stargazing

noun

star·​gaz·​ing ˈstär-ˌgā-ziŋ 

1

: the act or practice of a stargazer

2

a

: absorption in chimerical or impractical ideas : woolgathering

b

: the quality or state of being absent-minded

Examples of stargazing in a Sentence

We left the city after dark to do some stargazing.

Recent Examples on the Web

There's shelling, bird-watching, lighthouses worth exploring, and some of the best beach stargazing at Dr. Julian G. Bruce St. George Island State Park. —Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 17 June 2025

In the evenings, gather your group for fireside stargazing (there’ll be telescopes on hand) and a glass of Pinot Noir from the wine cellar. —Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 13 June 2025

The Magnum photographer’s new book, Blinked Myself Awake, combines memoir and image in a series of eclectic riffs on the history of astronomy, the practice of stargazing—both amateur and professional—and the relationship between photography and objectivity. —Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 7 June 2025

Our guides on the best cameras for astrophotography and best lenses for astrophotography can also help immortalize your stargazing sessions! —Anthony Wood, Space.com, 20 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1576, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for stargazing

• amazing
• appraising
• rephrasing
• blazing
• brazing
• crazing
• gazing
• glazing
• grazing
• hazing
• lasing
• phasing