watch list

noun

: a list of people or things that are being closely watched because they are likely to do or experience bad things in the future

The animals are on a watch list of species that could become extinct soon.

Examples of watch list in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Among the collections on the watch list were Ronald and Jo Carole Lauder and Paul Allen. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 5 Aug. 2026

Watch list season Elija Lofton on Wednesday was named to the watch list for the John Mackey Award, given annually to college football’s top tight end. — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 5 Aug. 2026

The International Rescue Committee this year ranked Haiti fifth on its annual emergency watch list of nations at risk of humanitarian crisis. — Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 31 July 2026

And Karlovy Vary’s mayor told THR that Rain Catcher was on her to-watch list for this year’s double anniversary edition of the fest. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 9 July 2026

Rhymes for watch list

• assist
• blacklist
• booklist
• checklist
• consist
• desist
• dismissed
• enlist
• exist
• insist
• oocyst
• persist