peer
verb
[ pɪə ]
• look with difficulty or concentration at someone or something.
• "Faye peered at her with suspicion"
Similar:
squint,
look closely/earnestly,
try to see,
look through narrowed eyes,
narrow one's eyes,
screw up one's eyes,
peep,
peek,
pry,
spy,
look,
gawp,
gaze,
stare,
gape,
scrutinize,
survey,
examine,
view,
eye,
scan,
observe,
study,
regard,
contemplate,
snoop,
squinny,
Origin:
late 16th century: perhaps a variant of dialect pire or perhaps partly from a shortening of appear.
peer
noun
• a member of the nobility in Britain or Ireland, comprising the ranks of duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron.
• "hereditary peers could still dominate the proceedings of the House of Lords"
Similar:
aristocrat,
lord,
lady,
peer of the realm,
peeress,
noble,
nobleman,
noblewoman,
titled man/woman/person,
patrician,
nob,
rah,
chinless wonder,
• a person of the same age, status, or ability as another specified person.
• "he has incurred much criticism from his academic peers"
Similar:
equal,
fellow,
co-worker,
match,
like,
rival,
confrère,
compeer,
co-equal,
contemporary,
person of the same age,
coeval,
peer
verb
• make or become equal with.
• "the Thames could not peer with the mill-streamlet close to my home"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French peer, from Latin par ‘equal’.
