peer

1. 1.

   look searchingly

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

   Broaderlook

Other forms of peer

plural

peers·

past tense

peered·

present participle

peering·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about peer

What does peer mean?

peer means "a person who is of equal standing with another in a group". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in peer?

peer has 1 syllable: peer. In IPA it is /ˈpɪɹ/.

What is another word for peer?

Close synonyms include equal, match, compeer. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is peer a common word?

peer is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with peer?

4 words rhyme with peer. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.