Synonyms of watching

watching

verb

present participle of watch

1

as in observing

to keep one's eyes on

I turned my head to continue watching the bird as it flew away

Synonyms & Similar Words

• observing
• eyeing
• following
• viewing
• staring
• seeing
• looking
• gazing
• studying
• monitoring
• beholding
• guarding
• gawking
• peering
• having one's eye on
• regarding
• perceiving
• goggling
• glaring
• waking
• gaping
• looking on
• spying
• rubbernecking
• peeking
• glimpsing
• warding
• peeping
• glancing
• espying
• bird-dogging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• winking
• blinking

2

as in following

to take notice of and be guided by

watch what I do when I run into that kind of problem

Synonyms & Similar Words

• following
• noting
• observing
• regarding
• listening (to)
• obeying
• respecting
• considering
• heeding
• contemplating
• pondering
• hearing
• weighing
• seeing
• keeping
• minding
• noticing
• conforming (to)
• mulling
• complying (with)
• attending (to)
• marking
• hearkening (to)
• harking (to)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignoring
• disregarding
• dismissing
• neglecting
• discounting
• tuning out
• scorning
• passing over
• brushing (aside or off)
• glossing (over)
• shrugging off
• defying
• flouting
• pooh-poohing
• snubbing
• glozing (over)
• slighting

3

as in monitoring

to pay continued close attention to (something) for a particular purpose

watched the situation to see if it improved

Synonyms & Similar Words

• monitoring
• covering
• observing
• viewing
• staring
• looking
• keeping an eye on
• seeing
• noticing
• eyeing
• gazing
• witnessing
• spying
• noting
• beholding
• regarding
• surveilling
• peering
• sighting
• peeking
• glancing
• peeping
• glaring
• gawking
• gaping
• espying
• glimpsing
• goggling
• rubbernecking

4

as in caring

to have an interest or concern for

you should watch what you eat if you want a long, healthy life

Synonyms & Similar Words

• caring
• noticing
• minding
• looking out (for)
• regarding
• attending
• observing
• noting
• heeding
• feeling (for)
• sympathizing (with)
• empathizing (with)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignoring
• overlooking
• disregarding

5

as in supervising

to take charge of especially on behalf of another

hired a high school girl to watch their daughter until they got home from work

Synonyms & Similar Words

• supervising
• overseeing
• attending
• managing
• tending
• controlling
• protecting
• guarding
• operating
• running
• looking after
• conducting
• minding
• superintending
• guiding
• seeing to
• caring (for)
• taking care of
• governing
• directing
• seeing after
• regulating
• patrolling
• presiding (over)
• shielding
• safeguarding
• shepherding
• administrating
• stewarding
• babysitting
• chaperoning
• babying
• mothering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ignoring
• forgetting
• abandoning
• neglecting
• disregarding
• passing over

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of watching

Through videos he's forced to send in while trying to stay alive (to take viewers to the frontlines of the dangerous game), the unlikely hero turns delightfully anarchic and winds up getting much of the public watching the show to be on his side. —Brian Truitt, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025

Mamdani was seen this past Sunday in the Madison Square Garden upper level watching the Knicks ahead of Election Day on Tuesday. —Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2025

Nobody wants a supermodel watching them. —Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025

My experience with Shannon on Uli was even different than a lot of viewers experienced watching the show. —Terry Terrones, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025

Hunter has set himself a very fine amount of emotional and physical space within which to work, and there’s pleasure in watching Metcalf and Stock negotiate the tiptoeing way Sarah and Ethan grow closer. —Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025

What’s it like watching yourself smooch so many different women on camera? —Kristen Baldwin, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025