Antonyms for watch
wɒtʃwatch

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1. watchnoun

   Antonyms:
   ignore

2. watchnoun

   To be awake.

   More people today carry a watch on their wrists than in their pockets.

   Antonyms:
   ignore

3. watchverb

   To look at, see, or view for a period of time.

   The second watch of the night began at midnight.

   Antonyms:
   ignore

4. watchnoun

   A person or group of people who guard.

   The watch stopped the travelers at the city gates.

   Antonyms:
   ignore

5. watchnoun

   To mind, attend, or guard.

   Antonyms:
   ignore

6. watchnoun

   To be wary or cautious of.

   You should watch that guy. He has a reputation for lying.

   Antonyms:
   ignore

7. watchverb

   To attend to dangers to or regarding.

   Antonyms:
   ignore

8. watchverb

   Antonyms:
   ignore

9. watchverb

   For some must watch, while some must sleep: So runs the world away.

   Antonyms:
   ignore

10. watchverb

    Antonyms:
    ignore

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1. watch

   To abide is to remain continuously without limit of time unless expressed by the context: "to-day I must abide at thy house," Luke xix, 5; "a settled place for thee to abide in forever," 1 Kings viii, 13; "Abide with me! fast falls the eventide," Lyte Hymn. Lodge, sojourn, stay, tarry, and wait always imply a limited time; lodge, to pass the night; sojourn, to remain temporarily; live, dwell, reside, to have a permanent home. Stop, in the sense of stay or sojourn, is colloquial, and not in approved use. Compare ENDURE; REST.

   Antonyms:
   abandon, avoid, depart, forfeit, forfend, journey, migrate, move, proceed, reject, resist, shun

   Synonyms:
   abide, anticipate, await, bear, bide, confront, continue, dwell, endure, expect, inhabit, live, lodge, remain, reside, rest, sojourn, stay, stop, tarry, tolerate, wait

   Preposition:
   Abide in a place, for a time, with a person, by a statement.

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1. watch

   Antonyms:
   disregard, overlook, misobserve

   Synonyms:
   wait, wake, contemplate, observe, note, tend, guard

Matched Categories

1. • Shift
   • Time Period
   • Timepiece

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1. watch, tickernoun

   a small portable timepiece

   Synonyms:
   spotter, scout, lookout man, lookout, heart, pump, picket, ticker, vigil, sentinel, stock ticker, sentry

2. watchnoun

   a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty

   Synonyms:
   spotter, scout, lookout man, lookout, picket, ticker, vigil, sentinel, sentry

3. watch, vigilnoun

   a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe

   Synonyms:
   spotter, scout, lookout man, lookout, picket, ticker, vigil, sentinel, sentry

4. watchnoun

   the period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty

   Synonyms:
   spotter, scout, lookout man, lookout, picket, ticker, vigil, sentinel, sentry

5. lookout, lookout man, sentinel, sentry, watch, spotter, scout, picketnoun

   a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event

   Synonyms:
   piquet, ticker, sentry, pale, scout, observation post, observatory, pathfinder, finder, talent scout, lookout station, guide, outlook, lookout, spotter, observation tower, picket, vigil, lookout man, discoverer, sentinel

6. vigil, watchverb

   the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival)

   Synonyms:
   spotter, scout, lookout man, lookout, picket, ticker, vigil, sentinel, sentry

7. watchverb

   look attentively

   "watch a basketball game"

   Synonyms:
   see, ascertain, keep an eye on, look on, find out, watch over, determine, look out, watch out, observe, view, take in, catch, check, follow, learn

8. watch, observe, follow, watch over, keep an eye onverb

   follow with the eyes or the mind

   "Keep an eye on the baby, please!"; "The world is watching Sarajevo"; "She followed the men with the binoculars"

   Synonyms:
   conform to, detect, take in, play along, postdate, come, espouse, travel along, keep an eye on, watch out, fall out, find, view, adopt, notice, come after, comply, keep, pursue, abide by, determine, see, find out, look on, be, remark, keep abreast, celebrate, watch over, stick with, take note, honor, take after, keep up, survey, look out, follow, stick to, observe, surveil, honour, mention, succeed, respect, accompany, ascertain, catch, maintain, trace, learn, discover, note, check

9. watch, view, see, catch, take inverb

   see or watch

   "view a show on television"; "This program will be seen all over the world"; "view an exhibition"; "Catch a show on Broadway"; "see a movie"

   Synonyms:
   ensure, project, receive, bring in, interpret, look out, make, look, experience, get word, visualise, have, assure, image, fancy, overhear, go steady, look on, cod, learn, absorb, run into, discover, escort, keep an eye on, draw, earn, examine, bewitch, pick up, visit, adopt, reckon, trance, fascinate, consider, collect, gather in, come across, get a line, gull, get wind, enamor, becharm, take care, take up, gain, watch out, put one across, invite, control, ascertain, insure, attend, take hold of, date, realize, sop up, check, consume, meet, go out, witness, pull in, fool, take, catch up with, catch, construe, find out, see, suck, befool, regard, entrance, visualize, picture, suck in, grab, find, captivate, go through, take in, enamour, get, view, capture, enchant, soak up, watch over, dupe, hitch, overtake, put on, arrest, hear, follow, realise, envision, determine, beguile, encounter, trip up, clear, slang, figure, suck up, look at, see to it, understand, run across, put one over, ingest, assimilate, observe, imbibe, charm

10. watch, look onverb

    observe with attention

    "They watched as the murderer was executed"

    Synonyms:
    watch over, view, look upon, repute, esteem, observe, learn, catch, check, take in, look on, follow, regard as, ascertain, look out, find out, think of, take to be, watch out, determine, see, keep an eye on

11. watch, look out, watch outverb

    be vigilant, be on the lookout or be careful

    "Watch out for pickpockets!"

    Synonyms:
    watch over, view, observe, learn, catch, check, take in, look on, follow, ascertain, look out, find out, watch out, determine, see, keep an eye on

12. watchverb

    observe or determine by looking

    "Watch how the dog chases the cats away"

    Synonyms:
    see, ascertain, keep an eye on, look on, find out, watch over, determine, look out, watch out, observe, view, take in, catch, check, follow, learn

13. determine, check, find out, see, ascertain, watch, learnverb

    find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort

    "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time"

    Synonyms:
    encounter, ensure, take, read, hold in, jibe, look out, look, experience, tick off, visualise, square up, gibe, assure, image, hold, run across, moderate, look on, learn, checker, condition, check out, run into, discover, regulate, escort, keep an eye on, stop, examine, pick up, memorize, visit, hear, chequer, observe, fix, mold, consider, study, con, tally, come across, regard, define, get a line, suss out, instruct, get wind, check off, check over, take care, watch out, match, check up on, control, look into, ascertain, mark, insure, attend, date, realize, go over, train, check, hold back, specify, interpret, meet, go out, witness, memorise, set, fancy, catch, decide, construe, find out, see, discipline, square off, limit, visualize, picture, find, catch out, go through, take in, correspond, curb, view, influence, project, watch over, fit, arrest, check into, follow, contain, get word, envision, determine, larn, make up one's mind, retard, crack, turn back, go steady, figure, acquire, see to it, break, understand, delay, teach, reckon, shape, settle, tick, realise, agree, mark off

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1. watchnoun

   Synonyms:
   vigil, outlook, attention, watcher, patrol, watchman, sentry, perdue, picket, guard, sentinel, vedette, guardsman, argus

2. watchnoun

   Synonyms:
   horologe

3. watchverb

   Synonyms:
   keep vigil, be on the lookout, keep guard

How to use watch in a sentence?

1. Liam Gray:

   With a candidate like Terry Namkung on the ticket, this seat becomes immediately competitive for Republicans, we saw last November how dissatisfied Virginians are with far left policies, especially when it comes to education. Rep. Bobby Scott, as Chairman of the Committee on Education, has a lot to answer for. Under Bobby Scott watch we’ve seen radicalized school curriculums, unnecessary shutdowns, and plummeting performance in our schools.

2. Wang Jiali:

   My kids sit on my lap while I'm in that studio, and they watch me do arrangements, they watch me mix, they watch me edit videos. They know what's up.

3. Jason Day:

   Jordan Spieth was always my hero growing up and watching Jordan Spieth, back then we had antennas and a little turn-knob TV. We only had four or five channels back home. The only time I could get to watch Jordan Spieth was when Jordan Spieth played major championships. And the majority of time Jordan Spieth was playing in those tournaments when Jordan Spieth was in Jordan Spieth peak and Jordan Spieth was dominating.

4. Carly Fiorina:

   If anyone who has watched this video tape – I dare Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama to watch these tapes, to watch a fully formed fetus on the table, its heart is beating, its legs are kicking, then someone says we have to keep it alive to harvest its brain.

5. Cameron Lindsay:

   A psychologist is going to think one way, but a warden needs to think a different way, you have to take the conservative, safe route and keep an individual like this on suicide watch.

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