Synonyms of noticing

noticing

verb

present participle of notice

1

as in seeing

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

did you notice what she was wearing?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• seeing
• spotting
• regarding
• eyeing
• noting
• remarking
• observing
• perceiving
• watching
• viewing
• looking (at)
• witnessing
• beholding
• catching
• spying
• discerning
• sighting
• distinguishing
• espying
• identifying
• considering
• descrying
• getting a load of
• laying eyes on
• setting eyes on
• examining
• studying
• marking
• heeding
• scanning
• scrutinizing
• inspecting
• surveying
• picking out
• attending (to)
• making out
• glimpsing
• minding
• glancing (at)
• peering (at)
• picking up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignoring
• neglecting
• disregarding
• missing
• passing over
• overlooking
• overpassing

2

as in mentioning

to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically

briefly noticed in his lecture the author's first published work

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mentioning
• specifying
• noting
• citing
• indicating
• quoting
• suggesting
• naming
• explaining
• introducing
• referring (to)
• touching (on or upon)
• announcing
• implying
• clarifying
• dropping
• inferring
• pronouncing
• intending
• adverting (to)
• publishing
• signifying
• instancing
• pointing (out)
• signaling
• alluding (to)
• hinting (at)
• designating
• intimating
• declaring
• proclaiming
• interpolating
• publicizing
• interjecting
• infiltrating
• advertising
• elucidating
• sounding
• interposing
• insinuating
• bringing up
• broadcasting
• clearing (up)
• denominating
• explicating
• spelling out
• broaching
• worming

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignoring
• forgetting
• neglecting
• disregarding
• overlooking
• passing over
• slighting
• overpassing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of noticing

Researchers identified the activity in May after noticing unusual edits and messages appearing across the site. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026

So far, demolition has revolved around the lower sections of the structures, but soon, daily commuters will likely begin noticing the steady changes. — Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2026

Nobody was careless; the authorization lived in the payer's portal, the sessions lived in the scheduler, and no system owned the job of noticing that one had ended while the other kept going. — Jp Montoya, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026

One of the most imaginative wrinkles in the staging is one the average viewer might not even be noticing, or at least thinking much about. — Chris Willman, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026

The company abandoned the name Muzak in 2013, by which time most of us had long stopped noticing the omnipresence of background music in our daily lives. — Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

In one video from Mailung, in Nepal’s Rasuwa region, a group of construction workers was seen walking down a mountain path before noticing giant plumes of brown debris in the distance, rapidly cascading toward them. — Laura Saravia, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2026

As the children played and the adults talked, Rose kept noticing her husband looking toward the water, scanning the horizon. — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026

This fast-revolving door is a trend that seems to have developed quietly, without anyone really noticing. — Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026