Synonyms of staring

staring

verb

present participle of stare

as in gazing

to look long and hard in wonder or surprise

her friends stared in disbelief upon seeing her walking arm in arm with her ex-husband

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of staring

For you, that could mean fewer moments spent staring at your Messages app waiting for a bank code to arrive. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2026

Auf der Maur, in white, is twisted away from the audience, staring intently at the lens. — Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026

For a developer staring at a queue, that’s a trade, not a punishment. — Robert J. Szczerba, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

So, the challenge for Cline right now, as Outer Banks slips into the back row of Netflix’s library, is to make sure people continue staring at her. — Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2026

Or the number of drivers now staring at their phones to kill time in traffic? — Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026

Some edits of the clip show the character in black-and-white, staring at the camera, emulating a horror movie scene. — Owen Carry, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2026

Some of them still live in cabins and grow their own food and others spend their days staring at Microsoft Office screens, but versions of the spontaneous hippie archetype still live on within each of them. — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2026

No sitting down eagerly and staring at a blank document, hoping to craft the next great American novel. — Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2026