Look definition

Look as a verb

1. perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards; look

   "She looked over the expanse of land"

2. give a certain impression of being something or having a certain aspect

   "This project looks fishy"

   Same sense: seem, appear

3. to physically appear a certain way to another individual or group

   "How does she look?"

4. search or seek

   "We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest"

   Same sense: search

5. be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to

   "The house looks north"

   Same sense: face, front

6. take charge of or deal with

   Same sense: see, take care, attend

7. convey by one's expression

   "She looked her devotion to me"

8. look forward to the probable occurrence of

   "She is looking to a promotion"

   Same sense: wait, expect, await

9. accord in appearance with

   "You don't look your age!"

10. have faith or confidence in

    "Look to your friends for support"

    Same sense: bank, count, bet, swear, rely, depend, calculate, reckon

Look as a noun

11. the feelings expressed on a person's face

    "a look of triumph"

    Same sense: face, expression, aspect, facial expression

12. the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually; look

    "he went out to have a look"

    Same sense: looking, looking at

13. physical appearance

    "I don't like the looks of this place"

14. the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people

    Same sense: feel, feeling, spirit, tone, smell, flavor, flavour

Synonyms and antonyms

• seem
• appear
• search
• face definition
• front definition
• see definition
• take care
• attend
• wait definition
• expect
• await
• bank definition
• count
• bet
• swear
• rely
• depend
• calculate
• reckon
• expression
• aspect
• facial expression
• looking
• looking at

All synonyms of look, sense by sense

How to say look

Look has 1 syllable and rhymes with took. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with look

• took
• book
• cook
• hook
• outlook
• shook
• handbook
• textbook
• notebook
• brook
• overlook
• undertook

All 50 words that rhyme with look

LOOK in word games

Scrabble

8

Words With Friends

9

Anagrams

1

Is LOOK a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check LOOK in the word checker, or unscramble LOOK to see its 1 anagram and the shorter words in its letters.