Synonyms of the word

lookout

• n. A vantage point with a view of the surrounding area.
• n. A person on watch for approaching enemy, police, etc.
• n. A subject for observation; a prospect or view.
• n. One's perspective, outlook; hence, one's responsibility. (used with a possessive pronoun or a noun in…

construction

• n. The process of constructing.
• n. Anything that has been constructed.
• n. The trade of building structures.
• n. A building, model or some other structure.
• n. (art) A (usually non-representational) structure, such as a collage etc.
• n. The manner in which something is built.
• n. (grammar) A group of words arranged to form a meaningful phrase.
• n. The act or result of construing the meaning of something.
• n. The meaning or interpretation of a text, action etc.; the way something is viewed by an observer or onlooker.
• n. (geometry) A geometric figure of arcs and line segments that is drawable with a straightedge and compass.

look

• v. (intransitive, often with "at") To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.
• v. To appear, to seem.
• v. (copulative) To give an appearance of being.
• v. (intransitive, often with "for") To search for, to try to find.
• v. To face or present a view.
• v. To expect or anticipate.
• v. (transitive) To express or manifest by a look.
• v. (transitive, often with "to") To make sure of, to see to.
• v. (dated, sometimes figuratively) To show oneself in looking.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To look at; to turn the eyes toward.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To seek; to search for.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To expect.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To influence, overawe, or subdue by looks or presence.
• v. (baseball) To look at a pitch as a batter without swinging at it.
• interj. Pay attention.
• n. The action of looking, an attempt to see.
• n. (often plural) Physical appearance, visual impression.
• n. A facial expression.

looking

• v. present participle of look.
• n. The act of one who looks; a glance.
• n. (obsolete) The manner in which one looks; appearance; countenance.

observatory

• n. A place where stars, planets and other celestial bodies are observed, usually through a telescope; also…
• n. A lookout (vantage point with a view of the surrounding area).

outlook

• n. A place from which something can be viewed.
• n. The view from such a place.
• n. An attitude or point of view.
• n. Expectation for the future.
• v. (transitive) To face down; to outstare.
• v. To inspect throughly; to select.

picket

• n. A stake driven into the ground.
• n. (historical) A type of punishment by which an offender had to rest his or her entire body weight on the…
• n. A tool in mountaineering that is driven into the snow and used as an anchor or to arrest falls.
• n. (military) Soldiers or troops placed on a line forward of a position to warn against an enemy advance…
• n. A sentry. Can be used figuratively.
• n. A protester positioned outside an office, workplace etc. during a strike (usually in plural); also the…
• n. (card games) The card game piquet.
• v. (intransitive) To protest, organized by a labour union, typically in front of the location of employment.
• v. (transitive) To enclose or fortify with pickets or pointed stakes.
• v. (transitive) To tether to, or as if to, a picket.
• v. (transitive) To guard, as a camp or road, by an outlying picket.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To torture by forcing to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.

post

• n. A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fence post; a light post.
• n. (construction) A stud; a two-by-four.
• n. A pole in a battery.
• n. (dentistry) A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to provide retention for a crown.
• n. (vocal music, chiefly a cappella) A prolonged final melody note, among moving harmony notes.
• n. (paper, printing) A printing paper size measuring 19.25 inches x 15.5 inches.
• n. (sports) A goalpost.
• n. (obsolete) The doorpost of a victualler's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers;…
• v. (transitive) To hang (a notice) in a conspicuous manner for general review.
• v. To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation.
• v. (accounting) To carry (an account) from the journal to the ledger.
• v. To inform; to give the news to; to make acquainted with the details of a subject; often with up.
• v. (transitive, poker) To pay (a blind).
• n. (obsolete) Each of a series of men stationed at specific places along a postroad, with responsibility…
• n. (dated) A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of…
• n. A military base; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such…
• n. (now historical) Someone who travels express along a set route carrying letters and dispatches; a courier.
• n. An organisation for delivering letters, parcels etc., or the service provided by such an organisation.
• n. A single delivery of letters; the letters or deliveries that make up a single batch delivered to one person…
• n. A message posted in an electronic or Internet forum.
• n. A location on a basketball court near the basket.
• n. (American football) A moderate to deep passing route in which a receiver runs 10-20 yards from the line…
• n. (obsolete) Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.
• n. (obsolete) One who has charge of a station, especially a postal station.
• v. To travel with relays of horses; to travel by post horses, originally as a courier.
• v. To travel quickly; to hurry.
• v. (Britain) To send (an item of mail etc.) through the postal service.
• v. (horse-riding) To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, especially…
• v. (Internet) To publish (a message) to a newsgroup, forum, blog, etc.
• adv. With the post, on post-horses; express, with speed, quickly.
• adv. Sent via the postal service.
• n. An assigned station; a guard post.
• n. An appointed position in an organization, job.
• v. To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, etc.
• v. To assign to a station; to set; to place.
• prep. After; especially after a significant event that has long-term ramifications.
• n. (film, informal) Post-production.

scout

• n. A person sent out to gain and bring in tidings; especially, one employed in war to gain information about…
• n. An act of scouting or reconnoitering.
• n. A member of any number of youth organizations belonging to the international scout movement, such as the…
• n. A person who assesses and/or recruits others; especially, one who identifies promising talent on behalf…
• n. (Britain) A college student's or undergraduate's servant; -- so called in Oxford, England; at Cambridge…
• n. (Britain, cricket) A fielder in a game for practice.
• n. (historical, Britain, up until 1920s) A fighter aircraft.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To explore a wide terrain, as if on a search; to reconnoiter.
• v. (transitive) To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as…
• v. (transitive) To reject with contempt.
• v. (intransitive) To scoff.
• n. (dated) A swift sailing boat.
• n. (archaic) A projecting rock.

sentinel

• n. A sentry or guard.
• n. (computer science) a unique string of characters recognised by a computer program for processing in a…
• n. Watch; guard.
• n. A sentinel crab.
• v. (transitive) To watch over as a guard.
• v. (transitive) To post as guard.
• v. (transitive) To post a guard for.

sentry

• n. A guard, particularly on duty at the entrance to a military base.
• n. (uncountable) Sentry duty; time spent being a sentry.
• n. (nautical) A form of drag to be towed underwater, which on striking bottom is upset and rises to the surface.

spotter

• n. A person who observes something.
• n. (military) A member of a sniper team.
• n. (weightlifting, gymnastics, climbing) One who supervises a person performing an activity, in order to…
• n. (US) A banksman or dogman.

station

• n. (obsolete) The fact of standing still; motionlessness, stasis.
• n. (astronomy) The apparent standing still of a superior planet just before it begins or ends its retrograde…
• n. A stopping place.
• n. A place where workers are stationed.
• n. One of the Stations of the Cross.
• n. The Roman Catholic fast of the fourth and sixth days of the week, Wednesday and Friday, in memory of the…
• n. A church in which the procession of the clergy halts on stated days to say stated prayers.
• n. Standing; rank; position.
• n. A broadcasting entity.
• n. (Newfoundland) A harbour or cove with a foreshore suitable for a facility to support nearby fishing.
• n. (surveying) Any of a sequence of equally spaced points along a path.
• n. The particular place, or kind of situation, in which a species naturally occurs; a habitat.
• n. (mining) An enlargement in a shaft or galley, used as a landing, or passing place, or for the accommodation…
• n. Post assigned; office; the part or department of public duty which a person is appointed to perform; sphere…
• v. To put in place to perform a task.
• v. To put in place to perform military duty.

structure

• n. A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts.
• n. The underlying shape of a solid.
• n. The overall form or organization of something.
• n. A set of rules defining behaviour.
• n. (computing) Several pieces of data treated as a unit.
• n. (fishing, uncountable) Underwater terrain or objects (such as a dead tree or a submerged car) that tend…
• n. A body, such as a political party, with a cohesive purpose or outlook.
• n. (logic) A set along with a collection of finitary functions and relations.
• v. (transitive) To give structure to; to arrange.

watch

• n. A portable or wearable timepiece.
• n. The act of guarding and observing someone or something.
• n. A particular time period when guarding is kept.
• n. A person or group of people who guard.
• n. The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.
• n. (nautical) A group of sailors and officers aboard a ship or shore station with a common period of duty:…
• n. (nautical) A period of time on duty, usually four hours in length; the officers and crew who tend the…
• n. The act of seeing, or viewing, for a period of time.
• v. (transitive) To look at, see, or view for a period of time.
• v. (transitive) To observe over a period of time; to notice or pay attention.
• v. (transitive) To mind, attend, or guard.
• v. (transitive) To be wary or cautious of.
• v. (transitive) To attend to dangers to or regarding.
• v. (intransitive) To remain awake with a sick or dying person; to maintain a vigil.
• v. (intransitive) To be vigilant or on one's guard.
• v. (intransitive) To act as a lookout.
• v. (nautical, of a buoy) To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be awake.

watcher

• n. someone who watches or observes.
• n. someone who keeps vigil.
• n. a guard.

watchman

• n. One set to watch; a person who keeps guard, especially one who guards a building, or the streets of a…