Synonyms of gazes

gazes 1 of 2

noun

plural of gaze

as in stares

a fixed intent look

suddenly aware of her admiring gaze, he became self-conscious and uncomfortable

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stares
• eyes
• glares
• regards
• attentions
• gapes
• scrutinies
• aspects
• glowers
• observations
• fixations
• watches
• contemplations
• surveys
• inspections
• observances
• studies
• examinations
• surveillances
• perusals

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• glances
• glimpses
• sights
• flashes
• peeks
• blinks
• peeps
• scans
• stimes
• ogles
• oeillades
• browses

gazes

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of gaze

as in gawks

to look long and hard in wonder or surprise

just sat there and gazed at the panorama before us until it got too dark to see

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stares
• gawks
• glares
• peers
• gapes
• goggles
• gawps
• blinks
• rubbernecks
• eyes
• watches
• glowers
• fixates
• gloats
• leers
• ogles
• peruses
• observes
• stares down
• considers
• regards
• studies
• pores (over)
• outfaces
• outstares

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• glances
• glimpses
• peeks
• scans
• dips (into)
• peeps
• winks (at)
• browses

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of gazes

Noun

For starters, bright colors inject visibility – not merely for players looking to find each other amid the chaos of a World Cup match, but also for brands looking to draw the gazes of millions of onlooking fans towards their logo. — Jack Bantock, CNN Money, 22 June 2026

But the melancholy pop soundtrack (Gracie Abrams, Lana del Rey, Noah Cyrus) and many, many longing gazes suggest we’re meant to find all of this terribly moving, rather than exhausting. — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 9 June 2026

Everyone’s soft gazes soon hardened as the magnificent baby with so many rolls and love handles proved to be all unsightly flab. — Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026

Their gazes famously met for the first time on the Croisette in 1955, and from that moment on, nothing was the same. — Francesca Pellegrini, Vanity Fair, 19 Apr. 2026

Drinks downed, the guests’ gazes landed on the horological wall in front of them. — Vince Aletti, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026

Psychologist Victor Chung and his research team found in 2024 that shared attention on the same object strengthens social cohesion even when people’s gazes are physically scattered. — Yook Jihun, Popular Science, 26 Mar. 2026

Besides their long, dark hair and smoldering gazes, what do Charli XCX and Salma Hayek have in common? — Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 1 Feb. 2026

Later, when both groups of residents were practicing their knots, the quiet eye group was told to employ sustained gazes while the control group was not. — Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026

Verb

The chic solarium vibe is enhanced by the showstopping steel-and-glass roof that gazes up to five floors of apartments with baby-blue shutters. — Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 30 July 2026

In one image, a young sitter with the Arabic word for ‘justice’ painted on her cheek gazes sensuously into the camera, while flooding the frame with wafts of smoke. — Michael-Oliver Harding, CNN Money, 28 July 2026

Jeffrey Dean Morgan gazes out at the audience for The Walking Dead - Dead City Season 3 panel at Comic-Con in San Diego on July 24. — People Staff, PEOPLE, 25 July 2026

As Lestat gazes in awe at the light above and marvels at heaven, Paul receives a message. — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 20 July 2026

Martin’s most poignant moment all season is her inscrutable look as Raskova gazes between Anastasia and Sasha; two people sacrificing themselves for love is unfathomable to her. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 July 2026

The sun sets over the bay of Cassis, a charming seaside resort near Marseille, as a young woman gazes toward the horizon. — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 9 June 2026

One character gazes out and tries to make a decision. — Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 20 May 2026

And Sylvie, who still gazes with utmost tenderness at a black-and-white photograph, taken during her time abroad, of a nameless wailing Russian child, has permanently abandoned her own daughter by refusing to visit her. — James Wood, New Yorker, 4 May 2026