Synonyms of peering

peering

verb

present participle of peer

as in staring

to look long and hard in wonder or surprise

visitors seem mesmerized as they peer at the variety of marine life in the aquarium's huge tank

Synonyms & Similar Words

• staring
• gazing
• gawking
• gaping
• goggling
• glaring
• gawping
• blinking
• rubbernecking
• watching
• glowering
• leering
• gloating
• eyeing
• fixating
• ogling
• perusing
• observing
• studying
• considering
• regarding
• staring down
• poring (over)
• outfacing
• outstaring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• glancing
• peeking
• peeping
• scanning
• browsing
• glimpsing
• dipping (into)
• winking (at)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of peering

People mill around, peering into the Jeep, captured by a shaky camera that someone is streaming live to Instagram. — Sydney Brownstone, NPR, 2 Aug. 2026

About an hour and a half later, while peering over police tape blocking off the road in front of the campus, Kelly-Tuason lamented the violence that rattled the school and the surrounding neighborhood. — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 31 July 2026

An early work of this nature, Black Girl’s Window, 1969, shows a silhouetted figure peering from a window, its panes above her occupied by various symbols meaningful to the artist. — News Desk, Artforum, 28 July 2026

Looking at photographs from that time is like peering into a foreign landscape. — Literary Hub, 20 July 2026

Daniel interrupts the contentious dinner in one of the episode’s more delightful moments, which sees Bogosian’s giant head peering in from the ceiling to taunt Lestat. — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 20 July 2026

Early paleontologists could describe their shapes but had no way to dig deeper by peering inside the bones. — Kristi Curry Rogers, The Conversation, 14 July 2026

Photos from the post show the cat, a fuzzy orange-and-cream feline, on what appears to be a remote part of the bridge, huddled in toward itself while peering up at the camera. — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026

Steve DeBarberie, the baseball coach at Bonner, once ventured to watch a few Drexel Hill Little League games, peering into the crystal ball at his next crop of players. — Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 6 July 2026