LOOKS Synonyms: 168 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

present tense third-person singular of look

as in seems

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

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as in expresses

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 plans

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

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noun

plural of look

as in beauty

the qualities in a person or thing that as a whole give pleasure to the senses a supermodel's career tends to be entirely based on her exceptional good looks

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Recent Examples of looks

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The gorgeous and tasty caramel and cream cheese frosting looks the best when applied with a small offset spatula to give it that swirly effect on the cake. — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2026 Be suspicious of unexpected statement links Even when an email looks authentic, use the SSA website independently to access your information. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026 Before digging into that, the interface looks a lot like macOS, with an app drawer at the bottom of the screen with a search function and a status bar at the top with app-level options, time, battery, notifications, and connectivity controls. — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026 Maskot | Digitalvision | Getty Images For Kaylee Harris, who works in customer service for a credit card company, a day at work now looks very different. — Lindsay Dodgson, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026 Tom Brady still looks good on the field—not because of his wildly accurate throws, but because of his Rolex. — Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2026 The asymmetrical hemline of the sweater is right on trend and makes the whole look feel much more intentional, while the slouchy silhouette still looks polished enough for a coffee run after landing. — Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2026 How the stadium looks reflects UConn’s potential for playing in the big time. — Eric Womack, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026 Ohio State The Buckeyes may have a loss to Texas, which looks a bit worse after the Longhorns lost to Florida. — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026

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This was especially important on Wildwood, which features a huge range of costumes; in the city sequences everyone is dressed in modern clothing, whereas in the forest characters have more fantastical looks. — Andrew Webster, The Verge, 24 Oct. 2026 Gap is one of the first mass brands to pursue a major integration, encouraging users to try on Gap products and share their looks within the app. — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026 Designers also livened up traditional looks with new floral appliqués, swishy pailettes, and sparkling jewelry details, evoking new playful textures across the fall 2027 collections. — Emily Mercer, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026 The end result contrasted with the rest of her wedding looks, which were more tailored. — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 22 Oct. 2026 Ole Miss receivers won against the Tigers in single-high coverage the first half, and continued to do so against two-deep looks in the second half. — Pj Green october 17, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026 Did your neighbors give you any weird looks or call the police about some guy loitering in scuba apparatus? — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026 Prettygarden Matching Lounge Set Oprah has shown her love for matching sets time and time again, and this comfy two-piece from Prettygarden is an easy way to copy her comfy, yet polished travel looks. — Melony Forcier, Travel + Leisure, 16 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for looks

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This seems like a perfectly reasonable debate/dialogue/deliberation to have without everybody--well, most bodies--running for the exits.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
But rather than any of her contemporaries, one specific anecdote from Jensen’s school years seems like the most apt context for the measured wandering on Jazz dreams.

— Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2026

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New safety requirements apply What sets the aircraft apart is its enhanced angle-of-attack system, which Boeing plans to introduce across the 737 MAX family.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
The company has about 40 employees across San Francisco and New York and plans to reach around 75 by the end of the year.

— Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of plans

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Abbi Jacobson voices Sarah, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus plays her mom and is among the producers with Seth Rogen and Lauren Miller Rogen.

— Clayton Davis, Variety, 22 Oct. 2026
Nina Sosanya voices the local veterinarian, who discovers strange objects inside her animal patients and suspects Bigfoot is on the loose, while Bitzer sets out to find his missing master.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of voices

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The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday filed a lawsuit that intends to weigh in on the results of the Senate race in Alaska.

— Rebecca Schneid, Time, 24 Oct. 2026
The company intends to keep testing its defenses as model capabilities advance, rather than assume that today’s security measures will remain sufficient.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026