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,
  • hedge clippers.
  •cutting instrument (noun)
  • clippers,
  • scissors.
  •garden tool (noun)
  • hedge trimmer.
  •tool (noun)
  • hammer,
  • crowbar,
  • lug wrench,
  • coping saw,
  • square,
  • arc welder,
  • level,
  • tin snips,
  • planer,
  • ball-peen hammer,
  • saw,
  • cold chisel,
  • crosscut saw,
  • monkey wrench,
  • wrench,
  • grindstone,
  • pick,
  • shovel,
  • file,
  • chisel,
  • pickax,
  • plane,
  • hedge trimmer,
  • band saw,
  • drill,
  • spade,
  • knife,
  • wrecking bar,
  • sledgehammer,
  • grapnel,
  • circular saw,
  • jigsaw,
  • back saw,
  • bench drill,
  • handsaw,
  • sickle,
  • jointer,
  • ripsaw,
  • vise,
  • axe,
  • scissors,
  • buzz saw,
  • edger,
  • awl,
  • mallet,
  • jackknife,
  • spanner,
  • lathe,
  • hacksaw,
  • wedge,
  • tire iron,
  • welder,
  • scythe,
  • Drill press,
  • scroll saw,
  • calipers,
  • pliers,
  • tool,
  • claw hammer,
  • gouge,
  • punch,
  • miter box,
  • posthole auger,
  • auger,
  • table saw,
  • chain saw,
  • machete,
  • trowel,
  • emery wheel,
  • spoke shave,
  • radial arm saw,
  • stapler,
  • pipe wrench,
  • keyhole saw,
  • hatchet,
  • screwdriver,
  • hoe.
  •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)
  • eliminates,
  • discharges,
  • Culls,
  • excretes,
  • oppugns,
  • deep-sixes,
  • exhausts,
  • vents,
  • lops,
  • trashes,
  • scraps,
  • cuts,
  • disclaims,
  • spews,
  • Chops,
  • Clips,
  • disgorges,
  • bars,
  • disapproves,
  • erupts,
  • sheds,
  • disallows,
  • evacuates,
  • ejaculates,
  • belches,
  • abandons,
  • drains,
  • curtails,
  • seeps,
  • rejects,
  • crops,
  • junks,
  • jettisons,
  • Denies,
  • excises,
  • exudes,
  • ejects,
  • snips,
  • excludes,
  • blackballs,
  • emits,
  • checks,
  • jilts,
  • discards,
  • blacklists,
  • vomits,
  • secretes.
  •subtracts (verb)
  • docks,
  • depreciates,
  • deducts,
  • deletes,
  • subtracts,
  • lowers,
  • discounts,
  • elides.

• Other synonyms:

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

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.