Synonyms of viewing

viewing

verb

present participle of view

1

as in scanning

to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition)

I'll have to view all of the evidence before making a decision

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scanning
• reviewing
• examining
• surveying
• inspecting
• watching
• analyzing
• auditing
• scrutinizing
• checking (out)
• overseeing
• exploring
• going over
• conning
• studying
• investigating
• dissecting
• perusing
• overlooking
• noticing
• observing
• researching
• combing
• parsing
• probing
• classifying
• plumbing
• categorizing
• delving (into)
• poring (over)
• reinspecting
• resurveying
• picking over
• rereviewing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• missing
• glancing (at or over)
• skimming

2

as in noticing

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

viewed the latest changes and approved them

Synonyms & Similar Words

• noticing
• seeing
• spotting
• regarding
• watching
• eyeing
• observing
• remarking
• looking (at)
• sighting
• spying
• witnessing
• perceiving
• noting
• beholding
• discerning
• catching
• distinguishing
• espying
• identifying
• descrying
• considering
• getting a load of
• scanning
• setting eyes on
• laying eyes on
• studying
• surveying
• examining
• marking
• picking out
• inspecting
• attending (to)
• scrutinizing
• heeding
• making out
• glimpsing
• glancing (at)
• peering (at)
• minding
• picking up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignoring
• disregarding
• neglecting
• passing over
• missing
• overlooking
• overpassing

3

as in considering

to think of in a particular way

I view housework as a necessary evil

Synonyms & Similar Words

• considering
• regarding
• calling
• counting
• thinking
• accounting
• believing
• looking (on or upon)
• rating
• feeling
• holding
• imagining
• taking for
• reckoning
• setting down
• sensing
• esteeming
• deeming
• conceiving
• fancying

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of viewing

The interplay between players and their coaches often generates some of the most dramatic viewing moments of a tennis match. — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Forests that avoid the worst fire and drought impacts should still offer beautiful color, but the viewing window may be shorter. — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026

Eleven water-dropping planes and helicopters assisted 85 firefighters in an effort to contain the blaze, which remained at some distance from the viewing area at Athens Flying Week, an annual air show. — ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026

All of these aspects render the film a fairly shallow viewing experience on emotional and formal levels. — Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026

But the viewing public, in the absence of Clancy’s own explanation of her experiences leading up to and after the killings, has projected its own ideas onto the case and rendered its own verdict. — Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026

Britain has long coveted a chance to show it off in the United Kingdom, viewing it as far more central to British history than French. — Mark Rice-Oxley, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Sep. 2026

The space will become an immaterial garden with intricate cutouts creating shadows, reflections and transparency for viewing the jewelry creations. — Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026

Her existence is solitary by design, freeing her up to disappear into her studies at all hours of the night, the doors of every institution seemingly always ready to welcome her into its stacks and viewing stations and leather reading chairs. — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026