observes

The word “observes” has 3 syllables: ob-ser-ves

It's pronounced as /əbˈzɜːrvz/


What is synonym and antonym for observes?

In the thesaurus, “observes” has 104 synonyms and 46 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for observes

  • abides by
  • allows
  • articulates
  • attends
  • beholds
  • bird-dogs
  • blesses
  • catches
  • celebrates
  • commemorates
  • commentates
  • comments
  • conjectures
  • consecrates
  • considers
  • contemplates
  • daresays
  • descries
  • discerns
  • distinguishes
  • editorializes
  • espies
  • examines
  • expresses
  • eyes
  • falls in with
  • fetes
  • follows
  • gapes
  • gawks
  • gazes
  • gets a load of
  • glances
  • glares
  • glimpses
  • goggles
  • guards
  • guesses
  • hears
  • heeds
  • honors
  • identifies
  • inspects
  • keeps
  • keeps to
  • lauds
  • lays eyes on
  • looks
  • looks on
  • makes out
  • marks
  • memorializes
  • minds
  • monitors
  • mulls
  • notes
  • notices
  • obeys
  • opines
  • peeks
  • peeps
  • peers
  • perceives
  • picks out
  • picks up
  • ponders
  • praises
  • reflects
  • regards
  • remarks
  • remembers
  • respects
  • rubbernecks
  • sanctifies
  • says
  • scans
  • scrutinizes
  • sees
  • sets eyes on
  • sights
  • solemnizes
  • speaks
  • speculates
  • spies
  • spots
  • stares
  • states
  • studies
  • supposes
  • surmises
  • surveys
  • takes
  • talks
  • tells
  • utters
  • verbalizes
  • views
  • vocalizes
  • wakes
  • wards
  • watches
  • weighs
  • weighs in
  • witnesses

Antonyms for observes

  • blinks
  • blows off
  • breaches
  • breaks
  • bucks
  • challenges
  • combats
  • contests
  • dares
  • defies
  • derides
  • directs
  • discounts
  • dismisses
  • disobeys
  • disobliges
  • disputes
  • disregards
  • fights
  • flouts
  • forgets
  • ignores
  • infringes
  • leads
  • misses
  • mocks
  • neglects
  • opposes
  • overlooks
  • overpasses
  • passes over
  • pooh-poohs
  • poohs
  • refuses
  • renounces
  • repudiates
  • resists
  • scorns
  • shrugs off
  • slights
  • snubs
  • transgresses
  • tunes out
  • violates
  • winks
  • withstands

Meanings of observes

  • 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 observes the behavior of ants in their natural habitat.
  • The teacher carefully observes her students to gauge their understanding of the material.
  • As a keen astronomer, he regularly observes celestial events through his telescope.
  • The detective quietly observes the suspect from across the street.
  • She observes the tradition of wearing red on Chinese New Year for good luck.

On this page you'll find 150 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to observes, such as: abides by, allows, articulates, attends, beholds, bird-dogs, blesses.

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

Related Words

abides by

editorializes

  • allows
  • articulates
  • commentates
  • comments
  • conjectures
  • daresays
  • expresses
  • guesses
  • notes
  • observes
  • opines
  • reflects
  • remarks
  • says
  • speaks
  • speculates
  • states
  • supposes
  • surmises
  • talks
  • tells
  • utters
  • verbalizes
  • vocalizes
  • weighs in

falls in with

  • abides by
  • accords
  • affiliates
  • agrees
  • aligns
  • alines
  • allies
  • answers
  • associates
  • attaches
  • attends
  • bands
  • befriends
  • bonds
  • checks
  • chords
  • chums
  • clubs
  • coheres
  • coincides
  • collaborates
  • colludes
  • companies
  • comports
  • confederates
  • conforms
  • conjoins
  • connects
  • consists
  • consociates
  • consorts
  • cooperates
  • corresponds
  • couples
  • dovetails
  • equals
  • fits
  • follows
  • fraternizes
  • friends
  • gangs
  • gets along
  • gets on
  • goes
  • groups
  • harmonizes
  • hears
  • heeds
  • hobnobs
  • hooks up
  • interrelates
  • is friends with
  • jibes
  • joins
  • keeps to
  • knots
  • leagues
  • lines up
  • links
  • marks
  • matches
  • messes around
  • minds
  • mingles
  • mixes
  • notes
  • notices
  • obeys
  • observes
  • parallels
  • rallies
  • regards
  • registers
  • relates
  • rhymes
  • rimes
  • runs
  • sides
  • socializes
  • sorts
  • squares
  • takes
  • takes up with
  • tallies
  • teams
  • ties
  • travels
  • watches
  • weds

gapes

  • aspects
  • attentions
  • blinks
  • considers
  • contemplations
  • examinations
  • eyes
  • fixates
  • fixations
  • gawks
  • gawps
  • gazes
  • glares
  • gloats
  • glowers
  • goggles
  • inspections
  • leers
  • observances
  • observations
  • observes
  • ogles
  • outfaces
  • outstares
  • peers
  • perusals
  • peruses
  • regards
  • rubbernecks
  • scrutinies
  • stares
  • stares down
  • studies
  • surveillances
  • surveys
  • watches

gawks

  • Neanderthals
  • airheads
  • anthropoids
  • apes
  • beasts
  • birdbrains
  • blinks
  • blockheads
  • blunderers
  • boneheads
  • boobies
  • boors
  • bore
  • brutes
  • bubbleheads
  • cads
  • chowderheads
  • chuckleheads
  • chumps
  • churls
  • clodhoppers
  • clodpoles
  • clodpolls
  • clods
  • clots
  • clowns
  • clucks
  • clunks
  • considers
  • creeps
  • cretins
  • cuddies
  • curs
  • deadheads
  • dim bulbs
  • dimwits
  • dips
  • dodoes
  • dodos
  • dolts
  • donkeys
  • doofuses
  • dopes
  • dorks
  • dufuses
  • dullards
  • dum-dums
  • dumbbells
  • dumbheads
  • dummies
  • dummkopfs
  • dunces
  • dunderheads
  • eyeball
  • eyes
  • fatheads
  • featherbrains
  • fixates
  • fools
  • galoots
  • ganders
  • gape
  • gapes
  • gawps
  • gaze
  • gazes
  • geese
  • glare
  • glares
  • gloat
  • gloats
  • glowers
  • goggle
  • goggles
  • golems
  • goofs
  • goons
  • half-wits
  • hammerheads
  • hardheads
  • heels
  • hulks
  • idiots
  • ignorami
  • ignoramuses
  • imbeciles
  • jackasses
  • know-nothings
  • knuckleheads
  • lamebrains
  • leers
  • loggerheads
  • look
  • loonies
  • loons
  • losers
  • louses
  • louts
  • lubbers
  • lugs
  • lumps
  • lunatics
  • lunkheads
  • lunks
  • madmen
  • meatheads
  • momes
  • morons
  • mugs
  • mutts
  • naturals
  • nimrods
  • nincompoops
  • ninnies
  • ninnyhammers
  • nits
  • nitwits
  • noddies
  • noodles
  • numbskulls
  • numskulls
  • nuts
  • oafs
  • observes
  • ogle
  • ogles
  • outfaces
  • outstares
  • palookas
  • peer
  • peers
  • peruses
  • pinheads
  • prats
  • rascals
  • ratbags
  • regards
  • rogues
  • rubberneck
  • rubbernecks
  • sapheads
  • scamps
  • scatterbrains
  • schlemiels
  • schlubs
  • schnooks
  • shlemiels
  • shlubs
  • simpletons
  • simps
  • skunk
  • skunks
  • slouches
  • snakes
  • stares
  • stares down
  • stinkers
  • stocks
  • studies
  • stupes
  • stupids
  • thickheads
  • tikes
  • turkeys
  • tykes
  • villains
  • watches
  • woodenheads
  • yahoos
  • yawp
  • yo-yos

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