Synonyms for surveillance
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Noun
Definitions
- n. 1
Close observation of an individual or group; person or persons under suspicion.
Related words
- Word family
- surveil
- Phrases
- surveillance camera
Forms
- Plural
- surveillances → inspections, oversights, look-outs, supervisions…
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Surveillance is an invidious term signifying watching with something of suspicion.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- inspection I hope this makes it through baggage inspection.
- supervision Don't swim in deep water without adult supervision.
- oversight Tom said that the mistake was due to an oversight.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| surveillance | rising | |
| inspection | falling | |
| supervision | falling | |
| oversight | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- care1
- 6 letters
- charge1, charre
- 8 letters
- watching2
- 9 letters
- oversight3
- 10 letters
- inspection3
- 11 letters
- supervision4
- 15 letters
- superintendence
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (watching2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- surveillance
- Deutsch
- Überwachung
- Català
- vigilància