Synonyms of observing

observing 1 of 3

adjective

1

as in participating

Related Words

• participating
• accompanying
• present
• attending
• available
• in
• breathing
• existing
• latent
• live
• abounding
• extant
• existent

Dissimilar Words

• absent
• out
• missing
• gone
• retired
• departed
• away
• nonexistent
• deceased
• dead
• truant
• late
• vanished
• defunct
• demised
• lost
• delinquent
• delayed
• tardy
• belated
• overdue
• AWOL

2

as in aware

Related Words

• aware
• watchful
• vigilant
• observant
• attentive
• sighted
• alert
• sharp-eyed
• hawkeyed
• sharp-sighted
• lynx-eyed
• eagle-eyed
• clear-sighted

Dissimilar Words

• blind
• sightless
• eyeless
• visionless
• nearsighted
• myopic
• astigmatic
• shortsighted
• stone-blind
• purblind

observing

2 of 3

noun

as in observation

Related Words

• observation
• monitoring
• observance
• policing
• supervision
• surveillance
• guidance
• management
• running
• stewardship
• administration
• regulation
• care
• control
• superintendence
• oversight
• direction
• leadership
• piloting
• superintendency
• headship
• steering
• generalship
• charge
• government
• rule
• hand(s)
• shepherding
• reign
• protection
• tutelage
• auspices
• guardianship
• trusteeship
• aegis

observing

3 of 3

verb

present participle of observe

1

as in obeying

to act according to the commands of

you must observe all the rules of this school, not simply the ones that meet with your personal approval

Synonyms & Similar Words

• obeying
• following
• conforming (to)
• adhering (to)
• complying (with)
• minding
• keeping to
• abiding by
• falling in with
• watching
• goose-stepping (to)
• noticing
• hearing
• regarding
• submitting (to)
• yielding (to)
• surrendering (to)
• deferring (to)
• attending
• noting
• agreeing (to)
• marking
• taking
• assenting (to)
• acceding (to)
• heeding
• listening (to)
• acquiescing (to)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• defying
• disobeying
• leading
• challenging
• ignoring
• refusing
• directing
• daring
• rebelling (against)
• renouncing
• repudiating
• disregarding
• dismissing
• overlooking
• violating
• breaking
• passing over
• brushing (off)
• mocking
• disobliging
• breaching
• fighting
• winking (at)
• transgressing
• opposing
• tuning out
• scorning
• infringing
• flouting
• deriding
• resisting
• combating
• contesting
• shrugging off
• withstanding
• disputing
• bucking
• scoffing (at)
• overpassing
• pooh-poohing
• revolting (against)
• mutinying (against)

2

as in celebrating

to mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony

a time when few people in New England observed Christmas

Synonyms & Similar Words

• celebrating
• commemorating
• keeping
• remembering
• blessing
• honoring
• praising
• sanctifying
• consecrating
• lauding
• memorializing
• solemnizing
• feting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• breaking
• violating
• ignoring
• forgetting
• disregarding
• neglecting
• overlooking
• transgressing
• blowing off

3

as in watching

to keep one's eyes on

happily spent many hours observing the birds at the backyard feeder

Synonyms & Similar Words

• watching
• eyeing
• following
• viewing
• staring
• seeing
• gazing
• looking
• monitoring
• perceiving
• studying
• beholding
• peering
• gawking
• regarding
• guarding
• having one's eye on
• gaping
• goggling
• glaring
• waking
• spying
• glimpsing
• looking on
• peeking
• warding
• peeping
• rubbernecking
• espying
• glancing
• bird-dogging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• winking
• blinking

4

as in reflecting

to make a statement of one's opinion

"I think you might be mistaken," he observed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reflecting
• commenting
• remarking
• noting
• opining
• saying
• commentating
• editorializing
• weighing in
• speaking
• allowing
• stating
• talking
• speculating
• verbalizing
• telling
• vocalizing
• expressing
• articulating
• uttering
• conjecturing
• surmising
• guessing
• supposing
• daresaying

5

as in noticing

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

she observed that the weather had changed again

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

6

as in following

to take notice of and be guided by

generally observes the suggestions of the experts regarding baby care

Synonyms & Similar Words

• following
• noting
• watching
• regarding
• obeying
• respecting
• listening (to)
• considering
• heeding
• contemplating
• pondering
• hearing
• weighing
• keeping
• noticing
• minding
• seeing
• mulling
• conforming (to)
• complying (with)
• marking
• attending (to)
• hearkening (to)
• harking (to)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignoring
• disregarding
• dismissing
• neglecting
• discounting
• scorning
• tuning out
• passing over
• brushing (aside or off)
• glossing (over)
• flouting
• defying
• shrugging off
• pooh-poohing
• snubbing
• glozing (over)
• slighting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of observing

Noun

Fundy Dark-Sky Preserve, New Brunswick Fundy National Park offers reasonably dark skies and accessible observing locations along the Bay of Fundy coast. — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 19 July 2026

Swift receives more annual observing requests than any NASA facility except the James Webb Space Telescope, and its scientific portfolio is broad, extending to comets and planets in other solar systems. — Anna Y. Q. Ho, Scientific American, 29 June 2026

That something has to do with who or what is on the other side of observation, as well as who or what is doing the observing. — Jenny Odell, Longreads, 2 June 2026

With upcoming observing runs from the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration expected to deliver even more data, scientists hope to refine these categories and test whether this three-family model truly holds. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 12 Apr. 2026

For an even more enhanced observing experience, find a dark environment away from bright lights to attend the total eclipse show. — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2026

There is discussion in the news nationwide about legal observing and know-your-rights training sessions. — Heidi Reynolds-Stenson, The Conversation, 29 Jan. 2026

In civil-rights circles, that work falls under the broad definition of legal observing. — Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026

In fact, during the first period of the fourth observing run (known as O4A), LIGO saw more gravitational wave events than from all previous observing runs combined. — Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 17 Sep. 2025

Verb

Bonitto, meanwhile, wasn’t in pads Wednesday but was seen observing and moving around without any signs of obvious discomfort after suffering an apparent left-leg injury during Tuesday’s practice. — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 5 Aug. 2026

The city of Aurora came together Tuesday evening to join the rest of the country in observing National Night Out, a country-wide initiative begun in 1984 to promote neighborhood safety and bring communities closer together. — David Sharos, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026

Orbiting spacecraft had the best chance of witnessing anything — or at least observing the crater after the fact. — Marcia Dunn, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026

Anyone with information about the suspect may call the department’s Special Victims Unit at 510-238-3641 or call 911 if observing him. — Harry Harris, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026

Accessories that made the deal even better The telescope came with everything needed to start observing that same night. — Damian Peach, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Parsons then does an hour of post-rehab and participates in meetings before observing the team’s daily evening walk-through inside the stadium. — Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Employees learn whether governance is real by observing what happens when speed conflicts with safety, revenue conflicts with fairness, or an executive sponsor receives unwelcome evidence. — Gerald J. Leonard, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

In her peaceful neighborhood outside Tokyo, this loner spends more time observing her surroundings than acting upon them, save for her habit of regularly stealing random objects to throw into the school incinerator. — Elena Lazic, Variety, 25 July 2026