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/ˈsɪzəz/ · noun
(countable, usually construed as plural) A tool used for cutting thin material, consisting of two crossing blades attached at a pivot point in such a way that the blades slide across each other when the handles are closed..
Near-synonym: shears
Those scissors are sharp.
That scissors is sharp.
Scissors are used to cut the flowers.
Use scissors to cut them if you don't have proper shears.
Roses will last longer if a knife rather than a scissors is used to cut the blooms.
They executed a perfect scissors.
She found her in the dining-room with Ann Foster, the little dressmaker, who was endeavouring to scissors through the right side of her underlip with her teeth as proof that the compiling of a list of requisites was no tax to her.
Use scissors when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Scissors means (countable, usually construed as plural) A tool used for cutting thin material, consisting of two crossing blades attached at a pivot point in such a way that the blades slide across each other when the handles are closed..
Common synonyms include scissor, pair of scissors, shears, switch.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Near-synonym: shears
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