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

Despite this extreme proximity, their gazes bypass each other entirely. — Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026

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

Verb

An investor gazes at a share price board showing various stocks on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on August 25, 2015. — Justina Lee, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026

Yan gazes intently at how the colors reflect against Pascoal’s skin, eyes and hair. — Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026

It’s presented as an impressionistic historical montage, of Black farmworkers and the land, with clips of Black history that include modern suburbs, and a woman—Z herself—who gazes out of a door into a sere expanse of land bordered by low mountains. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2026

Yet Etna gazes sensitively upon the vulnerable American soldiers who command him. — Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026

The Child has placed his foot on the basket of yarns and has grasped the yarnwinder and gazes attentively at the four spokes that are in the form of a cross. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 3 Aug. 2026

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