gape

The word “gape” has 1 syllable: gape

It's pronounced as /ɡeɪp/


What is synonym and antonym for gape?

In the thesaurus, “gape” has 58 synonyms and 18 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for gape along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for gape

  • aspect
  • attention
  • beam
  • blink
  • bore
  • cleave
  • consider
  • contemplation
  • crack
  • dehisce
  • divide
  • examination
  • eye
  • eyeball
  • fixate
  • fixation
  • focus
  • frondesce
  • gap
  • gawk
  • gawp
  • gaze
  • get a load of
  • get an eyeful
  • give the eye
  • glare
  • gloat
  • glower
  • goggle
  • inspection
  • leer
  • look
  • observance
  • observation
  • observe
  • ogle
  • outface
  • outstare
  • part
  • peer
  • perusal
  • peruse
  • regard
  • rubberneck
  • scrutiny
  • size up
  • split
  • stare
  • stare down
  • study
  • surveillance
  • survey
  • take in
  • watch
  • wonder
  • yaw
  • yawn
  • yawp

Antonyms for gape

Meanings of gape

  • noun
    1. An act of gaping; a yawn.
    2. A large opening.
    3. A disease in poultry caused by gapeworm in the windpipe, a symptom of which is frequent gaping.
    4. The width of an opening.
    5. The maximum opening of the mouth (of a bird, fish, etc.) when it is open.
  • verb
    1. To open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily, as in a yawn, anger, or surprise.
    2. To stare in wonder.
    3. To open wide; to display a gap.
    4. Of a cat: to open the passage to the vomeronasal organ, analogous to the flehming in other animals.

Example Sentences

  • The canyon stretched before them, its vastness causing them to gape in wonder.
  • Despite the warning signs, tourists often ignore safety measures and gape over the edge of the cliff.
  • He couldn't help but gape at the extravagant display of wealth in the billionaire's mansion.
  • The unexpected announcement caused everyone in the room to gape at each other in astonishment.
  • The news of his resignation made colleagues gape in disbelief, they never anticipated his departure.

On this page you'll find 76 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to gape, such as: aspect, attention, beam, blink, bore, browse, cleave.

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keep an eye on

  • abide by
  • accomplish
  • accord
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  • administer
  • adopt
  • advance
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  • angel
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  • audit
  • baby sit
  • baby-sit
  • back
  • bankroll
  • be a source of strength
  • be attentive
  • be consistent with
  • be devoted to
  • be guided by
  • be in charge
  • be in keeping
  • be in the saddle
  • be interested in
  • be on duty
  • be responsible for
  • beam
  • bedog
  • behold
  • boss
  • bring up
  • bulwark
  • buoy up
  • call the play
  • call the shots
  • captain
  • care for
  • case
  • catch
  • cater to
  • chaperon
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  • check
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  • command
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  • devote oneself
  • dig
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  • discover
  • distinguish
  • do
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  • dog
  • eagle eye
  • eagle-eye
  • emulate
  • encourage
  • ensure
  • escort
  • espy
  • examine
  • eye
  • eyeball
  • father
  • feed
  • fend
  • finance
  • flash
  • focus
  • follow
  • follow suit
  • fortify
  • forward
  • foster
  • fund
  • further
  • gape
  • gawk
  • gaze
  • get a load of
  • get an eyeful of
  • give a leg up
  • give allegiance to
  • give heed to
  • give the once-over
  • glance
  • glare
  • glimpse
  • goggle
  • govern
  • guard
  • handle
  • harbor
  • harmonize
  • have a look-see
  • have charge of
  • hear
  • hearken
  • heed
  • herd
  • hold fast
  • hound
  • humor
  • imitate
  • immunize
  • indulge
  • inoculate
  • inspect
  • irradiate
  • keep
  • keep abreast of
  • keep alive
  • keep in view
  • keep tabs on
  • keep track of
  • keep under surveillance
  • lamp
  • lend an ear
  • listen
  • listen up
  • live up to
  • look
  • look after
  • look at
  • look on
  • lookout
  • maintain
  • make a living
  • make certain
  • make out
  • manage
  • mark
  • match
  • medicate
  • mimic
  • mind
  • mind the store
  • minister
  • minister to
  • mirror
  • model on
  • monitor
  • mother
  • note
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  • nourish
  • nurse
  • nurture
  • obey
  • observe
  • occupy oneself with
  • overlook
  • oversee
  • pamper
  • patrol
  • pattern oneself upon
  • pay attention
  • pay attention to
  • pay expenses of
  • pay for
  • pay heed
  • peek
  • peep
  • peer
  • perceive
  • perform
  • pick up
  • pick up on
  • pick up the check
  • pipe
  • police
  • preserve
  • preside over
  • promote
  • prop
  • protect
  • provide for
  • pursue
  • put up money for
  • quarterback
  • raise
  • read
  • recognize
  • record
  • reflect
  • regard
  • ride herd on
  • ride shotgun for
  • rubberneck
  • run
  • run the show
  • run things
  • safeguard
  • save
  • scan
  • scope
  • screen
  • scrutinize
  • secure
  • see
  • see after
  • see to
  • serve
  • set up
  • shadow
  • shelter
  • shepherd
  • shield
  • shotgun
  • sight
  • sit
  • sit on top of
  • skipper
  • sponsor
  • spot
  • spy
  • stake
  • stalk
  • stare
  • stiffen
  • stonewall
  • strengthen
  • string along
  • stroke
  • study
  • subsidize
  • succor
  • superintend
  • supervise
  • support
  • surveil
  • survey
  • sustain
  • tag
  • take a gander
  • take after
  • take as an example
  • take care of
  • take charge of
  • take in
  • take notice
  • take pains
  • take under wing
  • tend
  • track
  • trail
  • treat
  • underwrite
  • uphold
  • vaccinate
  • view
  • wait
  • wait on
  • watch
  • watch out for
  • watch over
  • witness

yawn

  • bore
  • breathe
  • bromide
  • bummer
  • divide
  • downer
  • doze
  • drag
  • draw
  • drip
  • droner
  • drowse
  • dullsville
  • expand
  • expire
  • fatigue catch flies
  • gap
  • gape
  • gasp
  • give
  • huff
  • inbreathe
  • inspire
  • nap
  • nudnick
  • nudnik
  • pant
  • part
  • pill
  • puff
  • respire
  • sleep
  • sniff
  • snooze
  • snoozer
  • snore
  • snort
  • snuff
  • snuffle
  • spread
  • suspire
  • wheeze
  • whiff
  • yaw
  • yawner
  • yawp

gander

  • airhead
  • beast
  • birdbrain
  • blockhead
  • blush
  • bonehead
  • booby
  • boor
  • bubblehead
  • buffoon
  • cad
  • cast
  • chowderhead
  • chucklehead
  • churl
  • clodpole
  • clodpoll
  • clot
  • clown
  • cluck
  • clunk
  • creep
  • cretin
  • cuddie
  • cuddy
  • cur
  • deadhead
  • dim bulb
  • dimwit
  • dip
  • dodo
  • dolt
  • donkey
  • doofus
  • dope
  • dork
  • dullard
  • dum-dum
  • dumb cluck
  • dumbbell
  • dumbhead
  • dummkopf
  • dummy
  • dunce
  • dunderhead
  • eye
  • eyeball
  • fathead
  • featherbrain
  • flash
  • fleeting look
  • fool
  • gape
  • gawk
  • gaze
  • glance
  • glare
  • glimpse
  • golem
  • goof
  • goon
  • goose
  • half-wit
  • hammerhead
  • hardhead
  • heel
  • idiot
  • ignoramus
  • imbecile
  • jackass
  • jerk
  • know-nothing
  • knucklehead
  • lamebrain
  • lamp
  • leer
  • loggerhead
  • look
  • look-see
  • loon
  • loony
  • loser
  • lump
  • lunatic
  • lunkhead
  • madman
  • meathead
  • mome
  • moron
  • mug
  • mutt
  • natural
  • nimrod
  • nincompoop
  • ninny
  • ninnyhammer
  • nit
  • nitwit
  • noddy
  • noodle
  • numbskull
  • numskull
  • nut
  • oaf
  • ogle
  • peek
  • peep
  • pinhead
  • prat
  • quick look
  • ratbag
  • regard
  • saphead
  • scatterbrain
  • schlub
  • schnook
  • shlub
  • side-glance
  • sight
  • simpleton
  • skunk
  • slant
  • snake
  • squinny
  • squint
  • stare
  • stinker
  • stock
  • stupe
  • stupid
  • swivel
  • thickhead
  • turkey
  • view
  • villain
  • woodenhead
  • yahoo
  • yo-yo
  • zany

observe

  • abide by
  • adhere
  • adopt
  • allow
  • animadvert
  • articulate
  • attend
  • beam
  • behold
  • bird-dog
  • bless
  • catch
  • celebrate
  • commemorate
  • comment
  • commentate
  • comply
  • comply with
  • conform
  • conjecture
  • consecrate
  • consider
  • contemplate
  • daresay
  • declare
  • dedicate
  • descry
  • detect
  • dig
  • discern
  • discover
  • distinguish
  • eagle-eye
  • editorialize
  • espy
  • examine
  • express
  • eye
  • eyeball
  • fall in with
  • fete
  • flash
  • follow
  • fulfill
  • gape
  • gawk
  • gaze
  • get a load of
  • get an eyeful of
  • glance
  • glare
  • glimpse
  • goggle
  • guard
  • guess
  • hear
  • heed
  • hold
  • honor
  • identify
  • inspect
  • keep
  • keep an eye on
  • keep to
  • lamp
  • laud
  • lay eyes on
  • look
  • look at
  • look on
  • make out
  • mark
  • memorialize
  • mention
  • mind
  • monitor
  • mouth off
  • mull
  • note
  • notice
  • obey
  • opine
  • pay attention to
  • peek
  • peep
  • peer
  • perceive
  • perform
  • pick out
  • pick up
  • pick up on
  • ponder
  • praise
  • read
  • recognize
  • reflect
  • regard
  • remark
  • remember
  • respect
  • revere
  • reverence
  • rubberneck
  • sanctify
  • say
  • scan
  • scrutinize
  • see
  • set eyes on
  • sight
  • solemnize
  • speak
  • speculate
  • spot
  • spy
  • stare
  • state
  • study
  • suppose
  • surmise
  • survey
  • take
  • take in
  • talk
  • tell
  • utter
  • venerate
  • verbalize
  • view
  • vocalize
  • wake
  • ward
  • watch
  • weigh
  • weigh in
  • wisecrack
  • witness

gap

  • abyss
  • adjournment
  • aperture
  • arroyo
  • barranca
  • barranco
  • basin
  • blank
  • breach
  • break
  • bumper
  • caesura
  • canyon
  • cavity
  • chasm
  • chink
  • cirque
  • cleft
  • clove
  • col
  • combe
  • comma
  • coomb
  • coombe
  • coulee
  • couloir
  • crack
  • cranny
  • crevasse
  • crevice
  • cut
  • cwm
  • dale
  • defectiveness
  • deficiency
  • deficit
  • defile
  • dell
  • detriment
  • difference
  • disability
  • disagreement
  • discontinuance
  • discontinuity
  • disparity
  • divergence
  • divide
  • division
  • draw
  • failing
  • fault
  • fissure
  • floodplain
  • flume
  • fracture
  • gape
  • gill
  • glen
  • gorge
  • gulch
  • gulf
  • gulley
  • gully
  • gutter
  • hiatus
  • hiccough
  • hiccup
  • hole
  • hollow
  • impairment
  • imperfection
  • inadequacy
  • inadequateness
  • incompleteness
  • inconsistency
  • insufficience
  • insufficiency
  • interim
  • interlude
  • intermission
  • interregnum
  • interruption
  • interspace
  • interstice
  • interval
  • kettle
  • kloof
  • lack
  • lacuna
  • lag
  • lapse
  • linn
  • lull
  • need
  • notch
  • nullah
  • opening
  • orifice
  • parenthesis
  • pass
  • pause
  • pore
  • ravine
  • recess
  • rent
  • respite
  • rest
  • rift
  • rupture
  • saddle
  • separation
  • severance
  • shortcoming
  • shortfall
  • shut-in
  • slit
  • slot
  • space
  • split
  • subinterval
  • sundering
  • suspension
  • time lag
  • trench
  • trough
  • vacuity
  • vale
  • valley
  • void
  • wadi
  • want
  • wash
  • weakness
  • window

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