Definition for Shears:

• A similar instrument the blades of which are extensions of a curved spring, used for shearing sheep or skins.

Synonyms for Shears:

• n.

  •
  • clippers,
  • guillotine.
  •cutters (noun)
  • snips.
  •garden tool (noun)
  • hedge trimmer.
  •tool (noun)
  • monkey wrench,
  • ripsaw,
  • spoke shave,
  • pickax,
  • tire iron,
  • machete,
  • back saw,
  • welder,
  • coping saw,
  • grapnel,
  • chisel,
  • lug wrench,
  • planer,
  • claw hammer,
  • circular saw,
  • grindstone,
  • mallet,
  • cold chisel,
  • calipers,
  • ball-peen hammer,
  • posthole auger,
  • tool,
  • screwdriver,
  • crowbar,
  • hatchet,
  • keyhole saw,
  • shovel,
  • awl,
  • bench drill,
  • punch,
  • pipe wrench,
  • radial arm saw,
  • chain saw,
  • tin snips,
  • spanner,
  • jigsaw,
  • hammer,
  • wrench,
  • plane,
  • pick,
  • crosscut saw,
  • gouge,
  • square,
  • pliers,
  • vise,
  • sickle,
  • auger,
  • hoe,
  • knife,
  • spade,
  • trowel,
  • wrecking bar,
  • axe,
  • scythe,
  • handsaw,
  • buzz saw,
  • drill,
  • lathe,
  • emery wheel,
  • sledgehammer,
  • wedge,
  • arc welder,
  • edger,
  • hacksaw,
  • jointer,
  • level,
  • jackknife,
  • miter box,
  • scroll saw,
  • saw,
  • band saw,
  • Drill press,
  • stapler,
  • file,
  • table saw.
  •tools (noun)
  • lug wrenches,
  • scroll saws,
  • handsaws,
  • posthole augers,
  • wedges,
  • hedge trimmers,
  • welders,
  • lathes,
  • bench drills,
  • band saws,
  • cold chisels,
  • hoes,
  • awls,
  • spades,
  • radial arm saws,
  • vises,
  • levels,
  • hacksaws,
  • saws,
  • wrenches,
  • gouges,
  • drill presses,
  • screwdrivers,
  • crosscut saws,
  • files,
  • grapnels,
  • crowbars,
  • hammers,
  • arc welders,
  • circular saws,
  • coping saws,
  • ripsaws,
  • pipe wrenches,
  • jackknives,
  • wrecking bars,
  • shovels,
  • hatchets,
  • back saws,
  • scythes,
  • tools,
  • chisels,
  • augers,
  • machetes,
  • sickles,
  • sledgehammers,
  • miter boxes,
  • monkey wrenches,
  • grindstones,
  • ball-peen hammers,
  • buzz saws,
  • trowels,
  • mallets,
  • squares,
  • tire irons,
  • edgers,
  • spoke shaves,
  • punches,
  • Axes,
  • jigsaws,
  • Knives,
  • jointers,
  • staplers,
  • spanners,
  • planes,
  • emery wheels,
  • planers,
  • picks,
  • claw hammers,
  • chain saws,
  • bow saws,
  • pickaxes,
  • table saws,
  • Drills,
  • keyhole saws.

• v.

  •diminishes (verb)
  • decrements,
  • compresses,
  • erodes,
  • minimizes,
  • weeds,
  • diminishes,
  • prunes,
  • decreases,
  • shortens,
  • reduces,
  • lessens,
  • concentrates,
  • dwindles,
  • abridges,
  • pares,
  • bobs,
  • tapers,
  • truncates,
  • downgrades,
  • shaves,
  • compacts,
  • condenses,
  • shrinks,
  • depletes,
  • contracts,
  • nips,
  • abbreviates,
  • lightens,
  • deflates,
  • trims.
  •rejects (verb)
  • curtails,
  • eliminates,
  • bars,
  • disapproves,
  • excises,
  • abandons,
  • ejects,
  • erupts,
  • belches,
  • cuts,
  • checks,
  • discharges,
  • excludes,
  • seeps,
  • disallows,
  • drains,
  • exhausts,
  • blacklists,
  • disgorges,
  • spews,
  • oppugns,
  • emits,
  • rejects,
  • junks,
  • evacuates,
  • Denies,
  • scraps,
  • ejaculates,
  • Culls,
  • disclaims,
  • vents,
  • deep-sixes,
  • secretes,
  • excretes,
  • discards,
  • jilts,
  • Chops,
  • trashes,
  • blackballs,
  • jettisons,
  • lops,
  • vomits,
  • sheds,
  • Clips,
  • crops,
  • exudes.
  •subtracts (verb)
  • docks,
  • depreciates,
  • deducts,
  • deletes,
  • subtracts,
  • lowers,
  • discounts,
  • elides.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • lessen,
  • slice,
  • penknife,
  • curtail,
  • plucks,
  • safety razor,
  • detach,
  • gill,
  • clipper,
  • colter,
  • cutter,
  • dissect,
  • polls,
  • chop off,
  • slashes,
  • blade,
  • amputate,
  • compress,
  • shear,
  • abate,
  • HEWS,
  • bowie knife,
  • interrupt,
  • cutting instrument,
  • nail clippers,
  • soaks,
  • cut,
  • slash,
  • severs,
  • pruning shears,
  • chop,
  • mattock,
  • hooks,
  • paper cutter,
  • divides,
  • reduce,
  • nail clipper,
  • razor,
  • straight razor,
  • shorten,
  • diminish,
  • coulter,
  • whittle,
  • restrict,
  • shearings,
  • razor blade,
  • mutilate,
  • ax,
  • Bistoury,
  • overcharges,
  • billhook,
  • cleaves,
  • arms,
  • Drawing knife,
  • shave,
  • scrapes,
  • surcharges,
  • wire cutters,
  • bushwhacker,
  • carve,
  • sword,
  • fleeces,
  • Perforator,
  • microtome,
  • debase,
  • scalpel,
  • prune,
  • shares,
  • edge tool,
  • strips,
  • shards,
  • concentrate,
  • adze,
  • cut back,
  • MOWS,
  • split,
  • lop,
  • cleaver,
  • robs,
  • clippings,
  • divide,
  • break,
  • sharpen,
  • cuttings,
  • cutting edge,
  • shearing,
  • cutters,
  • abbreviate,
  • electric razor,
  • pare,
  • dressmaker,
  • condense,
  • paring knife,
  • plumes,
  • bodkin,
  • sever,
  • grinds,
  • cutlery,
  • tinsnips,
  • Chips,
  • plowshare,
  • snip,
  • lancet,
  • detract.

Paraphrases for Shears:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, plural
    scissors.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, plural
    clippers.

• Independent

  • Noun, plural
    techniques, chisels, Grasses, lawns.

Homophones for Shears:

• shrug, Showy Orchis, sourish, sericeous, siqueiros, screech, screak, seahorse, scherzo, sewerage, seagrass, shrewish, seiurus, source, saururus, saragossa, scrooge, scours, series, sargasso, scorch, shrike, sea horse, siracusa, syracuse, skew arch, sikorsky, Skagerak, scissors kick, shark, susurrous, sack race, shriek, shirk, shakers, sewage works, scarce, scorsese, SARS, squirearchy, sucrose, sazerac, SIRC, siris, serious, serosa, saururaceae, sorus, Sirach, screw key, saccharase, shag rug, squaw grass, serax, ski race, sugar cookie, susurrus, saccharose, sirius, squarish, sucrase, sea wrack, Skagerrak, sirocco, sawhorse, skreigh, squark, scraggy, sorex, screaky, Sargasso Sea, surge, scores, sorgho, serous, shear's, screw jack, sewer gas, sage grouse, saurosuchus, shiraz, serge, shire horse, sayers, saurischia, skreak, siriasis, sarawak, scourge, scissors, search, surcease, secrecy, screechy, scrag, ski rack, scheuchzeriaceae, sorgo, sciurus.

Hypernym for Shears:

• n.

  • artifact
    snips, clipper, tinsnips, thinning shears, pruning shears.

Hyponym for Shears:

• n.

  • artifact
    pair of scissors, scissors.