peer

noun

Somebody who is, or something that is, at a level or of a value equal (to that of something else).

Someone who is approximately the same age (as someone else).

A noble with a title, i.e., a peerage, and in times past, with certain rights and privileges not enjoyed by commoners.

A comrade; a companion; an associate.

A look; a glance.

(informal) Someone who pees, someone who urinates.

verb

(intransitive) To look with difficulty, or as if searching for something.

To make equal in rank.

(Internet) To carry communications traffic terminating on one's own network on an equivalency basis to and from another network, usually without charge or payment. Contrast with transit where one pays another network provider to carry one's traffic.

(intransitive, obsolete) To come in sight; to appear.

Roots

parpeer- · Latin · equal

Synonyms for peer

compeern

Words related to peer

peeressn affinitiveadj peeragen mentoringn mentorsn

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