EYED Synonyms: 122 Similar and Opposite Words

eyed

verb

Definition of eyed

past tense of eye

as in watched

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

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as in noticed

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

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as in pondered

to give serious and careful thought to we're eyeing the possibility of buying property there

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Recent Examples of eyed The village of Tinley Park had also eyed acquiring the property from the state, with ideas to redevelop it for commercial uses. — Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2026 And officials suggested that the former Robandee Shopping Center, off Bannister Road in South Kansas City, has also been eyed for receivership. — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026 Swift likely eyed The Garden as a landing spot, whether for an intimate gathering or an epic bash, since her August engagement. — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 30 June 2026 The Czech festival had eyed Panahi as a guest as part of the creative team behind Hijamat, a Crystal Globe competition movie from Iranian director Nader Saeivar (The Witness), which was produced and edited by Panahi. — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 26 June 2026 Olivia Cooke’s Alicent, Emma D’Arcy’s Rhaenyra, Matt Smith’s Daemon Targaryen, Steve Toussaint’s Corlys and more have are back on the small screen as King’s Landing is eyed for takeover. — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 24 June 2026 This isn’t the first time Democrats have eagerly eyed Iowa. — Justin Papp, CNBC, 24 June 2026 When Díaz underwent the procedure to remove loose bodies from his elbow in late April, the Dodgers eyed a post-All-Star break return. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2026 But over the last five years, private equity firms have eyed minority stakes in professional teams. — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 20 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for eyed

Verb

Per Fifa’s data, more than 50 million people across Mexico, Canada, and the USA watched the World Cup unfold during its opening weekend.

— Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 16 July 2026
Publishers have watched advertising revenue shrink drastically as audiences moved online and the companies’ platforms captured more than half of global digital ad spending.

— Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 15 July 2026

Definition of watched

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Inspectors also noticed that cold foods were being held at incorrect temperatures, according to the report.

— Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026
Role of atomic ordering In the studies, the researchers noticed that individual samples of nichrome were much more prone to corrosion than other alloys with the same chemical composition.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 14 July 2026

Definition of noticed

Verb

Weston McKennie slumped in a chair, mind spinning, stare blank, while Matt Freese wandered and Tim Ream pondered the end.

— Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 7 July 2026
Last week began in a slump as investors pondered whether memory chip maker Micron would show sustained demand in its earnings report.

— Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026

Definition of pondered

Verb

If families contribute at rates similar to those observed in 529 plans, children in the highest-income households are projected to accumulate dramatically larger account balances than children in the lowest-income households.

— Darrick Hamilton, Fortune, 16 July 2026
Activities that once occurred beyond the reach of enforcement agencies can now be observed, analyzed, and investigated through interconnected digital systems.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 16 July 2026

Definition of observed

Verb

The two were spotted interacting in the VIP section during the second half of the match, which took place in Arlington, Texas, in markedly different looks.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 15 July 2026
Astronomers have spotted four dead star white dwarf stars playing a game of cosmic hide-and-seek, all four of which were hiding in the glares of red dwarf companion stars.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 14 July 2026

Definition of spotted

Verb

This ambitious strategy, known as marine cloud brightening (MCB), has been one of several geoengineering strategies contemplated as a way to counteract global warming.

— Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 8 July 2026
The story includes messages referring to the incident sent by Racicot two years later, before Platner contemplated running for office.

— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026

Definition of contemplated

Verb

Students should create profiles with headhunting firms to be considered for opportunities in both design and corporate verticals.

— Cami Fateh, Vogue, 15 July 2026
Tarrant County’s health inspections function on a 100-point scale, where a score of 100 is considered perfect and a score of 70 is considered extremely poor.

— Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026