WATCHING Synonyms: 117 Similar and Opposite Words

watching

verb

present participle of watch

as in observing

to keep one's eyes on I turned my head to continue watching the bird as it flew away

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as in following

to take notice of and be guided by watch what I do when I run into that kind of problem

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as in monitoring

to pay continued close attention to (something) for a particular purpose watched the situation to see if it improved

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as in caring

to have an interest or concern for you should watch what you eat if you want a long, healthy life

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as in supervising

to take charge of especially on behalf of another hired a high school girl to watch their daughter until they got home from work

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Recent Examples of watching Minute by minute Later on Wednesday, investors will be closely watching the release of the minutes from the Federal Reserve's last meeting in September. — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026 Mark won the Met Mile at Belmont Park—a prestigious Grade 1 race, the highest level of thoroughbred competition—with the long-shot horse, and watching his brother succeed brought a rush of emotion. — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026 Mammoth Mountain, California Mammoth is exactly the kind of mountain that makes the El Niño forecast worth watching. — Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026 Want to take the effort out of watching and capturing the night sky? — Chris McMullen, Space.com, 7 Oct. 2026 Distillation lets someone reverse engineer an AI model just by using it and watching its responses. — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2026 Cinematographer Kira Kelly shoots powerful close-ups of Misty, then pivots to watch the people watching her. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026 Imagine watching a political campaign video in which a candidate admits to taking a bribe. — Stefani Langehennig, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026 Ruiz, who grew up watching telenovelas with his grandmother, later received exclusive access to the studio sets of Televisa, the Mexican television production company that is the machine behind the global factory of telenovelas. — Damaly Gonzalez, ARTnews.com, 30 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for watching

Verb

And that was just for those of observing from the press box or stands or on television.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2026
This is where observing the herd can create a surprisingly useful learning moment.

— Paula Johnston, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026

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Her first job as CEO in 2014 was to remake the century-old company’s corporate culture and regain customers’ trust following a tragic, reputation-wrecking ignition-switch crisis.

— Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
The seven Chi Phi members in question were expelled or suspended, but some of them were allowed to continue their education at the university following a monthslong Title IX investigation.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of following

Verb

Controlling and monitoring individual cells has also illuminated neurological diseases, such as Parkinson's and epilepsy.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 5 Oct. 2026
The system is meant to give monitoring capabilities to prevent the agents from exceeding the authority they’ve been given.

— Joshua Hong, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of monitoring

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Staff trained here will essentially build careers investigating misconduct, enforcing military regulations, and supervising officers.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026
At this level, your people stop supervising tasks and start supervising systems.

— David Cozzens, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of supervising

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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
The Ellisons were also said to be eying Elon Musk and other wealthy individuals to come on as equity investors.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of eyeing

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David Peck, Pourharton’s attorney, told the Town Plan and Zoning Commission that his client’s business has created no reason for rejecting the request, noting that GG hasn’t been the scene of arrests or police activity.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
In an interview this week, Burnham stated bluntly that Brexit has brought far more negative consequences to the United Kingdom than benefits, explicitly noting that the UK does not rule out rejoining the European Union in the future.

— , CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of noting

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There, trenches, benches, niches and other architectural devices are carved into the floor and walls—adding to the drama of the paintings covering the walls.

— Jacqueline Ortoleva, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2026
In September, commission staff audited and accepted an engineering report covering a modular construction technique tested at Purdue University.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026