There are 1000 movies that one must watch before dying.
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Watch
/ˈwɒt͡ʃ/
Synonyms for "watch" (443 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (10)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (15)
Related words (25)
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: lookout, abide, airplane spotter, alarm clock, alarm watch.
- Sentence evidence is available for watch, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wordnet, opengloss, moby, derived_reverse, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "watch".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "watch"
Keep "watch" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "watch" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "watch", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "watch" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
40 entriesactassignmentcheckcheck intocheck outcheck overcheck up ondevicedutyduty periodfollowgo overhorologeinstrumentkeep an eye onlook
Showing 16 of 40 words.
More specific
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
Collocations
12 entriesanalog watchpocket watchsmartwatchwatch bandwatch facewatchbandwatchdogwatchlistwatchmanwatchtowerwatchwordwristwatch
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
10 entriessimilar
13 entriesTranslations
160 translations across 84 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- shikoj verb (to look at for a period of time)
- shoh verb (to look at for a period of time)
Ancient Greek
4 entries- βλέπω verb (to look at for a period of time)
- θεάομαι verb (to look at for a period of time)
- θεωρέω verb (to look at for a period of time)
- σκοπέω verb (to look at for a period of time)
Arabic
4 entries- اتفرج verb (to look at for a period of time)
- اِتْفرّج verb (to look at for a period of time)
- تابع verb (to look at for a period of time)
- تفرّج verb (to look at for a period of time)
Armenian
1 entries- նայել verb (to look at for a period of time)
Asturian
1 entries- mirar verb (to look at for a period of time)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- baxmaq verb (to look at for a period of time)
- izləmək verb (to look at for a period of time)
Bashkir
1 entries- ҡарау verb (to look at for a period of time)
Belarusian
2 entries- глядзе́ць verb (to look at for a period of time)
- паглядзе́ць verb (to look at for a period of time)
Bulgarian
1 entries- гле́дам verb (to look at for a period of time)
Burmese
1 entries- ကြည့် verb (to look at for a period of time)
Catalan
1 entries- mirar verb (to look at for a period of time)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- چاو کردن verb (to look at for a period of time)
Chinese
1 entries- 看 verb (to look at for a period of time)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 睇 verb (to look at for a period of time)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 看 verb (to look at for a period of time)
- 觀 /观 verb (to look at for a period of time)
- 觀看 /观看 verb (to look at for a period of time)
Czech
4 entries- dívat se verb (to look at for a period of time)
- hlídat verb (to look at for a period of time)
- sledovat verb (to look at for a period of time)
- zhlédnout verb (to look at for a period of time)
Danish
2 entries- holde øje med verb (to look at for a period of time)
- se på verb (to look at for a period of time)
Dutch
1 entries- kijken verb (to look at for a period of time)
Esperanto
1 entries- spekti verb (to look at for a period of time)
Estonian
1 entries- vaatama verb (to look at for a period of time)
Finnish
2 entries- katsella verb (to look at for a period of time)
- katsoa verb (to look at for a period of time)
French
1 entries- regarder verb (to look at for a period of time)
Galician
1 entries- mirar verb (to look at for a period of time)
Georgian
1 entries- ყურება verb (to look at for a period of time)
German
3 entries- ansehen verb (to look at for a period of time)
- sehen verb (to look at for a period of time)
- zusehen verb (to look at for a period of time)
Greek
1 entries- παρακολουθώ verb (to look at for a period of time)
Hakka Chinese
1 entries- 看 verb (to look at for a period of time)
Hebrew
3 entries- הִבִּיט verb (to look at for a period of time)
- הִסְתַּכֵּל verb (to look at for a period of time)
- צָפָה verb (to look at for a period of time)
Hindi
1 entries- देखना verb (to look at for a period of time)
Hungarian
1 entries- néz verb (to look at for a period of time)
Ido
1 entries- regardar verb (to look at for a period of time)
Indonesian
1 entries- menonton verb (to look at for a period of time)
Irish
1 entries- fair verb (to look at for a period of time)
Italian
1 entries- guardare verb (to look at for a period of time)
Japanese
1 entries- 見る verb (to look at for a period of time)
Kabuverdianu
2 entries- biziá verb (to look at for a period of time)
- bízia verb (to look at for a period of time)
Kambera
1 entries- tàru verb (to look at for a period of time)
Kapampangan
1 entries- albe verb (to look at for a period of time)
Khiamniungan Naga
1 entries- tìe verb (to look at for a period of time)
Khmer
1 entries- មើល verb (to look at for a period of time)
Korean
2 entries- 관찰하다 verb (to look at for a period of time)
- 보다 verb (to look at for a period of time)
Lao
1 entries- ເບິ່ງ verb (to look at for a period of time)
Latin
4 entries- aspecto verb (to look at for a period of time)
- aspicio verb (to look at for a period of time)
- cōnspiciō verb (to look at for a period of time)
- specio verb (to look at for a period of time)
Latvian
1 entries- skatīties verb (to look at for a period of time)
Lithuanian
1 entries- žiūrėti verb (to look at for a period of time)
Luxembourgish
2 entries- kucken verb (to look at for a period of time)
- nokucken verb (to look at for a period of time)
Macedonian
1 entries- гледа verb (to look at for a period of time)
Malay
4 entries- layan verb (to look at for a period of time)
- melihat verb (to look at for a period of time)
- menyaksikan verb (to look at for a period of time)
- tengok verb (to look at for a period of time)
Mazanderani
1 entries- هارشین verb (to look at for a period of time)
Mongolian
1 entries- үзэх verb (to look at for a period of time)
Māori
4 entries- mātai verb (to look at for a period of time)
- mātaki verb (to look at for a period of time)
- mātakitaki verb (to look at for a period of time)
- titiro verb (to look at for a period of time)
Norman
1 entries- r'garder verb (to look at for a period of time)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- çehv kirin verb (to look at for a period of time)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- observere verb (to look at for a period of time)
- passe på verb (to look at for a period of time)
- se på verb (to look at for a period of time)
Old Czech
1 entries- zřieti verb (to look at for a period of time)
Old French
2 entries- espier verb (to look at for a period of time)
- reguarder verb (to look at for a period of time)
Oromo
1 entries- eeguu verb (to look at for a period of time)
Persian
4 entries- تماشا کردن verb (to look at for a period of time)
- نظاره کردن verb (to look at for a period of time)
- نِگاه کَرْدَن verb (to look at for a period of time)
- نگریستن verb (to look at for a period of time)
Polish
3 entries- obserwować verb (to look at for a period of time)
- oglądać verb (to look at for a period of time)
- patrzeć verb (to look at for a period of time)
Portuguese
2 entries- assistir verb (to look at for a period of time)
- ver verb (to look at for a period of time)
Quechua
1 entries- qhaway verb (to look at for a period of time)
Romanian
4 entries- monitoriza verb (to look at for a period of time)
- observa verb (to look at for a period of time)
- privi verb (to look at for a period of time)
- urmări verb (to look at for a period of time)
Russian
3 entries- гляде́ть verb (to look at for a period of time)
- наблюда́ть verb (to look at for a period of time)
- смотре́ть verb (to look at for a period of time)
Sardinian
1 entries- abbadiare verb (to look at for a period of time)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- coimhead verb (to look at for a period of time)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- glȅdati verb (to look at for a period of time)
- гле̏дати verb (to look at for a period of time)
Slovak
3 entries- dívať sa verb (to look at for a period of time)
- hľadať verb (to look at for a period of time)
- pozerať verb (to look at for a period of time)
Slovene
1 entries- gledati verb (to look at for a period of time)
Southern Altai
1 entries- караар verb (to look at for a period of time)
Spanish
4 entries- aguaitar verb (to look at for a period of time)
- catar verb (to look at for a period of time)
- guachar verb (to look at for a period of time)
- lentear verb (to look at for a period of time)
Swedish
1 entries- se på verb (to look at for a period of time)
Tagalog
2 entries- magmasid verb (to look at for a period of time)
- manood verb (to look at for a period of time)
Tajik
1 entries- нигоҳ кардан verb (to look at for a period of time)
Thai
3 entries- ชม verb (to look at for a period of time)
- ดู verb (to look at for a period of time)
- มอง verb (to look at for a period of time)
Tongan
1 entries- fakasio verb (to look at for a period of time)
Turkish
2 entries- izlemek verb (to look at for a period of time)
- seyretmek verb (to look at for a period of time)
Ukrainian
2 entries- диви́тися verb (to look at for a period of time)
- спостеріга́ти verb (to look at for a period of time)
Urdu
1 entries- دیکْھنا verb (to look at for a period of time)
Vietnamese
2 entries- coi verb (to look at for a period of time)
- xem verb (to look at for a period of time)
Waray-Waray
3 entries- i-mod verb (to look at for a period of time)
- ki-ta verb (to look at for a period of time)
- tan-au verb (to look at for a period of time)
Welsh
2 entries- edrych (ar) verb (to look at for a period of time)
- gwylio verb (to look at for a period of time)
White Hmong
1 entries- saib verb (to look at for a period of time)
Yiddish
1 entries- וואַטשן verb (to look at for a period of time)
Zazaki
3 entries- seyr kerden verb (to look at for a period of time)
- temaşe kerden verb (to look at for a period of time)
- weynen verb (to look at for a period of time)
Sample sentences
41 total sentences available.
Did you watch the game?
Source: tatoeba (16590)
Is your watch correct?
Source: tatoeba (17103)
Your watch seems to be very valuable.
Source: tatoeba (17104)
Showing 4 of 41 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "watch"?
Closest matches include lookout, abide, airplane spotter, alarm clock, alarm watch.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "watch"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.