forbear

forbear is a 7-letter English word with 10 senses as noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: An ancestor; a forefather; -- usually in the plural. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 13 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. noun. An ancestor; a forefather; -- usually in the plural.
2. intransitive verb. To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay.
3. intransitive verb. To refuse; to decline; to give no heed.
4. intransitive verb. To control one's self when provoked.
5. transitive verb. To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from; to give up; as, to forbear the use of a word of doubdtful propriety.
6. transitive verb. To treat with consideration or indulgence.
7. transitive verb. To cease from bearing.
8. noun. a person from whom you are descended

   Synonyms: forebear

9. verb. resist doing something

   "He refrained from hitting him back"

   "she could not forbear weeping"

   Synonyms: refrain

10. verb. refrain from doing

    "she forbore a snicker"

Synonyms

forebear, refrain

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in forbear:

forbare, forebar

Common word forms

forbears, forbearer, forbearing, forbearable

Words from these letters

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