Definition for Tears:

• The fluid secreted by the lacrimal glands. This fluid moistens the CONJUNCTIVA and CORNEA.

Synonyms for Tears:

• n.

  •cry (noun)
  • howling,
  • howlings,
  • shedding tears,
  • the blues,
  • keening,
  • sobbing,
  • keenings,
  • the blue.
  •secretion (noun)
  • mucuses.
  •sobbing (noun)
  • grief,
  • Whimpering,
  • sob act,
  • mourning,
  • lamenting,
  • grieving,
  • weeps,
  • waterworks.
  •tears (noun)
  • crying,
  • weeping.
  •water (noun)
  • aqua,
  • aquas,
  • aqua pura,
  • rainwater.

• v.

  •halves (verb)
  • slits,
  • Branches,
  • rips,
  • severs,
  • cleaves,
  • bifurcates,
  • Halves,
  • Axes,
  • divides,
  • bisects,
  • splits,
  • rends,
  • fissures,
  • forks,
  • Ruptures,
  • parts,
  • cuts.
  •runs (verb)
  • scrambles,
  • Hurries,
  • scampers,
  • gallops,
  • plunges,
  • scurries,
  • Races,
  • darts,
  • dashes,
  • lopes,
  • jogs,
  • canters,
  • scoots,
  • sprints,
  • rushes,
  • bounds,
  • runs.

• Other synonyms:

  •sobbing
  • sob.

Paraphrases for Tears:

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, plural
    sobs.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    Adolescents.
  • Noun, plural
    streams, Lacerations, breakages, rifts, breaks, Rivers, rips, rocks, Wines, eyes.
  • Verb, past tense
    opened, opens.
  • Verb, past participle
    hurt, upset, Cried, missed, Wept.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    crying.
  • Noun, plural
    Cries.

Tears Sentence Examples:

• Then there was again a silence, for tears were in the eyes both of the father and of the son.

• Let us laugh while we may, for who knows when tears may come?