tears

Questions about tears

What does tears mean?

tears means "the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds)".

How many syllables are in tears?

tears has 1 syllable: tears. In IPA it is /ˈtɛɹz/.

What is another word for tears?

Close synonyms include crying, weeping. 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 tears a common word?

tears is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.