Synonyms for overlook
- verb
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Neglect — to pretend not to have noticed (something, especially a mistake or flaw); to pass over (something) without…
neglect, forget, ignore, disregard, excuse, pass by, forgive, condone, pass over, pass, despise, slight, discount, pardon, blink, misheed, misregard, connive dated
3. Oversee — to fail to notice; to look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it
miss, supervise, overpass US CA, superintend, oversee dated
Other
look over, check, overhaul, canvass, balk dated US, baulk UK, luster dated US, lustre UK, lustrate dated
Noun
Definitions
- v. 1
To fail to notice; to look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it.
These errors were overlooked by the proofreaders.
- v. 2
To pretend not to have noticed (something, especially a mistake or flaw); to pass over (something) without censure or punishment.
I’m not willing to overlook such bad behaviour.
- v. 3
To offer a view (of something) from a higher position.
Our hotel room overlooks the lake.
- n. 1
A vista or point that gives a view down toward something else.
Forms
- Plural
- overlooks → outlooks…
- Past participle
- overlooked
e.g. overlooked → neglected, forgotten, ignored, disregarded…
Choose the right word
To excuse is to overlook some slight offense, error, or breach of etiquette; pardon is often used by courtesy in nearly the same sense.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- forget I'll never forget having a good time with you all.
- ignore If you ignore the past, you jeopardize the future.
- neglect She was dismissed on the grounds of neglect of duty.
- disregard Tom showed reckless disregard for Mary's feelings.
- skip My physics teacher doesn't care if I skip classes.
- omit This detail is unimportant. You can safely omit it.
By length
- 4 letters
- miss1, pass1, drop1, skip1, omit2, balk1
- 5 letters
- check1, study2, blink1, baulk
- 6 letters
- forget2, review2, excuse2, ignore2, slight1, pardon2, luster2, lustre2
- 7 letters
- command2, forgive2, examine3, outlook2, neglect2, despise2, oversee3, condone2, canvass2, overtop, connive2, misheed
- 8 letters
- discount2, dominate3, overhaul3, overpass3, overleap, lustrate
- 9 letters
- disregard3, supervise3, misregard, pretermit
- 11 letters
- superintend
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (omit2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- surplomber