stare

1. 1.

   a fixed look with eyes open wide

   Broaderlook

   Narrowergazeglarecontemplationgape

Other forms of stare

plural

stares·

past tense

stared·

present participle

staring·

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 stare

What does stare mean?

stare means "look at with fixed eyes". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in stare?

stare has 1 syllable: stare. In IPA it is /ˈstɛɹ/.

What is another word for stare?

Close synonyms include gaze. 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 stare a common word?

stare is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. 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 stare?

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