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
• conceived
• featured
• envisaged
• 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 Fulton County Executive Airport is seen on Thursday, April 11, 2024. — Carson Bonner, AJC.com, 14 July 2026

Despite a nerve-wracking 1-0 start (before Bellingham knocked in a deuce), Jagger was seen looking grim and pacing around the VIP box. — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026

Judges around the country have seen a rise in threats of violence and intimidation, including a fake swatting call to police about Barrett’s home in May. — ABC News, 14 July 2026

The Gallic nation’s longstanding position as the world’s top producer of foie gras is currently being challenged by China, which has seen its output of and taste for fatty duck and goose liver surge in the last decade. — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 13 July 2026

His career has seen far more days in the past than in the future. — John Romano, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2026

At Universal Studios’ CityWalk, the original from the film — last seen on screen in flames as Troy was brutally sacked by Damon’s army of rampaging Greeks — is on display outside the AMC Universal Cinema. — Alex Ritman, Variety, 13 July 2026

Soon, more of Risso’s designs will be seen, shopped and styled by the masses. — Hilary Milnes, Vogue, 13 July 2026

This marks the first time a sugar has been seen in interstellar space. — Damien Pine, Scientific American, 13 July 2026