Thesaurus:look

Thesaurus

look

English

Verb

Sense: to pay attention to with one’s eyes

Synonyms

• behold
• clock (slang)
• look
• geek (Cornwall)
• kool (UK, back slang)
• regard
• squizz (slang)
• take a butcher's (slang)
• take a dekko (slang)
• take a gander (slang)
• vada (UK, Polari)
• viddy (rare)
• view

Troponyms

• glance    [⇒ thesaurus]
• peer
• rubberneck
• scan
• stare    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hypernyms

• examine    [⇒ thesaurus]
• get a load of
• observe
• pay attention    [⇒ thesaurus]
• see    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• look over
• luster (obsolete)
• lustrate (obsolete)
• overlook (archaic)
• survey

Metonyms

• eye    [⇒ thesaurus] (obsolete)

Further reading

• “441. vision” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “look” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.