stare

1. 1.

   look at with fixed eyes

   “The students stared at the teacher with amazement”

   Synonymsgaze

   Broaderlook

   Narrowerstare downstargaze
2. 2.

   fixate one's eyes

   “The ancestor in the painting is staring down menacingly”

   Broaderlook

   Narrowerglower

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.