Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb gear
1 sense of gear
Sense 1
gear, pitch -- (set the level or character of; "She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience")
=> adapt, accommodate -- (make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country")
Antonyms of adj geared
1 sense of geared
Sense 1
geared (vs. ungeared) -- (equipped with or connected by gears or having gears engaged)
ungeared (vs. geared) -- (having gears not engaged or disconnected; "the machine's ungeared pinion")
=> out of gear (predicate) -- (not having gears engaged; "threw the machine's pinion out of gear")
Similarity of adj geared
1 sense of geared
Sense 1
geared (vs. ungeared) -- (equipped with or connected by gears or having gears engaged)
=> back-geared, double-geared -- ((of a lathe) equipped with gearing for reducing the speed of the spindle from that of the driving pulley; "a back-geared lathe")
=> double-geared -- (equipped with compound gearing consisting of 2 pinions and 2 wheels in mesh to increase the mechanical advantage; "the double-geared lifting mechanism of a crane")
=> engaged, meshed, intermeshed -- ((used of toothed parts or gears) interlocked and interacting; "the gears are engaged"; "meshed gears"; "intermeshed twin rotors")
=> in gear -- (having gears engaged; "the car is in gear")