Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pear
2 senses of pear
Sense 1
pear -- (sweet juicy gritty-textured fruit available in many varieties)
=> edible fruit -- (edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh)
=> pome, false fruit -- (a fleshy fruit (apple or pear or related fruits) having seed chambers and an outer fleshy part)
Sense 2
pear, pear tree, Pyrus communis -- (Old World tree having sweet gritty-textured juicy fruit; widely cultivated in many varieties)
=> fruit tree -- (tree bearing edible fruit)