Word Type

Verb

Noun

The word "watch" can be used as verb and noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

clock ignore telling telling time time

Typical Location

bedroom drawer department store guard tower jewelery store jewellers jewlery store watch store

Capable Of

many colours including brown time event time events time race

Coordinate Terms

clock

Derived Terms

Paley's watch analogue watch bewatch binge-watch clock-watch clock-watcher cock watch digital watch dog watch duplex watch end of watch fire watch first watch fob watch graveyard watch hate-watch hurricane watch keep a close watch keep a watch out keep watch lie like a cheap watch like nobody's watching listening watch middle watch must watch my watch has ended mystery watch night watch on one's watch on the watch on watch people-watch pocket watch quartz watch set one's watch back set one's watch by someone skeleton watch smartwatch stand watch stopwatch suicide watch time watch time you got a watch time-watch tornado watch turnip watch watch and act watch and wait watch and ward watch and watch watch battery watch bill watch cap watch charm watch circle watch face watch glass watch grass grow watch gun watch in two watch it watch like a hawk watch meeting watch night watch of the night watch one's ass watch one's back watch one's back watch one's language watch one's mouth watch one's step watch one's tongue watch out watch over watch paint dry watch paper watch party watch pocket watch receiver watch someone's back watch strap watch tackle watch the birdie watch the feathers fly watch the fur fly watch the pennies watch the world burn watch the world go by watch this space watch timing machine watch-birth watch-coat watch-jobber watch-seal watchchain watchcoat watched toast never burns watchhouse watchman watchspring watchstrap watchtower whale watch who watches the watchers wristwatch

Distinct From

clock

Entails

look see

Etymologically Related To

wake

Has Part

hand counts minutes

Context

nautical

Has Property

helpful for keeping on schedule opaque slow solid

Subevents

look at

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

act check check into check out check over check up on device duty period follow go over horologe keep an eye on look look into mention move note observe period period of time religious rite remark rite security guard shift surveillance suss out time period timekeeper timepiece watch over watcher work shift

Type Of (IsA)

chronometer clock consumer durable easy to carry clock gear machine mechanical means of measuring time shift surveillance time period timepiece usually on wrist

Manner Of

check

Receives Action

decorated with picture of buddha found on wrist set at 0 worn around wrist

Related Terms

wait wake

Related Terms

accessory action activity adornment arm arm accessory arm clock arm timepiece arms attend attention awake band bracelet cautious chronometer clock clock arm clock time clocks clockwork closely clothing device devise dial dial numbers dials duty eye eye action face for time glace guard hand hand clock hands hands face hour hour hand instrument intently item jewelry keeper keeping keeping time keeps keeps time like like clock long long glace look look at look closely look intently look see looking looking at lookout machine measure measuring measuring device measuring time mind minute minute hand movie notice numbers numbers hands object observation observe on arm on arms on hand on one's guard on wrist on wrists ornament period piece pocket pocket timekeeper portable see see movie see something seeing showing showing time shows shows time small small clock small timepiece strap strap bracelet television tell tell time teller telling telling time tells tells time tend time time device time devise time instrument time jewelry time keeper time keeping time measure time piece time teller time tool time tracker time wrist timekeeper timekeeping timekeeping device timekeeping instrument timekeeping machine timepiece timepiece device timepiece wrist timer tiny tiny clock tool tracker tv tv action two two hands vessel view vigil vigilant wait wake wary watchman wear wear wrist wearable wearable clock working worn worn wrist wrist wrist accessory wrist adornment wrist band wrist clock wrist device wrist item wrist jewelry wrist object wrist ornament wrist time wrist timekeeper wrist timepiece wrist timer wrist wear wrist worn wristband wrists

Similar Terms

ascertain assure check control determine ensure find find out follow insure see see to it trace

Synonym Network

determine lookout vigil

Used For

being on time impressing people keeping track of time know time looking good measure passage of time tell current time telling date telling what day time timing race

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.