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Synonyms for watch
wɒtʃwatch
This thesaurus page includes all potential synonyms, words with the same meaning and similar terms for the word watch.
Wiktionary
watchnoun
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ignorewatchnoun
To be awake.
More people today carry a watch on their wrists than in their pockets.
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ignorewatchverb
To look at, see, or view for a period of time.
The second watch of the night began at midnight.
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ignorewatchnoun
A person or group of people who guard.
The watch stopped the travelers at the city gates.
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ignorewatchnoun
To mind, attend, or guard.
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ignorewatchnoun
To be wary or cautious of.
You should watch that guy. He has a reputation for lying.
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ignorewatchverb
To attend to dangers to or regarding.
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ignorewatchverb
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ignorewatchverb
For some must watch, while some must sleep: So runs the world away.
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ignorewatchverb
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ignore
English Synonyms and Antonyms
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, waitAntonyms:
abandon, avoid, depart, forfeit, forfend, journey, migrate, move, proceed, reject, resist, shunPreposition:
Abide in a place, for a time, with a person, by a statement.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
watch
Synonyms:
wait, wake, contemplate, observe, note, tend, guardAntonyms:
disregard, overlook, misobserve
Princeton's WordNet
watch, tickernoun
a small portable timepiece
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spotter, scout, lookout man, lookout, heart, pump, picket, ticker, vigil, sentinel, stock ticker, sentrywatchnoun
a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty
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spotter, scout, lookout man, lookout, picket, ticker, vigil, sentinel, sentrywatch, vigilnoun
a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe
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spotter, scout, lookout man, lookout, picket, ticker, vigil, sentinel, sentrywatchnoun
the period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty
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spotter, scout, lookout man, lookout, picket, ticker, vigil, sentinel, sentrylookout, lookout man, sentinel, sentry, watch, spotter, scout, picketnoun
a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
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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, sentinelvigil, watchverb
the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival)
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spotter, scout, lookout man, lookout, picket, ticker, vigil, sentinel, sentrywatchverb
look attentively
"watch a basketball game"
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see, ascertain, keep an eye on, look on, find out, watch over, determine, look out, watch out, observe, view, take in, catch, check, follow, learnwatch, 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"
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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, checkwatch, 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"
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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, charmwatch, look onverb
observe with attention
"They watched as the murderer was executed"
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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 onwatch, look out, watch outverb
be vigilant, be on the lookout or be careful
"Watch out for pickpockets!"
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watch over, view, observe, learn, catch, check, take in, look on, follow, ascertain, look out, find out, watch out, determine, see, keep an eye onwatchverb
observe or determine by looking
"Watch how the dog chases the cats away"
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see, ascertain, keep an eye on, look on, find out, watch over, determine, look out, watch out, observe, view, take in, catch, check, follow, learndetermine, 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
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
watchnoun
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vigil, watching, wakefulness, watchfulness, outlookwatchnoun
Synonyms:
inspection, observation, attentionwatchnoun
watchnoun
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pocket timepiecewatchverb
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wake, be awake, keep awake, not be asleepwatchverb
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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'swatchverb
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wait, look, be expectantwatchverb
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guard, tend, attend, have in keepingwatchverb
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mark, observe, eye, keep the eye on, keep an eye upon
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
PPDB, the paraphrase database
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?
Who put those in there and why is the central question, hannah kept guns locked up, including throughout lunch on the day in question, and she instructed her department to watch the cart containing the guns when she was pulled away for her other duties or on a lunch break.
I don't get to watch much television, primarily because of documents. I'm reading documents. A lot.
'13 Reasons Why' has been enormously popular and successful. It's engaging content. It is controversial. But nobody has to watch it.
He's so slow that he takes an hour and a half to watch 60 Minutes.
So, while they continue to watch this carefully, the efforts to improve their ties are more closely linked to their security and threat perceptions than the nuclear deal itself.
Translations for watch
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- horlosie, wagAfrikaans
- حارس, ساعة, رصد, شاهد, حرس, حذر, راقبArabic
- qol saatıAzerbaijani
- нару́чны гадзіннік, гадзіннік, глядзець, паглядзецьBelarusian
- часо́вник, гледам, наблюдавамBulgarian
- ঘড়িBengali
- rellotge, guarda, guardià, mirarCatalan, Valencian
- hlídka, hodinky, dávat pozor, dívat se, sledovat, hlídatCzech
- oriadur, gwylio, edrychWelsh
- vagt, armbåndsur, holde øje med, vogte på, se, se efter, iagttageDanish
- Wache, Uhr, Armbanduhr, zusehen, beobachten, ansehen, überwachen, sehen, aufpassenGerman
- φρουρός, βάρδια, ρολόι, σκοπός, παρακολουθώ, προσέχωGreek
- brakhorloĝo, spektiEsperanto
- reloj, mirar, tener cuidado, observar, vigilarSpanish
- käekell, kell, vaatamaEstonian
- erloju, ordulariBasque
- ساعت, نگهبان, پاس, دیدهبان, نگاه کردن, تماشاکردن, پاییدن, نگاهکردنPersian
- vahti, kello, rannekello, vartio, taskukello, katsella, tarkkailla, vahtia, katsoa, olla varuillaanFinnish
- urFaroese
- montre, garde, poste, regarder, faire attention, prendre garde, observer, surveiller, faire gaffeFrench
- uaireadóir, fairIrish
- uaireadair, faire, freiceadan, coimheadScottish Gaelic
- reloxo, mirar, vixiarGalician
- אשמורת, שָׁעוֹןHebrew
- घड़ी, देखनाHindi
- óra, figyel, vigyáz, nézHungarian
- ժամ, ժամացույց, դիտել, նայելArmenian
- jam tanganIndonesian
- horlojeto, regardarIdo
- úrIcelandic
- sorveglianza, guardia, orologio, osservare, tenere d'occhio, vigilare, guardare, sorvegliareItalian
- 腕時計, 時計, 警戒, 懐中時計, 見る, 見張る, 観察, 見守るJapanese
- მაჯის საათი, ყურებაGeorgian
- នាឡិកាដៃ, មើលKhmer
- ಗಡಿಯಾರKannada
- 시계, 時計, 관찰하다Korean
- demjimêr, کات ژمێر, saet, سهعات, تهمهشاکردن, تهماشاکردن, بینینKurdish
- horologium armillare, spectō, specio, aspicio, teneo, cōnspiciōLatin
- WuechtLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ໂມງLao
- laikrodis, žiūrėtiLithuanian
- pulkstenis, laikrādis, meklētLatvian
- watiMāori
- гледаMacedonian
- കാവല് നില്ക്കുക, കാണുകMalayalam
- jam tanganMalay
- လက်ပတ်နာရီ, နာရီBurmese
- armbåndsurNorwegian
- wacht, horloge, opletten, uitkijken, kijkenDutch
- vakt, klokke, ur, observere, passe på, se påNorwegian
- zegarek, wachta, straż, oglądać, obserwować, pilnowaćPolish
- relógio de bolso, vigia, guarda, relógio, relógio de pulso, ver, observar, vigiar, [[tomar]]/[[ter]] [[cuidado]], assistirPortuguese
- qhawayQuechua
- ceas, strajă, străjer, gardă, tură, urmări, veghea, avea grijă, păzi, priviRomanian
- ва́хта, дежу́рство, дозо́р, сто́рож, нару́чные часы́, часы́, стра́жа, карау́л, карау́льный, часово́й, смотреть, наблюдать, сторожить, бдеть, глядеть, следить, охранятьRussian
- dežurstvo, vreme, dežuranje, часовник, časovnik, čas, straža, гледати, gledatiSerbo-Croatian
- hodinky, dívať, pozerať, hľadať, sledovaťSlovak
- zapestna ura, ura, gledati, opazovatiSlovene
- orë dore, orë, shoh, shikojAlbanian
- vaktpatrull, armbandsur, vakt, klocka, vaktpass, betrakta, iaktta, vara försiktig, se på, observera, ta sig i aktSwedish
- kutazamaSwahili
- చేతి గడియారం, కాపలాదారు, కాపు ఉండుTelugu
- นาฬิกา, ชมThai
- relosTagalog
- bekçi, kol saatı, nöbetçi, gözlemlemek, göz kulak olmak, seyretmek, izlemek, dikkat etmek, bakmak, gözetmekTurkish
- нару́чний годи́нник, годи́нник, дивитисяUkrainian
- گھڑیUrdu
- đồng hồ đeo tay, đồng hồ, cái đồng hồ, xemVietnamese
- זייגערלYiddish
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