I'm on the lookout for a good introductory book about the Internet.
Source: tatoeba (253190)
Lookout
//ˈlʊkaʊt//
Synonyms for "lookout" (163 found)
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Closest matches (33)
Strong matches (49)
Related words (81)
outlookoverlookpalaverpanoramapatrolpatrollerpatrolmanpeanut gallerypeeled eyepeepholeperspectivepharospicketproblemproctoringprophet of doomprospectprudencequi viveregard
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9 entriesSynonyms
4 entriescapable of
1 entriescoordinate
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7 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesis a
4 entriesrelated to
1 entriesTranslations
99 translations across 27 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- σκοπός noun (person on watch for approaching enemy, police, etc.)
Arabic
2 entries- مَطَل noun (vantage point with a view of the surrounding area)
- نَاطُور noun (person on watch for approaching enemy, police, etc.)
Armenian
2 entries- դիտակայան noun (vantage point with a view of the surrounding area)
- պահակ noun (person on watch for approaching enemy, police, etc.)
Bulgarian
3 entries- наблюда́телен пункт noun (vantage point with a view of the surrounding area)
- наблюде́ние noun (session of watching for an approaching enemy, police, etc.)
- страж noun (person on watch for approaching enemy, police, etc.)
Czech
4 entries- hlídka noun (person on watch for approaching enemy, police, etc.)
- pozorovatel noun (person on watch for approaching enemy, police, etc.)
- pozorovatelna noun (vantage point with a view of the surrounding area)
- rozhledna noun (vantage point with a view of the surrounding area)
Danish
4 entries- udkig noun (vantage point with a view of the surrounding area)
- udkig noun (person on watch for approaching enemy, police, etc.)
- udkigsmand noun (person on watch for approaching enemy, police, etc.)
- udkigspost noun (vantage point with a view of the surrounding area)
Finnish
4 entries- asia noun (perspective, outlook, responsibility)
- murhe noun (perspective, outlook, responsibility)
- näkymä noun (subject for observation)
- näköala noun (subject for observation)
French
4 entries- guetteur noun (person on watch for approaching enemy, police, etc.)
- guetteuse noun (person on watch for approaching enemy, police, etc.)
- poste de guet noun (vantage point with a view of the surrounding area)
- sentinelle noun (person on watch for approaching enemy, police, etc.)
Galician
1 entries- miradoiro noun (vantage point with a view of the surrounding area)
Greek
2 entries- παρατηρητήριο noun (vantage point with a view of the surrounding area)
- παρατηρητής noun (person on watch for approaching enemy, police, etc.)
Hebrew
2 entries- מִצְפֶּה noun (vantage point with a view of the surrounding area)
- צוֹפֶה noun (person on watch for approaching enemy, police, etc.)
Hungarian
4 entries- baj noun (perspective, outlook, responsibility)
- feladat noun (perspective, outlook, responsibility)
- gond noun (perspective, outlook, responsibility)
- kilátás noun (subject for observation)
Irish
2 entries- crannóg noun (vantage point with a view of the surrounding area)
- ionad faire noun (vantage point with a view of the surrounding area)
Italian
4 entries- guardia noun (person on watch for approaching enemy, police, etc.)
- sentinella noun (person on watch for approaching enemy, police, etc.)
- turno di guardia noun (session of watching for an approaching enemy, police, etc.)
- vedetta noun (vantage point with a view of the surrounding area)
Latin
2 entries- prōvīsor noun (person on watch for approaching enemy, police, etc.)
- specula noun (vantage point with a view of the surrounding area)
Macedonian
2 entries- набљу́дувач noun (person on watch for approaching enemy, police, etc.)
- набљу́дувачница noun (vantage point with a view of the surrounding area)
Māori
4 entries- matairangi noun (vantage point with a view of the surrounding area)
- matira noun (vantage point with a view of the surrounding area)
- matira noun (person on watch for approaching enemy, police, etc.)
- taumata matira noun (vantage point with a view of the surrounding area)
Norman
1 entries- dgetteux noun (person on watch for approaching enemy, police, etc.)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- utkikk noun (vantage point with a view of the surrounding area)
- utkikk noun (person on watch for approaching enemy, police, etc.)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- utkikk noun (vantage point with a view of the surrounding area)
- utkikk noun (person on watch for approaching enemy, police, etc.)
Portuguese
4 entries- miradouro noun (vantage point with a view of the surrounding area)
- ponto de vigia noun (vantage point with a view of the surrounding area)
- posto de vigia noun (vantage point with a view of the surrounding area)
- sentinela noun (person on watch for approaching enemy, police, etc.)
Russian
4 entries- ата́нда noun (vantage point with a view of the surrounding area)
- ата́с noun (vantage point with a view of the surrounding area)
- ва́хта noun (person on watch for approaching enemy, police, etc.)
- де́ло noun (subject for observation)
Spanish
1 entries- mirador noun (vantage point with a view of the surrounding area)
Swedish
3 entries- utkik noun (vantage point with a view of the surrounding area)
- utkik noun (session of watching for an approaching enemy, police, etc.)
- utkik noun (person on watch for approaching enemy, police, etc.)
Tibetan
3 entries- གཡུལ་བསྲུང noun (person on watch for approaching enemy, police, etc.)
- བྱ་ར་བ noun (person on watch for approaching enemy, police, etc.)
- སོ་པ noun (person on watch for approaching enemy, police, etc.)
Turkish
1 entries- gözcü noun (person on watch for approaching enemy, police, etc.)
Welsh
2 entries- gwylfa noun (vantage point with a view of the surrounding area)
- gwylfeydd noun (vantage point with a view of the surrounding area)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
Now it would be better to keep a sharp lookout for what he might do.
Source: tatoeba (283313)
They were on the lookout for a storm.
Source: tatoeba (307656)
The soldier kept a sharp lookout in the darkness.
Source: tatoeba (320136)
Showing 4 of 18 available sentences.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.