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

In an Ipsos poll published on Thursday, Vucic’s Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) is seen leading with 47% of votes versus 40% for the students. — Reuters, NBC news, 25 Oct. 2026

But Mexican chocolate can also be served as part of a dessert, which isn’t seen too much in Mexico. — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026

Groups of young people were seen dancing with music pounding through the crowd as meters away tear gas billowed into the air. — Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026

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Francis is a physician in Scotland who has seen the fallout from this abuse firsthand. — Gavin Francis, The New York Review of Books, 24 Oct. 2026

Across several decades in Hollywood, Caleb Deschanel has seen a lot. — Andrew Webster, The Verge, 24 Oct. 2026