Synonyms for behold
bɪˈhoʊldbe·hold

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1. beholdverb

   Synonyms:
   get a load of

2. beholdverb

   To see, or to look at.

   Synonyms:
   get a load of

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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

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1. behold

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

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

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1. behold, lay eyes onverb

   see with attention

   "behold Christ!"

   Synonyms:
   lay eyes on

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1. beholdverb

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

2. beholdinterj.

   Synonyms:
   see, look, observe, lo

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1. List of paraphrases for "behold":

   admire, embrace, look

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1. Victor Hugo:

   Should we continue to look upwards Is the light we can see in the sky one of those which will presently be extinguished The ideal is terrifying to behold, lost as it is in the depths, small, isolated, a pin-point, brilliant but threatened on all sides by the dark forces that surround it nevertheless, no more in danger than a star in the jaws of the clouds. (Les Miserables)

2. Bible, Psalms 133:

   Behold, how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity.

3. Vulgate:

   Behold the man. (Ecce Homo)

4. Count Axel Gustafson Oxenstierna:

   Behold, my son, with what little wisdom the world is ruled.

5. Lucretius:

   Pleasant it to behold great encounters of warfare arrayed over the plains, with no part of yours in peril.