Synonyms for observation
ˌɒb zɜrˈveɪ ʃənob·ser·va·tion

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.3 / 4 votes

1. observation

   A remark is a saying or brief statement, oral or written, commonly made without much premeditation; a comment is an explanatory or critical remark, as upon some passage in a literary work or some act or speech in common life. A note is something to call attention, hence a brief written statement; in correspondence, a note is briefer than a letter. A note upon some passage in a book is briefer and less elaborate than a comment. Annotations are especially brief notes, commonly marginal, and closely following the text. Comments, observations, or remarks may be oral or written, comments being oftenest written, and remarks oftenest oral. An observation is properly the result of fixed attention and reflection; a remark may be the suggestion of the instant. Remarks are more informal than a speech.

   Synonyms:
   annotation, comment, note, remark, utterance

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.3 / 3 votes

1. observation

   Synonyms:
   contemplation, study, remark, attention, notice, comment

   Antonyms:
   disregard, oversight, inadvertence, inattention, silence, ignorance

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. observationnoun

   the act of making and recording a measurement

   Synonyms:
   watching, notice, observance, reflexion, reflection

2. observation, observance, watchingnoun

   the act of observing; taking a patient look

   Synonyms:
   reflexion, watching, honoring, ceremonial occasion, ceremonial, ceremony, notice, observance, reflection

3. observation, reflection, reflexionnoun

   a remark expressing careful consideration

   Synonyms:
   mirror image, expression, reflexion, watching, reflectivity, musing, contemplation, thoughtfulness, rumination, notice, observance, manifestation, reflection

4. observationnoun

   facts learned by observing

   "he reported his observations to the mayor"

   Synonyms:
   watching, notice, observance, reflexion, reflection

5. notice, observation, observancenoun

   the act of noticing or paying attention

   "he escaped the notice of the police"

   Synonyms:
   ceremony, poster, notification, watching, honoring, posting, placard, ceremonial occasion, ceremonial, bill, notice, observance, reflexion, card, reflection

Matched Categories

1. • Attention
   • Fact
   • Look
   • Measurement

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. empiricism

   at the meeting last tuesday, we heard in details from the manager the strategy for an increase in salaries.

   i'm in no doubt whatever, my allergies indeed subsided after washing my inner nostrils with my urine.

   Submitted by greenwriter60 on March 28, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. observationnoun

   Synonyms:
   notice, attention

2. observationnoun

   Synonyms:
   remark, note, annotation, comment

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "observation":

   comment, observer, observing, remark, observational, compliance, observations, monitoring, observe, point, viewing, comments, oversight, 'observation, surveillance, sighting, observance, note, watch, finding

How to pronounce observation?

How to say observation in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use observation in a sentence?

1. Robert Eckel:

   Based on the observation of data, I think, ultimately, one can't be overly conclusive about it, but it does again validate some other studies indicating diabetes is a predictor for outcome, older males do worse. I think the obesity factor enters in now and makes this increasingly an important factor.

2. Bruce Neal:

   Two points here : first, while it’s an intuitively appealing finding, it is statistically rather weak, second, good adherence is hard to achieve with current therapeutic options for PAP. If a new, very well-tolerated mode of PAP therapy is identified, it would be really helpful to do a large outcome trial to try and confirm this tantalizing observation.

3. Louis Pasteur:

   In the field of observation, chance favors only the prepared minds.

4. The Turkish Defense Ministry:

   There was no firing on the U.S. observation post.

5. Charles Cooley:

   It is surely a matter of common observation that a man who knows no one thing intimately has no views worth hearing on things in general. The farmer philosophizes in terms of crops, soils, markets, and implements, the mechanic generalizes his experiences of wood and iron, the seaman reaches similar conclusions by his own special road; and if the scholar keeps pace with these it must be by an equally virile productivity.