LOOK (ON OR UPON) Synonyms: 20 Similar Words

look (on or upon)

verb

Definition of look (on or upon)

as in to consider

to think of in a particular way you could call the comment mean-spirited, but I do not look on it that way at all

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Badio, considered a key suspect, was arrested in Haiti in October 2023 after being on the run for more than two years.

— EVENS SANON, Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026
There will be recruiting battles and NIL headaches and portal defections and angry message boards and all the other insanity that comes with coaching at a place where fans consider 9-3 an average record rather than an accomplishment.

— Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of consider

Verb

Rays Hall of Famer Carl Crawford was a three-time winner of the award — formally called the Don Zimmer MVP award and presented by the Tampa Bay chapter of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.

— Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026
For years, Illinois ran a tax-credit scholarship program of its own called Invest in Kids.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of call

Verb

For some operators and investors, the bill’s failure may therefore be viewed as a gift.

— Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2026
Robinson, the third-year edge rusher who has an important season ahead of him, was listed as a limited participant in Wednesday’s drills on the injury report after he was seen practicing early in the session during a media viewing period.

— David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of view

Verb

In Kenya, this actuarial approach manifested as weeks spent in a Land Rover, counting herds of zebra with a handheld mechanical tally counter in my right hand and binoculars in my left.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
In both races, polls signaled double-digit leads that proved illusory when votes were counted.

— W. Joseph Campbell, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of count

Verb

For the OGs, who couldn’t foresee the full scope of what this meant, the consequences might feel the starkest.

— Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026
Venus in your career zone forms an awkward connection to Uranus in your playful 5th house, stirring tension between what looks polished and what actually feels interesting.

— Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of feel

Verb

Even if the relationship isn’t fake, something about Bronwyn’s newfound fame (or, rather, adjacency to fame by way of Lisa Barlow) may have altered her brain chemistry into thinking this is a normal way to navigate and present a new relationship.

— Tom Smyth, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026
The mistake is thinking the key is the same thing as ownership.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of think

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