n. 1
An opinion, judgement, imagination, idea or belief. A way of understanding something, an opinion, a theory.
Your view on evolution is based on religious doctrines, not on scientific findings.
n. 2
Visual perception. The act of seeing or looking at something.
He changed seats to get a complete view of the stage.
v. 1
To look at.
The video was viewed by millions of people.
v. 2
To regard in a stated way.
I view it as a serious breach of trust.

Related words

Phrases: point-of-view in someone's view view from nowhere in view of bird's-eye view field of view thirty-thousand-foot view frog's-eye view

Forms

View or Survey?

View and survey are comprehensive, survey expressing the greater exactness of measurement or estimate.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

3 letters: see¹, eye¹, aim¹
4 letters: take¹, look¹, play¹, idea³, mind¹, scan¹, gaze¹
5 letters: point¹, study², watch¹, range¹, scene¹, catch¹, sight¹, angle², scope¹, vista²
6 letters: design², survey², object², vision², belief², aspect², regard², notion², esteem², behold², reckon²
7 letters: thought¹, account², picture², opinion³, purpose², witness², examine³, outlook², horizon³, scenery³, inspect², purview², eyeshot
8 letters: position³, decision³, consider³, judgment², estimate³, prospect², scrutiny³, panorama⁴
9 letters: landscape², sentiment³, judgement²
10 letters: conclusion³, impression³, perception³, inspection³, conception³, persuasion³
11 letters: perspective³, examination⁵, observation⁴, contemplate³, reconnoiter⁴, reconnoitre⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (idea³ = 3 syllables).