EYEING Synonyms: 120 Similar and Opposite Words

eyeing

verb

variants or eying

present participle of eye

as in watching

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 noticing

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 contemplating

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

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Recent Examples of eyeing Wang grimaced, eying his neighbor’s yard. —

Gabriel Debenedetti, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026 Iran, eyeing a propaganda victory, offered a £50,000 reward for his capture, said Paul Nuki in The Telegraph. —

The Week Uk, TheWeek, 11 Apr. 2026 Investors will also be eyeing earnings from ASML next week, a company seen as a bellwether in the semiconductor space. —

Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 10 Apr. 2026 Yokohamabashi Shotengai Wander through this lively produce market, eyeing giant roots of fresh wasabi and pyramids of ripe persimmons. —

Kim Kay, Travel + Leisure, 9 Apr. 2026 Overland Park is eyeing a partnership with Driven Development, the nonprofit arm of development firm VanTrust, to develop new homes using the designs on land currently owned by the city. —

Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2026 Gore cited Nobel Prize-winning research by the Belgian physical chemist Ilya Prigogine into self-organizing systems as a model for eyeing how AI models can grow in unexpected ways. —

Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 9 Apr. 2026 However, the researchers identified some areas — including the lunar south pole, which NASA is eyeing for its first Artemis base — as being less battered. —

Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 9 Apr. 2026 Business leaders look everywhere for inspiration, from eyeing their peers’ successes to tapping industry vets for insight. —

Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2026

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After watching his ball go into the bunker, the LIV golfer then attacked a nearby water cooler, severing the head of the club from its shaft.

— Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 13 Apr. 2026
The upswing suggests that the exhibition industry is beginning to recover from the devastating downturn that occurred in the aftermath of the pandemic when people got out of the habit of watching movies on the big screen and instead turned to Netflix and other streaming platforms.

— Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026