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

Surveillance around me intensified, and I was placed on the Fourth Schedule, an anti-terror watch list typically reserved for hardened militants, and which restricts the movement and activities of the listed. —Mahrang Baloch, Time, 10 June 2025

From cultish family dynamics to whodunits set in lavish locales, here are 12 shows fans of Sirens should add to their watch list. —Emily Blackwood, People.com, 3 June 2025

Moody’s put the U.S. on its watch list in November 2023, and the other major ratings agencies, Standard & Poor’s and Fitch, made a similar move years ago. —Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 19 May 2025

All of that and more is to come on Peacock throughout April, so take a look at the full list below and get to making your watch list. —Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025

Rhymes for watch list

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