Synonyms for watch
wɒtʃwatch

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1. watchnoun

   Antonyms:
   ignore

2. watchnoun

   To be awake.

   More people today carry a watch on their wrists than in their pockets.

   Antonyms:
   ignore

3. watchverb

   To look at, see, or view for a period of time.

   The second watch of the night began at midnight.

   Antonyms:
   ignore

4. watchnoun

   A person or group of people who guard.

   The watch stopped the travelers at the city gates.

   Antonyms:
   ignore

5. watchnoun

   To mind, attend, or guard.

   Antonyms:
   ignore

6. watchnoun

   To be wary or cautious of.

   You should watch that guy. He has a reputation for lying.

   Antonyms:
   ignore

7. watchverb

   To attend to dangers to or regarding.

   Antonyms:
   ignore

8. watchverb

   Antonyms:
   ignore

9. watchverb

   For some must watch, while some must sleep: So runs the world away.

   Antonyms:
   ignore

10. watchverb

    Antonyms:
    ignore

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1. watch

   To abide is to remain continuously without limit of time unless expressed by the context: "to-day I must abide at thy house," Luke xix, 5; "a settled place for thee to abide in forever," 1 Kings viii, 13; "Abide with me! fast falls the eventide," Lyte Hymn. Lodge, sojourn, stay, tarry, and wait always imply a limited time; lodge, to pass the night; sojourn, to remain temporarily; live, dwell, reside, to have a permanent home. Stop, in the sense of stay or sojourn, is colloquial, and not in approved use. Compare ENDURE; REST.

   Synonyms:
   abide, anticipate, await, bear, bide, confront, continue, dwell, endure, expect, inhabit, live, lodge, remain, reside, rest, sojourn, stay, stop, tarry, tolerate, wait

   Antonyms:
   abandon, avoid, depart, forfeit, forfend, journey, migrate, move, proceed, reject, resist, shun

   Preposition:
   Abide in a place, for a time, with a person, by a statement.

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1. watch

   Synonyms:
   wait, wake, contemplate, observe, note, tend, guard

   Antonyms:
   disregard, overlook, misobserve

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. watch, tickernoun

   a small portable timepiece

   Synonyms:
   spotter, scout, lookout man, lookout, heart, pump, picket, ticker, vigil, sentinel, stock ticker, sentry

2. watchnoun

   a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty

   Synonyms:
   spotter, scout, lookout man, lookout, picket, ticker, vigil, sentinel, sentry

3. watch, vigilnoun

   a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe

   Synonyms:
   spotter, scout, lookout man, lookout, picket, ticker, vigil, sentinel, sentry

4. watchnoun

   the period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty

   Synonyms:
   spotter, scout, lookout man, lookout, picket, ticker, vigil, sentinel, sentry

5. lookout, lookout man, sentinel, sentry, watch, spotter, scout, picketnoun

   a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event

   Synonyms:
   piquet, ticker, sentry, pale, scout, observation post, observatory, pathfinder, finder, talent scout, lookout station, guide, outlook, lookout, spotter, observation tower, picket, vigil, lookout man, discoverer, sentinel

6. vigil, watchverb

   the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival)

   Synonyms:
   spotter, scout, lookout man, lookout, picket, ticker, vigil, sentinel, sentry

7. watchverb

   look attentively

   "watch a basketball game"

   Synonyms:
   see, ascertain, keep an eye on, look on, find out, watch over, determine, look out, watch out, observe, view, take in, catch, check, follow, learn

8. watch, observe, follow, watch over, keep an eye onverb

   follow with the eyes or the mind

   "Keep an eye on the baby, please!"; "The world is watching Sarajevo"; "She followed the men with the binoculars"

   Synonyms:
   conform to, detect, take in, play along, postdate, come, espouse, travel along, keep an eye on, watch out, fall out, find, view, adopt, notice, come after, comply, keep, pursue, abide by, determine, see, find out, look on, be, remark, keep abreast, celebrate, watch over, stick with, take note, honor, take after, keep up, survey, look out, follow, stick to, observe, surveil, honour, mention, succeed, respect, accompany, ascertain, catch, maintain, trace, learn, discover, note, check

9. watch, view, see, catch, take inverb

   see or watch

   "view a show on television"; "This program will be seen all over the world"; "view an exhibition"; "Catch a show on Broadway"; "see a movie"

   Synonyms:
   ensure, project, receive, bring in, interpret, look out, make, look, experience, get word, visualise, have, assure, image, fancy, overhear, go steady, look on, cod, learn, absorb, run into, discover, escort, keep an eye on, draw, earn, examine, bewitch, pick up, visit, adopt, reckon, trance, fascinate, consider, collect, gather in, come across, get a line, gull, get wind, enamor, becharm, take care, take up, gain, watch out, put one across, invite, control, ascertain, insure, attend, take hold of, date, realize, sop up, check, consume, meet, go out, witness, pull in, fool, take, catch up with, catch, construe, find out, see, suck, befool, regard, entrance, visualize, picture, suck in, grab, find, captivate, go through, take in, enamour, get, view, capture, enchant, soak up, watch over, dupe, hitch, overtake, put on, arrest, hear, follow, realise, envision, determine, beguile, encounter, trip up, clear, slang, figure, suck up, look at, see to it, understand, run across, put one over, ingest, assimilate, observe, imbibe, charm

10. watch, look onverb

    observe with attention

    "They watched as the murderer was executed"

    Synonyms:
    watch over, view, look upon, repute, esteem, observe, learn, catch, check, take in, look on, follow, regard as, ascertain, look out, find out, think of, take to be, watch out, determine, see, keep an eye on

11. watch, look out, watch outverb

    be vigilant, be on the lookout or be careful

    "Watch out for pickpockets!"

    Synonyms:
    watch over, view, observe, learn, catch, check, take in, look on, follow, ascertain, look out, find out, watch out, determine, see, keep an eye on

12. watchverb

    observe or determine by looking

    "Watch how the dog chases the cats away"

    Synonyms:
    see, ascertain, keep an eye on, look on, find out, watch over, determine, look out, watch out, observe, view, take in, catch, check, follow, learn

13. determine, check, find out, see, ascertain, watch, learnverb

    find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort

    "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time"

    Synonyms:
    encounter, ensure, take, read, hold in, jibe, look out, look, experience, tick off, visualise, square up, gibe, assure, image, hold, run across, moderate, look on, learn, checker, condition, check out, run into, discover, regulate, escort, keep an eye on, stop, examine, pick up, memorize, visit, hear, chequer, observe, fix, mold, consider, study, con, tally, come across, regard, define, get a line, suss out, instruct, get wind, check off, check over, take care, watch out, match, check up on, control, look into, ascertain, mark, insure, attend, date, realize, go over, train, check, hold back, specify, interpret, meet, go out, witness, memorise, set, fancy, catch, decide, construe, find out, see, discipline, square off, limit, visualize, picture, find, catch out, go through, take in, correspond, curb, view, influence, project, watch over, fit, arrest, check into, follow, contain, get word, envision, determine, larn, make up one's mind, retard, crack, turn back, go steady, figure, acquire, see to it, break, understand, delay, teach, reckon, shape, settle, tick, realise, agree, mark off

Matched Categories

1. • Shift
   • Time Period
   • Timepiece

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. watchnoun

   Synonyms:
   vigil, watching, wakefulness, watchfulness, outlook

2. watchnoun

   Synonyms:
   inspection, observation, attention

3. watchnoun

   Synonyms:
   guard, sentry, watchman

4. watchnoun

   Synonyms:
   pocket timepiece

5. watchverb

   Synonyms:
   wake, be awake, keep awake, not be asleep

6. watchverb

   Synonyms:
   keep guard, keep watch and ward, stand guard, be on guard, be on the watch, act as sentinel, be on the lookout, look sharp, keep a sharp lookout, have all one's eyes about one, mind one's P's and Q's

7. watchverb

   Synonyms:
   wait, look, be expectant

8. watchverb

   Synonyms:
   guard, tend, attend, have in keeping

9. watchverb

   Synonyms:
   mark, observe, eye, keep the eye on, keep an eye upon

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. watchnoun

   Synonyms:
   vigil, outlook, attention, watcher, patrol, watchman, sentry, perdue, picket, guard, sentinel, vedette, guardsman, argus

2. watchnoun

   Synonyms:
   horologe

3. watchverb

   Synonyms:
   keep vigil, be on the lookout, keep guard

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1. List of paraphrases for "watch":

   look, watching, monitor, shows, see, monitoring, clock, watchkeeping, observe, surveillance, monitors, eve, observatory, attention, view, mater, quarter, observation, guard, demonstrates

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How to use watch in a sentence?

1. Simone Biles:

   I just wish I could see it for myself the way you guys see it because for me it’s normal, it’s something I do every day, sometimes when I watch( my performances on YouTube) I think it’s unreal. How is it possible that I can chuck Simone Biles in the air and do all these tricks and land them ?

2. Joe Arpaio:

   After consultation and approval from my wife of 61 years, Ava, I have decided to run to be reelected Sheriff, watch out world ! We are back !

3. Adam Sandler:

   I dont even think about it as much as you think I should, i like comedies, I like making em. When I make these other movies, man, I dive in deep and I love it. And Ive got young kids, and I like when they watch movies at home and laugh, so I like trying to make stuff like that, too.

4. Adetola Onamade:

   The government is saying Marina Tricks are Marina Tricks and we are setting an example, but then they are putting £ 27 billion into roads, and a few million into the green recovery deal and they are completely ignoring the global dimension, we can't sit by and watch that happen -- we will hold Marina Tricks accountable in court, but we will also hold Marina Tricks accountable on the streets.

5. Doron Nir:

   I don't think a single creator can make a streaming platform, just like there is no single show that can make Netflix( NFLX) the number one service, it's really about the overall experience of going on there every night and having something to watch.