LOOKED Synonyms: 93 Similar and Opposite Words

looked

verb

past tense of look

as in seemed

to give the impression of being it looks like it might rain

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as in voiced

to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion) the music teacher looked her displeasure with a fierce frown

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as in intended

to have in mind as a purpose or goal they were looking to make a fast buck

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Recent Examples of looked Two years later, when coached by New Zealander Warren Gatland, Wales learned that a haka was not technically over until any side looked away — and so began a tense 80-second stare-off between the two sides. — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026 Extreme mountain climbing has never looked anything but miserable from the distance of a screening room, and The Other Side delivers mightily on all that scraping, straining, gasping toil. — Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026 Reddington looked visibly agitated while in the courtroom, both during sidebar — at which Clancy was present — and during Sullivan’s instructions. — Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026 The Gators never looked quite right in a throttling of LIU to open last season. — Noah White, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026 No matter what the market reaction suggests, the numbers looked excellent to me. — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for looked

Verb

And yes, more than 25 teams can be considered CFP contenders, but that number seemed like a reasonable cutoff point.

— Antonio Morales, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
But the offense never quite seemed to get going despite often having a short field.

— Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of seemed

Verb

Britain and other countries have voiced particular concern about the E1 settlement project approved by Israel, which would effectively cut the territory in two.

— Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Yet, the overwhelming issue voiced was the future of the league’s national broadcast deals that represent more than 40% of annual team revenue.

— Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of voiced

Verb

The Block 2 version of Nova is intended to have a 15-foot diameter, Lapsa said.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
An Iowa business group is pushing back on Alliant Energy's plan to invest in additional power plants, saying everyday customers could get saddled with billions in costs for generating capacity intended mainly to serve data centers in Iowa.

— Donnelle Eller, Des Moines Register, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of intended

Verb

The city felt vibrant and full of possibility, especially as Russia seemed firmly on its way to a democratic future.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
The assumption was that the closer the system felt to a person, the more stable the interaction would be, and if the user ever noticed the seams, the illusion would collapse.

— Terry Oroszi, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of felt

Verb

Kid Cudi defended his decision to perform with his longtime friend and controversial musician, Ye (formerly known as Kanye West), after some fans and critics expressed disappointment.

— Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2026
The trend was expressed through several looks at Celine and spotted in the Chanel fall-winter 2026–2027 collection too.

— Elise Fabre, Glamour, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of expressed

Verb

The Cinderella dress that Kaitlyn Argyriou’s mother had sewn for her as a child and which Argyriou’s daughter, Avery, 4, had planned to wear trick-or-treating in Colorado Springs on Halloween.

— Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2026
The production planned to grab exterior footage outside Broadway’s Music Box Theatre — the film’s principal location — before a New York City blizzard intervened.

— Clayton Davis, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of planned

Verb

The last time the agents ripped through Little Village, fireworks, flash bangs and blaring car horns sounded up and down 26th Street for hours.

— Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
Sagittarius November 22 – December 21 Something that sounded fun could become more serious once money or trust enters the conversation.

— Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of sounded

Verb

Rocket Lab was supposed to have a satellite on standby to go up and inspect True Anomaly’s spacecraft, ready to launch on short notice once military officials gave the order.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 26 June 2026
Additionally, prosecutors allege Rincker gave Alvarez a 12-gauge pump action shotgun, Jamioles said.

— Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 23 June 2026