watching

The word “watching” has 2 syllables: watch-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈwɑːtʃɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for watching?

In the thesaurus, “watching” has 84 synonyms and 21 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for watching

administrating
alert
attending
babying
babysitting
beholding
bird-dogging
caring
cautious
chaperoning
conducting
considering
contemplating
controlling
covering
directing
espying
eyeing
eying
following
gaping
gawking
gazing
glancing
glaring
glimpsing
goggling
governing
guarding
guiding
hearing
heeding
keeping
keeping an eye on
looking
looking after
looking on
managing
marking
minding
monitoring
mothering
mulling
noticing
noting
obeying
observant
observing
operating
overseeing
patrolling
peeking
peeping
peering
perceiving
pondering
protecting
regarding
regulating
respecting
rubbernecking
running
safeguarding
seeing
seeing after
seeing to
shepherding
shielding
sighting
spying
staring
stewarding
studying
superintending
supervising
surveilling
taking care of
tending
viewing
waking
warding
wary
weighing
witnessing

Antonyms for watching

abandoning
blinking
defying
discounting
dismissing
disregarding
flouting
forgetting
ignoring
neglecting
overlooking
passing over
pooh-poohing
poohing
scorning
shrugging off
slighting
snubbing
tuning out
unobservant
winking

Meanings of watching

verb
1. To look at, see, or view for a period of time.
2. To observe over a period of time; to notice or pay attention.
3. To mind, attend, or guard.
4. To be wary or cautious of.
5. To attend to dangers to or regarding.
6. To remain awake with a sick or dying person; to maintain a vigil.
7. To be vigilant or on one's guard.
8. To act as a lookout.
9. (of a buoy) To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place.
10. To be awake.
11. To be on the lookout for; to wait for expectantly.
noun
1. The act of one who watches.

Example Sentences

He spent the evening watching his favorite show.
She was watching the children play in the park.
I was watching the news when the announcement was made.
They were watching the sunset from the balcony.
The cat was quietly watching the bird outside the window.

On this page you'll find 105 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to watching, such as: abandoning, administrating, alert, attending, babying, babysitting, beholding.

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