore,
- Brahman,
- break through,
- burn with curiosity,
- canvass,
- check,
- check out,
- check over,
- check up on,
- coequal,
- colleague,
- compeer,
- confrere,
- count,
- counterpart,
- countess,
- daimio,
- delve into,
- dig around for,
- dig into,
- dig up,
- direct the eyes,
- ditto,
- duchess,
- duke,
- earl,
- emerge,
- equal,
- equipollent,
- equivalent,
- esquire,
- examine,
- explore,
- eye,
- fathom,
- fellow,
- gape,
- gaup,
- gawk,
- gentleman,
- give an examination,
- glare,
- gloat,
- go into,
- go over,
- goggle,
- grand duke,
- grandee,
- hidalgo,
- indagate,
- inquire,
- inspect,
- interrogate,
- investigate,
- lace-curtain,
- lady,
- laird,
- landgrave,
- like,
- look,
- look at,
- look into,
- look over,
- lord,
- lordling,
- magnate,
- magnifico,
- marchioness,
- margrave,
- marquis,
- match,
- mate,
- monitor,
- noble,
- nobleman,
- noblewoman,
- nose around for,
- nose out,
- observe,
- opposite number,
- optimate,
- overhaul,
- overlook,
- palsgrave,
- parallel,
- pass over,
- pass under review,
- patrician,
- peek,
- peep,
- peep out,
- peer at,
- peer into,
- peruse,
- play peekaboo,
- plumb,
- poke into,
- pore over,
- postmortem,
- probe,
- pry,
- pry into,
- query,
- question,
- quiz,
- review,
- rival,
- rubber,
- rubberneck,
- run over,
- scan,
- scrutinize,
- search into,
- seek,
- seigneur,
- seignior,
- set an examination,
- show,
- sift,
- silk-stocking,
- size,
- size up,
- snoop,
- sound,
- sovereign,
- spy,
- squire,
- stare,
- study,
- survey,
- swell,
- take a peep,
- take stock of,
- take the measure,
- thoroughbred,
- twin,
- upper-cruster,
- viscount,
- viscountess,
- waldgrave,
- want to know