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

Home-plate umpire Brennan Miller brushed dirt off the plate and looked at the ground as catcher Garrett Stubbs walked toward Nola, who seemed content to throw another pitch rather than take it all in. — Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2026

In the early 1960s, Americans looked at Cuba under Castro and understood why people were risking everything to come here. — Ray Watford, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2026

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