Bear (disambiguation)
Bear may refer to the following:
- Bear, a woodland mammal.
- A bear market is a term for a cyclical downturn in a stock market.
- Bear, Delaware, a town in Delaware
- Bear is a term to describe a large, hairy man, usually bearded, in the gay community. See also bear community.
- Microsoft Bear, an unofficial mascot hidden in Windows 3.1 and Windows 95
- The Tupolev Tu-95 and Tu-142 Soviet aircraft are both given the NATO reporting name Bear.
- BEAR is the Barents Euro-Arctic Regional Council
- Storied American college football Paul "Bear" Bryant, who coached at several institutions, most notably his alma mater, the University of Alabama.
- The Chicago Bears of the National Football League, and their founder/coach George "Papa Bear" Halas.
- The name of several college sports mascots, notably the University of Maine.
