observed

The word “observed” has 2 syllables: ob-served

It's pronounced as /əbˈzɜːrvd/


What is synonym and antonym for observed?

In the thesaurus, “observed” has 122 synonyms and 54 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for observed

  • abided by
  • allowed
  • articulated
  • ascertained
  • attended
  • beheld
  • bird-dogged
  • blessed
  • blest
  • caught
  • celebrated
  • checked
  • commemorated
  • commentated
  • commented
  • conjectured
  • consecrated
  • considered
  • contemplated
  • daresaid
  • descried
  • detected
  • discerned
  • discovered
  • distinguished
  • editorialized
  • espied
  • esteemed
  • examined
  • expressed
  • eyed
  • fell in with
  • feted
  • followed
  • found
  • gaped
  • gawked
  • gazed
  • glanced
  • glared
  • glimpsed
  • goggled
  • got a load of
  • guarded
  • guessed
  • heard
  • heeded
  • honored
  • identified
  • inspected
  • kept
  • kept to
  • laid eyes on
  • lauded
  • looked
  • looked at
  • looked on
  • made out
  • marked
  • memorialized
  • minded
  • monitored
  • mulled
  • noted
  • noticed
  • obeyed
  • opined
  • peeked
  • peeped
  • peered
  • perceived
  • picked out
  • picked up
  • pondered
  • praised
  • preserved
  • realized
  • recalled
  • recognized
  • reflected
  • regarded
  • remarked
  • remembered
  • respected
  • revealed
  • reverenced
  • rubbernecked
  • said
  • sanctified
  • saw
  • scanned
  • scrutinized
  • seen
  • set eyes on
  • sighted
  • solemnized
  • speculated
  • spied
  • spoke
  • spotted
  • stared
  • stated
  • studied
  • supposed
  • surmised
  • surveyed
  • talked
  • told
  • took
  • uttered
  • venerated
  • verbalized
  • viewed
  • vocalized
  • waked
  • warded
  • watched
  • weighed
  • weighed in
  • witnessed
  • woke
  • worshiped

Antonyms for observed

  • abandoned
  • blew off
  • blinked
  • breached
  • broke
  • bucked
  • challenged
  • combated
  • combatted
  • contested
  • dared
  • defied
  • derided
  • desecrated
  • directed
  • discounted
  • dishonored
  • dismissed
  • disobeyed
  • disobliged
  • disputed
  • disregarded
  • flouted
  • forgot
  • forgotten
  • fought
  • ignored
  • infringed
  • led
  • missed
  • mocked
  • neglected
  • opposed
  • overlooked
  • overpassed
  • passed over
  • pooh-poohed
  • poohed
  • refused
  • renounced
  • repudiated
  • resisted
  • scorned
  • shrugged off
  • slighted
  • snubbed
  • transgressed
  • tuned out
  • unnoticed
  • unperceived
  • unseen
  • violated
  • winked
  • withstood

Meanings of observed

  • verb
    1. To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.
    2. To follow or obey the custom, practice, or rules (especially of a religion).
    3. To take note of and celebrate (a holiday or similar occurrence).
    4. To comment on something; to make an observation.

Example Sentences

  • The scientist observed a rare species of bird in the forest.
  • Students carefully observed the chemical reaction during the experiment.
  • The detective observed suspicious behavior in the neighborhood.
  • Astronomers have long observed the movements of celestial bodies.
  • It was observed that the patient's condition improved after the treatment.

On this page you'll find 176 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to observed, such as: abandoned, abided by, allowed, articulated, ascertained, attended, beheld.

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

Related Words

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  • betrayed
  • checked
  • determined
  • diagnosed
  • disclosed
  • discovered
  • distinguished
  • examined
  • fingered
  • found
  • identified
  • inspected
  • investigated
  • located
  • noticed
  • observed
  • picked out
  • pinpointed
  • placed
  • recognized
  • revealed
  • scrutinized
  • spotted

identified

  • IDed
  • accepted
  • achieved
  • admitted
  • alike
  • allowed
  • apposite
  • approved
  • articulate
  • ascertained
  • associated
  • assured
  • authenticated
  • betrayed
  • bustling
  • busy
  • caught
  • certain
  • checked
  • closed
  • coincident
  • compared
  • compatible
  • comprehensible
  • concluded
  • confirmed
  • connected
  • consistent
  • convertible
  • correlated
  • correspondent
  • corresponding
  • corroborated
  • crowded
  • customary
  • demonstrated
  • detected
  • determined
  • diagnosed
  • disclosed
  • discovered
  • disinterred
  • distinguished
  • endorsed
  • equal
  • equated
  • espied
  • examined
  • explored
  • exposed
  • famous
  • fingered
  • found
  • found out
  • grouped
  • guaranteed
  • happened upon
  • identical
  • inspected
  • intelligible
  • interchangeable
  • invented
  • investigated
  • joined
  • known
  • learned
  • like
  • likened
  • linked
  • located
  • logical
  • lucid
  • meaningful
  • noticed
  • objectified
  • observed
  • one and the same
  • opened
  • orderly
  • organized
  • originated
  • perceived
  • picked out
  • pinpointed
  • placed
  • presented
  • proved
  • rational
  • real
  • realized
  • reasoned
  • recalled
  • recognized
  • related
  • remembered
  • revealed
  • same
  • sanctioned
  • scrutinized
  • searched out
  • shown
  • sighted
  • similar
  • sound
  • spotted
  • substantiated
  • sure
  • swarming
  • synonymic
  • systematic
  • tantamount
  • teeming
  • thronging
  • traveled
  • travelled
  • trod
  • trodden
  • undeniable
  • unearthed
  • unlocked
  • unveiled
  • upheld
  • valid
  • validated
  • verified
  • well-known

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