gawking

The word “gawking” has 2 syllables: gawk-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈɡɔːkɪŋ/


What is synonym and antonym for gawking?

In the thesaurus, “gawking” has 37 synonyms and 6 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for gawking

  • blinking
  • bore
  • considering
  • eyeball
  • eyeing
  • eying
  • fixating
  • gape
  • gaping
  • gawping
  • gaze
  • gazing
  • glare
  • glaring
  • gloat
  • gloating
  • glowering
  • goggle
  • goggling
  • leering
  • look
  • observing
  • ogle
  • ogling
  • outfacing
  • outstaring
  • peer
  • peering
  • perusing
  • regarding
  • rubberneck
  • rubbernecking
  • staring
  • staring down
  • studying
  • watching
  • yawp

Antonyms for gawking

  • browsing
  • glancing
  • glimpsing
  • peeking
  • peeping
  • scanning

Meanings of gawking

  • verb
    1. To stare or gape stupidly.
    2. To stare conspicuously.

Example Sentences

  • He couldn't stop gawking at the beautiful sunset.
  • The tourists were gawking at the famous monument, taking photos from every angle.
  • She caught him gawking at the new car, clearly impressed by its design.
  • The crowd was gawking at the magician’s amazing tricks.
  • He felt embarrassed when he realized he was gawking at the celebrity across the room.

On this page you'll find 43 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to gawking, such as: blinking, bore, browsing, considering, eyeball, eyeing, eying.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

gaping

gawping

  • blinking
  • considering
  • eyeing
  • eying
  • fixating
  • gaping
  • gawking
  • gazing
  • glaring
  • gloating
  • glowering
  • goggling
  • leering
  • observing
  • ogling
  • outfacing
  • outstaring
  • peering
  • perusing
  • regarding
  • rubbernecking
  • staring
  • staring down
  • studying
  • watching

gazing

  • admire
  • beam
  • blinking
  • bore
  • considering
  • contemplate
  • eye
  • eyeball
  • eyeing
  • eying
  • fixating
  • gape
  • gaping
  • gawk
  • gawking
  • gawping
  • get a load of
  • get an eyeful
  • glare
  • glaring
  • gloat
  • gloating
  • glowering
  • goggling
  • inspect
  • lamp
  • leering
  • look
  • look fixedly
  • moon
  • observe
  • observing
  • ogle
  • ogling
  • outfacing
  • outstaring
  • peek
  • peep
  • peer
  • peering
  • perusing
  • pin
  • pipe
  • regard
  • regarding
  • rubber
  • rubberneck
  • rubbernecking
  • scrutinize
  • see
  • size up
  • staring
  • staring down
  • studying
  • survey
  • take in
  • view
  • watch
  • watching
  • wonder

keeping an eye on

  • beholding
  • covering
  • espying
  • eyeing
  • eying
  • gaping
  • gawking
  • gazing
  • glancing
  • glaring
  • glimpsing
  • goggling
  • looking
  • monitoring
  • noticing
  • noting
  • observing
  • peeking
  • peeping
  • peering
  • regarding
  • rubbernecking
  • seeing
  • sighting
  • spying
  • staring
  • surveilling
  • viewing
  • watching
  • witnessing

observing

  • abiding by
  • abounding
  • accompanying
  • administration
  • aegis
  • alert
  • allowing
  • articulating
  • attending
  • attentive
  • auspices
  • available
  • aware
  • beholding
  • bird-dogging
  • blessing
  • breathing
  • care
  • catching
  • celebrating
  • charge
  • clear-sighted
  • commemorating
  • commentating
  • commenting
  • conjecturing
  • consecrating
  • considering
  • contemplating
  • control
  • daresaying
  • descrying
  • direction
  • discerning
  • distinguishing
  • eagle-eyed
  • editorializing
  • egis
  • espying
  • examining
  • existent
  • existing
  • expressing
  • extant
  • eyeing
  • eying
  • falling in with
  • feting
  • following
  • gaping
  • gawking
  • gazing
  • generalship
  • getting a load of
  • glancing
  • glaring
  • glimpsing
  • goggling
  • government
  • guardianship
  • guarding
  • guessing
  • guidance
  • hawkeyed
  • headship
  • hearing
  • heeding
  • honoring
  • identifying
  • in
  • inspecting
  • keen
  • keeping
  • keeping to
  • latent
  • lauding
  • laying eyes on
  • leadership
  • live
  • looking
  • looking on
  • lynx-eyed
  • making out
  • management
  • marking
  • memorializing
  • minding
  • monitoring
  • mulling
  • noticing
  • noting
  • obeying
  • observance
  • observant
  • observation
  • opining
  • oversight
  • participating
  • peeking
  • peeping
  • peering
  • penetrating
  • perceiving
  • picking out
  • picking up
  • piloting
  • policing
  • pondering
  • praising
  • present
  • protection
  • reflecting
  • regarding
  • regulation
  • reign
  • remarking
  • remembering
  • respecting
  • rubbernecking
  • rule
  • running
  • sanctifying
  • saying
  • scanning
  • scrutinizing
  • seeing
  • setting eyes on
  • sharp-eyed
  • sharp-sighted
  • shepherding
  • sighted
  • sighting
  • solemnizing
  • speaking
  • speculating
  • spotting
  • spying
  • staring
  • stating
  • steering
  • stewardship
  • studying
  • superintendence
  • superintendency
  • supervision
  • supposing
  • surmising
  • surveillance
  • surveying
  • taking
  • talking
  • telling
  • trusteeship
  • tutelage
  • uttering
  • verbalizing
  • viewing
  • vigilant
  • vocalizing
  • waking
  • warding
  • watchful
  • watching
  • weighing
  • weighing in
  • witnessing

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