Synonyms of eyeing

eyeing

verb

variants or eying

present participle of eye

1

as in watching

to keep one's eyes on

a lot of his backyard bird watching was spent eyeing the squirrels as they depleted the bird feeder of seeds

Synonyms & Similar Words

• watching
• observing
• staring
• following
• looking
• gazing
• viewing
• seeing
• peering
• gawking
• guarding
• beholding
• having one's eye on
• glaring
• studying
• gaping
• regarding
• goggling
• monitoring
• perceiving
• looking on
• peeking
• spying
• glancing
• glimpsing
• warding
• peeping
• waking
• espying
• rubbernecking
• bird-dogging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• winking
• blinking

2

as in noticing

to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes

I wondered who tracked dirt all over the floor until I eyed the muddy sneakers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• noticing
• spotting
• seeing
• regarding
• remarking
• watching
• noting
• spying
• observing
• looking (at)
• viewing
• beholding
• witnessing
• perceiving
• catching
• espying
• discerning
• sighting
• distinguishing
• considering
• descrying
• identifying
• getting a load of
• laying eyes on
• setting eyes on
• studying
• surveying
• examining
• scrutinizing
• inspecting
• marking
• scanning
• picking out
• attending (to)
• heeding
• making out
• glimpsing
• glancing (at)
• minding
• picking up
• peering (at)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignoring
• neglecting
• disregarding
• passing over
• missing
• overlooking
• overpassing

3

as in contemplating

to give serious and careful thought to

we're eyeing the possibility of buying property there

Synonyms & Similar Words

• contemplating
• pondering
• considering
• debating
• studying
• questioning
• entertaining
• weighing
• exploring
• reviewing
• analyzing
• deliberating
• looking at
• ruminating
• cogitating
• thinking (about or over)
• revolving
• meditating
• turning
• mulling (over)
• chewing on
• wrestling (with)
• poring (over)
• chewing over
• perpending
• kicking around
• digesting
• reflecting (on or upon)
• beating one's brains out (about)
• cudgeling one's brains (about)
• reminiscing
• musing (upon)
• believing
• reasoning
• concluding
• speculating (about)
• absorbing
• opining
• dwelling (on or upon)
• fixating (on or upon)
• brooding (about or over)
• obsessing (about or over)
• drinking (in)
• fretting (about or over)
• assimilating
• conceiving
• second-guessing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignoring
• overlooking
• disregarding
• rejecting
• dismissing
• slighting
• pooh-poohing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of eyeing

New Orleans star Scott Bakula is eying a return to CBS with another procedural drama, which is in early development at the network. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026

Repeatable blueprints are emerging, and athletes eyeing a second career as Hollywood moguls would be wise to focus their efforts in one of these directions. — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 7 Oct. 2026

Foreign investors are eyeing Africa’s young workforce, growing consumer base, and ports located along vital global trade routes. — Jared Cohen, Foreign Affairs, 7 Oct. 2026

Blocks from the main entrance to Southern University A&M, a small crowd hung around a convenience store, but people were unwilling to talk about politics, eyeing strangers suspiciously. — Gary Fields, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

Bloomberg reported earlier Tuesday that DeepSeek is close to securing at least 80 billion yuan, with Tencent and battery maker CATL among the largest backers, and is eyeing an IPO in early 2027. — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026

Van Wissen and Lupker hope to expand the service to such fashionable cities as London, New York, Milan and Los Angeles, and are eyeing emerging destinations like Turkey and Morocco, too. — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026

Twenty-six years later, Carnaval De Luz feels like yet another starting point, at a moment when anyone not named Mick or Keith might reasonably be eyeing the finish line. — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2026

Many other companies are eyeing orbital data-center constellations these days, drawn by the promise of continuously available power (from the sun) and the lack of neighbors to make NIMBY protests. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 25 Sep. 2026