Synonyms for behold
bɪˈhoʊld

Princeton's WordNet(2.00 / 2 votes)Rate this synonym:

1. behold, lay eyes on(verb)

   see with attention

   "behold Christ!"

   Synonyms:
   lay eyes on

Wiktionary(2.67 / 3 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. behold(verb)

   Synonyms:
   get a load of

2. behold(verb)

   To see, or to look at.

   Synonyms:
   get a load of

English Synonyms and Antonyms(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. behold

   What we discern we see apart from all other objects; what we discriminate we judge apart; what we distinguish we mark apart, or recognize by some special mark or manifest difference. We discriminate by real differences; we distinguish by outward signs; an officer is readily distinguished from a common soldier by his uniform. Objects may be dimly discerned at twilight, when yet we can not clearly distinguish one from another. We descry (originally espy) what is difficult to discover. Compare DISCOVER; LOOK.

   Synonyms:
   descry, discern, discriminate, distinguish, observe, perceive, recognize, see

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. behold

   Synonyms:
   look, discern, regard, view, descry, look upon, gaze, contemplate, observe, see, scan, survey

   Antonyms:
   overlook, disregard, ignore, miss, blink, wink, connive

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. behold(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   see, observe, view, descry, discern, look upon, set one's eyes on

2. behold(interj.)

   Synonyms:
   see, look, observe, lo

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "behold":

   admire, embrace, look

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How to use behold in a sentence?

1. Kevin Lewis:

   Its something that I had thought about it for a long time, i didnt expect to have precision that was high enough to be able to use for science purposes. But I started looking into the data and calibrating out some of the complicating factors, like temperature and some other variables. And, lo and behold, it got to the point where the precision was actually scientifically meaningful.

2. John Hagee:

   God says in Jeremiah 16 :' Behold, I will bring them the Jewish people again unto their land that I gave to their fathers. ... Behold, I will send for many fishers, and after will I send for many hunters,'.

3. Nicolas Cage:

   I have structure [ when Im working ]. I have a place to go. I dont want to sit around and drink mai tais and Dom Prignon and have mistakes in my personal life. I want to be on set. I want to be performing, in any other business, hard work is something to behold. Why not in film performance ?

4. Thomas Mann:

   The meeting in the open of two dogs, strangers to each other, is one of the most painful, thrilling, and pregnant of all conceivable encounters; it is surrounded by an atmosphere of the last canniness, presided over by a constraint for which I have no precise name; they simply cannot pass each other, their mutual embarrassment is frightful to behold.

5. Mark Twain:

   Behold, the fool saith, Put not all thine eggs in the one basket, -- which is but a manner of saying, Scatter your money and your attention, but the wise man saith, Put all your eggs in the one basket and -- watch that basket.

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