Synonyms of the word

observe

• v. (transitive) To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.
• v. (transitive) To follow or obey the custom, practice, or rules (especially of a religion).
• v. (intransitive) To comment on something; to make an observation.

accept

• v. (transitive) To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.
• v. (transitive) To admit to a place or a group.
• v. (transitive) To regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in.
• v. (transitive) To receive as adequate or satisfactory.
• v. (transitive) To receive or admit to; to agree to; to assent to; to submit to.
• v. (transitive) To endure patiently.
• v. (transitive, law, business) To agree to pay.
• v. (transitive) To receive officially.
• v. (intransitive) To receive something willingly.
• adj. (obsolete) Accepted.

celebrate

• v. (transitive) To extol or honour in a solemn manner.
• v. (transitive) To honour by rites, by ceremonies of joy and respect, or by refraining from ordinary business;…
• v. (intransitive) To engage in joyful activity in appreciation of an event.
• v. (transitive) To perform or participate in, as a sacrament or solemn rite; to solemnize; to perform with…

check

• n. (chess) A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
• n. An inspection or examination.
• n. A control; a limit or stop.
• n. (US) A mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator, equivalent to a tick (UK).
• n. (US) An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity; a cheque (UK, Canada).
• n. (US) A bill, particularly in a restaurant.
• n. (contact sports) A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.
• n. A token used instead of cash in gaming machines.
• n. A lengthwise separation through the growth rings in wood.
• n. A mark, certificate, or token, by which, errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified.
• n. (falconry) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.
• n. A small chink or crack.
• v. To inspect; to examine.
• v. To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).
• v. (US, often used with "off") To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have…
• v. To control, limit, or halt.
• v. To verify or compare with a source of information.
• v. To leave in safekeeping.
• v. To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.
• v. (street basketball) To pass or bounce the ball to an opponent from behind the three-point line and have…
• v. (contact sports) To hit another player with one's body.
• v. (poker) To remain in a hand without betting. Only legal if no one has yet bet.
• v. (chess) To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, especially the king, in check; to put in check.
• v. To chide, rebuke, or reprove.
• v. (nautical) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
• v. To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.
• v. To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.
• v. To make a stop; to pause; with at.
• v. (obsolete) To clash or interfere.
• v. To act as a curb or restraint.
• v. (falconry) To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.
• n. (textiles, usually pluralized) A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered…

detect

• v. to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing.
• adj. (obsolete) Detected.

discover

• v. To find or learn something for the first time.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To remove the cover from; to uncover (a head, building etc.).
• v. (transitive, now rare) To expose, uncover.
• v. (transitive, chess) To create by moving a piece out of another piece's line of attack.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To reveal (information); to divulge, make known.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To reconnoitre, explore (an area).
• v. (obsolete) To manifest without design; to show; to exhibit.

find

• v. (transitive) To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon.
• v. (transitive) To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.
• v. (transitive) To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end.
• v. (transitive) To gain, as the object of desire or effort.
• v. (transitive) To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.
• v. (transitive) To point out.
• v. (transitive) To decide that, to discover that, to form the opinion that.
• v. (transitive) To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To supply; to furnish.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To provide for.
• v. (intransitive, law) To determine or judge.
• v. (intransitive, hunting) To discover game.
• n. Anything that is found (usually valuable), as objects on an archeological site or a person with talent.
• n. The act of finding.

follow

• v. (transitive) To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction.
• v. (transitive) To go or come after in a sequence.
• v. (transitive) To carry out (orders, instructions, etc.).
• v. (transitive) To live one's life according to (religion, teachings, etc).
• v. (transitive) To understand, to pay attention to.
• v. (transitive) To watch, to keep track of (reports of) some event or person.
• v. (transitive) To be a logical consequence of.
• v. (transitive) To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling.
• n. (sometimes attributive) In billiards and similar games, a stroke causing a ball to follow another ball…
• n. (Internet) The act of following another user's online activity.

honor

• n. (uncountable) Recognition of importance or value; respect; veneration (of someone, usually for being morally…
• n. (uncountable) The state of being morally upright, honest, noble, virtuous, and magnanimous; excellence…
• n. (countable) A token of praise or respect; something that represents praiseworthiness or respect, such…
• n. A privilege.
• n. (in the plural) The privilege of going first.
• n. A cause of respect and fame; a glory; an excellency; an ornament.
• n. (feudal law) A seigniory or lordship held of the king, on which other lordships and manors depended.
• n. (heraldry, countable) The center point of the upper half of an armorial escutcheon. (Compare honour point…
• n. (countable, card games) In bridge, an ace, king, queen, jack, or ten especially of the trump suit. In…
• n. (in the plural) (Courses for) an honours degree: a university qualification of the highest rank.
• v. (transitive) To think of highly, to respect highly; to show respect for; to recognise the importance or…
• v. (transitive) To conform to, abide by, act in accordance with (an agreement, treaty, promise, request,…
• v. (transitive) To confer (bestow) an honour or privilege upon (someone).
• v. (transitive) To make payment in respect of (a cheque, banker's draft etc).

honour

• n. British spelling, Canadian, and Irish, Australian, NZ, and South African standard spelling of honor.
• v. British spelling, Canadian, and Irish, Australian, NZ, and South African standard spelling of honor.

keep

• v. To continue in (a course or mode of action); not to intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
• v. (heading, transitive) To hold the status of something.
• v. (heading, intransitive) To hold or be held in a state.
• v. (obsolete) To wait for, keep watch for.
• v. (intransitive, cricket) To act as wicket-keeper.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To take care; to be solicitous; to watch.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To be in session; to take place.
• v. (transitive) To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; not to swerve from or violate.
• v. (transitive, dated) To confine oneself to; not to quit; to remain in.
• v. (transitive, dated, by extension) To visit (a place) often; to frequent.
• n. (obsolete) Care, notice.
• n. (historical) The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls. (According to, the…
• n. The food or money required to keep someone alive and healthy; one's support, maintenance.
• n. The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge.
• n. The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case.
• n. (obsolete) That which is kept in charge; a charge.
• n. (engineering) A cap for holding something, such as a journal box, in place.

maintain

• v. (obsolete, transitive) To support (someone), to back up or assist (someone) in an action.
• v. To keep up; to preserve; to uphold (a state, condition etc.).
• v. To declare or affirm (a clause) to be true; to assert.

mention

• n. A speaking or notice of anything, usually in a brief or cursory manner. Used especially in the phrase…
• v. To make a short reference to something.
• v. (philosophy, linguistics) To utter an word or expression in order to refer to the expression itself, as…

note

• n. (heading) A symbol or annotation.
• n. (heading) A written or printed communication or commitment.
• n. (music, heading) A sound.
• n. (uncountable) Observation; notice; heed.
• n. (uncountable) Reputation; distinction.
• n. (obsolete) Notification; information; intelligence.
• n. (obsolete) Mark of disgrace.
• v. (transitive) To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed.
• v. (transitive) To record in writing; to make a memorandum of.
• v. (transitive) To denote; to designate.
• v. (transitive) To annotate.
• v. (transitive) To set down in musical characters.
• v. (transitive) To record on the back of (a bill, draft, etc.) a refusal of acceptance, as the ground of…
• n. (uncountable, Britain dialectal, Northern England, Ireland, Scotland) That which is needed or necessary;…
• n. (Britain dialectal, Northern England, Ireland, Scotland) The giving of milk by a cow or sow; the period…

notice

• n. (chiefly uncountable) The act of observing; perception.
• n. (countable) A written or printed announcement.
• n. (countable) A formal notification or warning.
• n. (chiefly uncountable) Advance notification of termination of employment, given by an employer to an employee…
• n. (countable) A published critical review of a play or the like.
• n. (uncountable) Prior notification.
• n. (dated) Attention; respectful treatment; civility.
• v. (transitive) To acknowledge the presence of; observe.
• v. (transitive) To detect; to perceive with the mind.

remark

• n. Act of pointing out or attentively noticing; notice or observation.
• n. The expression, in speech or writing, of something remarked or noticed; a mention of something worth attention…
• n. A casual observation, comment, or statement.
• n. (engraving) Alternative form of remarque.
• v. (intransitive) To make a remark or remarks; to comment.
• v. (transitive) To mark in a notable manner; to distinguish clearly; to make noticeable or conspicuous; to…
• v. (transitive) To take notice of, or to observe, mentally.
• v. (transitive) To express in words or writing, as observed or noticed; to state; to say; -- often with a…
• n. Alternative spelling of re-mark.
• v. Alternative spelling of re-mark.

respect

• n. (uncountable) an attitude of consideration or high regard.
• n. (uncountable) good opinion, honor, or admiration.
• n. (uncountable, always plural) Polite greetings, often offered as condolences after a death.
• n. (countable) a particular aspect of something.
• v. To have respect for.
• v. To have regard for something, to observe a custom, practice, rule or right.
• v. To abide by an agreement.
• v. To take notice of; to regard as worthy of special consideration; to heed.
• v. (transitive, dated except in "respecting") To relate to; to be concerned with.
• v. (obsolete) To regard; to consider; to deem.
• v. (obsolete) To look toward; to face.
• interj. (Jamaica) hello, hi.

say

• v. (transitive) To pronounce.
• v. (transitive) To recite.
• v. To tell, either verbally or in writing.
• v. To indicate in a written form.
• v. (impersonal) To have a common expression; used in singular passive voice or plural active voice to indicate…
• v. (informal, imperative) Suppose, assume; used to mark an example, supposition or hypothesis.
• v. (intransitive) To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.
• v. (transitive, informal, of a possession, especially money) To bet as a wager on an outcome; by extension,…
• n. One's stated opinion or input into a discussion or decision.
• adv. For example; let us assume.
• interj. (colloquial) Used to gain one's attention before making an inquiry or suggestion.
• n. A type of fine cloth similar to serge.
• v. To try; to assay.
• n. Trial by sample; assay; specimen.
• n. Tried quality; temper; proof.
• n. Essay; trial; attempt.

sight

• n. (in the singular) The ability to see.
• n. The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view.
• n. Something seen.
• n. Something worth seeing; a spectacle.
• n. A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
• n. A small aperture through which objects are to be seen, and by which their direction is settled or ascertained.
• n. (now colloquial) a great deal, a lot; frequently used to intensify a comparative.
• n. In a drawing, picture, etc., that part of the surface, as of paper or canvas, which is within the frame…
• n. (obsolete) The instrument of seeing; the eye.
• n. Mental view; opinion; judgment.
• v. (transitive) To register visually.
• v. (transitive) To get sight of (something).
• v. (transitive) To apply sights to; to adjust the sights of; also, to give the proper elevation and direction…
• v. (transitive) To take aim at.

state

• n. A polity.
• n. A condition; a set of circumstances applying at any given time.
• n. High social standing or circumstance.
• n. (mathematics, stochastic processes) An element of the range of the random variables that define a random…
• v. (transitive) To declare to be a fact.
• v. (transitive) To make known.
• adj. (obsolete) stately.

tell

• v. (transitive) To count, reckon, or enumerate.
• v. (transitive) To narrate.
• v. (transitive) To convey by speech; to say.
• v. (transitive) To instruct or inform.
• v. (transitive) To order; to direct, to say to someone.
• v. (intransitive) To discern, notice, identify or distinguish.
• v. (transitive) To reveal.
• v. (intransitive) To be revealed.
• v. (intransitive) To have an effect, especially a noticeable one; to be apparent, to be demonstrated.
• v. (transitive) To use beads or similar objects as an aid to prayer.
• v. (intransitive, childish) To inform someone in authority about a wrongdoing.
• n. A reflexive, often habitual behavior, especially one occurring in a context that often features attempts…
• n. (archaic) That which is told; a tale or account.
• n. (Internet) A private message to an individual in a chat room; a whisper.
• n. (archaeology) A mound, originally in the Middle East, over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements.

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.