peers means friends.
Your peers are the people at the same level as you, not necessarily just students or friends, it could also refer to workmates, junior managers, similar types of worker, etc.
looked, studied, gazed, inspected, and scrutinized are all good words that mean the same thing as peered.
peered
Peered is a verb. It's the past tense of peer.
Peered
The word "peered" is a verb.An example sentence is:He peered through the dusty window.
One possibility is peered (looked) as in "She peered through the window to see what was happening."
Peered.
The little boy peered around the corner to see if anyone was there.
peered
The word peered has only one syllable. It is pronounced with a single stress point.
The simple predicate is the verb or the verb phrase in a sentence. In the sentence 'From the window peered a scary face that frightened my little brother' the simple predicate is 'peered'.
Stared is a common synonym for peered. Also, looked and peeked can be used.