Synonyms of looked (at)

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verb

past tense of look (at)

as in noticed

to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes

I found her at the mall looking at the new outfits on the mannequins

Synonyms & Similar Words

• noticed
• spotted
• saw
• regarded
• eyed
• viewed
• remarked
• noted
• got a load of
• perceived
• observed
• set eyes on
• laid eyes on
• watched
• sighted
• beheld
• spied
• picked out
• discerned
• distinguished
• witnessed
• caught
• espied
• attended (to)
• identified
• descried
• considered
• glanced (at)
• made out
• picked up
• marked
• peered (at)
• scanned
• studied
• inspected
• examined
• surveyed
• heeded
• scrutinized
• glimpsed
• minded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignored
• passed over
• neglected
• disregarded
• missed
• overlooked
• overpassed

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phrase

past tense of look at

as in considered

to give serious and careful thought to

Let's look at what we're dealing with here.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• considered
• contemplated
• pondered
• debated
• entertained
• studied
• questioned
• weighed
• thought (about or over)
• eyed
• chewed on
• wrestled (with)
• explored
• reviewed
• mulled (over)
• analyzed
• chewed over
• pored (over)
• kicked around
• perpended
• reflected (on or upon)
• ruminated
• meditated
• deliberated
• beat one's brains out (about)
• mused (upon)
• cogitated
• turned
• revolved
• cudgeled one's brains (about)
• dwelled (on or upon)
• digested
• drank (in)
• speculated (about)
• fixated (on or upon)
• fretted (about or over)
• reminisced
• brooded (about or over)
• believed
• concluded
• reasoned
• obsessed (about or over)
• absorbed
• conceived
• opined
• assimilated
• second-guessed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignored
• disregarded
• overlooked
• dismissed
• rejected
• slighted
• pooh-poohed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of looked (at)

Phrase

Instead, the General Assembly looked at what the towns had to offer. — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026

Changes in the brain The research team looked at many measures of impact, including questionnaires, clinical assessments and brain scans. — Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 12 July 2026

Arity looked at what stores people visited within a 10-mile radius of SoFi that day and also found surges in visitors to nearby El Pollo Loco and Trader Joe’s. — Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026

Once, Hal Steinbrenner and Brian Cashman looked at this — all ways — as a home run of a deal. — Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 11 July 2026