Synonyms of seen

seen

verb

past participle of see

1

as in noticed

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

out of the corner of my eye I saw the deer run into the woods

Synonyms & Similar Words

• noticed
• spotted
• viewed
• witnessed
• watched
• observed
• noted
• remarked
• looked (at)
• spied
• sighted
• discerned
• beheld
• perceived
• regarded
• eyed
• distinguished
• espied
• identified
• descried
• caught
• got a load of
• considered
• laid eyes on
• set eyes on
• marked
• studied
• picked out
• examined
• glimpsed
• scanned
• made out
• heeded
• attended (to)
• inspected
• scrutinized
• surveyed
• glanced (at)
• picked up
• peered (at)
• minded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignored
• neglected
• disregarded
• missed
• passed over
• overlooked
• overpassed

2

as in experienced

to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it

a writer who saw World War II through the eyes of a common soldier

Synonyms & Similar Words

• experienced
• undergone
• known
• witnessed
• had
• felt
• suffered
• sustained
• endured
• encountered
• tasted
• passed
• received
• gone through
• met
• accepted
• digested
• assimilated

3

as in heard

to come to an awareness of

I bought the best seller just to see what all the fuss was about

Synonyms & Similar Words

• heard
• realized
• discovered
• learned
• found
• ascertained
• found out
• got on (to)
• caught on (to)
• detected
• encountered
• got wind of
• spotted
• observed
• wised (up)
• hit (on or upon)
• tumbled (to)
• noted
• figured out
• discerned
• espied
• perceived
• descried
• calculated
• puzzled (out)
• divined
• doped (out)
• minded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• missed
• overlooked
• ignored
• disregarded
• forgotten
• covered
• hidden
• concealed
• screened
• masked
• veiled
• cloaked
• blanketed
• shrouded
• blotted out
• unlearned
• curtained
• enshrouded
• occulted

4

as in sensed

to have a vague awareness of

I see a certain sadness in his letters to his relatives back home

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sensed
• felt
• noticed
• heard
• perceived
• noted
• tasted
• smelled
• realized
• witnessed
• viewed
• observed
• expected
• remarked
• looked (at)
• discovered
• sighted
• spied
• discerned
• scented
• beheld
• ascertained
• anticipated
• suspected
• learned
• foreseen
• regarded
• espied
• found out
• surmised
• eyed
• speculated
• distinguished
• descried
• presumed
• guessed
• caught on (to)
• conjectured
• assumed
• supposed
• divined
• foreknown

5

as in visited

to make a social call upon

you should go and see Father at the hospital this afternoon

Synonyms & Similar Words

• visited
• called (on or upon)
• dropped in (on)
• looked up
• sought (out)
• dropped by

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignored
• brushed (aside or off)
• snubbed
• cold-shouldered

6

as in known

to have a clear idea of

I see your point

Synonyms & Similar Words

• known
• understood
• got
• recognized
• realized
• appreciated
• sensed
• discerned
• perceived
• beheld
• comprehended
• conceived
• apprehended
• deciphered
• grasped
• caught
• seized
• made
• registered
• dug
• made out
• assimilated
• decoded
• caught on (to)
• picked up on
• intuited
• tumbled (to)
• twigged
• cognized
• savvied
• compassed
• grokked
• cottoned (to or on to)
• digested
• absorbed
• taken in
• penetrated
• pierced
• fathomed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• missed
• mistaken
• misunderstood
• misinterpreted
• misread
• misconstrued
• misconceived
• misperceived
• misapprehended

7

as in accompanied

to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship

thanks for coming, and I'll see you to the door

Synonyms & Similar Words

• accompanied
• escorted
• brought
• attended
• walked
• squired
• convoyed
• companioned
• chaperoned
• companied
• protected
• followed
• defended
• steered
• ushered
• guided
• guarded
• associated
• led
• conducted
• teamed (up)
• piloted
• tailed
• shadowed
• hung (around)
• tagged
• consorted
• hovered (over)
• palled (around)
• tagged along

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• abandoned
• deserted
• dumped
• forsaken
• ditched

8

as in imagined

to form a mental picture of

I can't see that spoiled brat as a soldier at all

Synonyms & Similar Words

• imagined
• pictured
• envisioned
• visualized
• dreamed
• featured
• envisaged
• conceived
• fantasized
• fancied
• visioned
• fantasied
• imaged
• conceited
• reflected
• conjured (up)
• ideated
• foreseen
• daydreamed
• contemplated
• pondered
• mused
• hallucinated
• relived
• invented
• planned
• projected
• ruminated
• reminisced
• concocted
• manufactured
• stargazed
• meditated
• re-created
• prefigured
• made up
• fabricated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of seen

The Cubs have seen their once sizeable hold on the NL’s top wild-card spot evaporate over the last 10 days between a tough West Coast trip and dropping their weekend series against the Cincinnati Reds. — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026

Chelsea fans will be well aware of this, having seen Mauricio Pochettino and Enzo Maresca get the most out of Palmer by implementing a more direct style. — Jon MacKenzie, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026

Outer bands of the storm could be seen by early evening on the National Weather Service radar in Lake Charles, Louisiana. — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026

Vessels are seen in the Strait of Hormuz, off the port city of Bandar Abbas in southern Iran on August 10, 2026. — Justina Lee, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026

Israel has seen its own relations with Turkey deteriorate during Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s more than two-decade rule. — Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026

The past few weeks have seen the former Dateline correspondent and To Catch a Predator host state that he was not consulted on the movie and did not know about the production until shortly before the trailer dropped in May. — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Aug. 2026

The couple can be seen sitting next to each other at the outdoor ceremony with a picturesque mountain view as their backdrop. — Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026

American consumers have already seen the effects of higher oil prices because of the war. — Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026