Synonyms for watch
- verb
- noun
Most common
attend observe find out learn take in keep watch look to look sharp
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
4. Keep watch
Other
Noun
Other
vigil, watcher, time-piece, wrist-watch, time-keeper, attention, observation, watchfulness, ward, argus, guardianship, vedette
Definitions
- v. 1
To look at, see, or view for a period of time.
I'm tired of watching TV.
- v. 2
To observe over a period of time; to notice or pay attention.
Put a little baking soda in some vinegar and watch what happens.
- v. 3
To mind, attend, or guard.
Please watch my suitcase for a minute.
- n. 1
A portable or wearable timepiece.
He set the alarm on his watch to 8:00 am.
Related words
- Phrases
- watch cap keep watch night watch watch out watch over watch one's mouth graveyard watch middle watch
- Is a kind of
- timepiece device
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Watch brings in the element of time and often of wariness; we watch for a movement or change, a signal, the approach of an enemy, etc.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- attend I didn't attend the meeting, and he didn't either.
- observe Catholics could not openly observe their religion.
- learn That game is easy, once you learn the basic rules.
By length
- 3 letters
- see1, eye1
- 4 letters
- look1, wait1, view1, note1, mark1, wake1, tend1, ward1, heed1
- 5 letters
- check1, learn1, catch1, guard1, scout1, abide2, vigil2, argus2
- 6 letters
- follow2, attend2, regard2, patrol2, picket2, sentry2
- 7 letters
- observe2, watcher2, spotter2, vedette2
- 8 letters
- sentinel3, watchman2
- 9 letters
- attention3, determine3, ascertain3
- 11 letters
- observation4
- 12 letters
- guardianship4, watchfulness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (abide2 = 2 syllables).