Synonyms for observation
ˌɒb zɜrˈveɪ ʃənob·ser·va·tion

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.3 / 4 votes

1. observation

   A remark is a saying or brief statement, oral or written, commonly made without much premeditation; a comment is an explanatory or critical remark, as upon some passage in a literary work or some act or speech in common life. A note is something to call attention, hence a brief written statement; in correspondence, a note is briefer than a letter. A note upon some passage in a book is briefer and less elaborate than a comment. Annotations are especially brief notes, commonly marginal, and closely following the text. Comments, observations, or remarks may be oral or written, comments being oftenest written, and remarks oftenest oral. An observation is properly the result of fixed attention and reflection; a remark may be the suggestion of the instant. Remarks are more informal than a speech.

   Synonyms:
   annotation, comment, note, remark, utterance

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.3 / 3 votes

1. observation

   Synonyms:
   contemplation, study, remark, attention, notice, comment

   Antonyms:
   disregard, oversight, inadvertence, inattention, silence, ignorance

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. observationnoun

   the act of making and recording a measurement

   Synonyms:
   watching, notice, observance, reflexion, reflection

2. observation, observance, watchingnoun

   the act of observing; taking a patient look

   Synonyms:
   reflexion, watching, honoring, ceremonial occasion, ceremonial, ceremony, notice, observance, reflection

3. observation, reflection, reflexionnoun

   a remark expressing careful consideration

   Synonyms:
   mirror image, expression, reflexion, watching, reflectivity, musing, contemplation, thoughtfulness, rumination, notice, observance, manifestation, reflection

4. observationnoun

   facts learned by observing

   "he reported his observations to the mayor"

   Synonyms:
   watching, notice, observance, reflexion, reflection

5. notice, observation, observancenoun

   the act of noticing or paying attention

   "he escaped the notice of the police"

   Synonyms:
   ceremony, poster, notification, watching, honoring, posting, placard, ceremonial occasion, ceremonial, bill, notice, observance, reflexion, card, reflection

Matched Categories

1. • Attention
   • Fact
   • Look
   • Measurement

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1. empiricism

   at the meeting last tuesday, we heard in details from the manager the strategy for an increase in salaries.

   i'm in no doubt whatever, my allergies indeed subsided after washing my inner nostrils with my urine.

   Submitted by greenwriter60 on March 28, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. observationnoun

   Synonyms:
   notice, attention

2. observationnoun

   Synonyms:
   remark, note, annotation, comment

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1. List of paraphrases for "observation":

   comment, observer, observing, remark, observational, compliance, observations, monitoring, observe, point, viewing, comments, oversight, 'observation, surveillance, sighting, observance, note, watch, finding

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1. Reuters Health:

   The Dr. Oz Show, the observation that some of the topics discussed on the show may differ from popular opinion or various academic analyses affirms that we are furthering a constructive dialogue about health and wellness.

2. G. I. Gurdjieff:

   Self-observation brings man to the realization of the necessity of self-change. And in observing himself a man notices that self-observation itself brings about certain changes in his inner processes. He begins to understand that self-observation is an instrument of self-change, a means of awakening.

3. Isaac Asimov:

   From my close observation of writers...they fall into two groups 1) those who bleed copiously and visibly at any bad review, and 2) those who bleed copiously and secretly at any bad review.

4. Denis Diderot:

   There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge. . . observation of nature, reflection, and experimentation. Observation collects facts reflection combines them experimentation verifies the result of that combination.

5. Jim McGrath:

   President Bush's condition has improved to the point that doctors have begun discussing dates for his discharge. He will remain at the Houston Methodist Hospital through the weekend for further observation.