Synonyms for see
Another word for see is take in, watch or view. Below are 53 synonyms and 30 related words across 12 senses.
Also searched as: sees.
1. noun: the seat within a bishop's diocese where the bishop's cathedral is located
2. verb: perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
- take in synonyms
- watch synonyms
- view synonyms
- catch synonyms
3. verb: perceive (an idea or situation) mentally
- understand synonyms
- realize synonyms
- realise synonyms
- project synonyms
- picture synonyms
- figure synonyms
- image synonyms
- fancy synonyms
- visualize synonyms
- envision synonyms
- visualise
4. verb: perceive or be contemporaneous with
- find synonyms
- witness synonyms
- find out synonyms
- get a line synonyms
- hear synonyms
- get word synonyms
- learn synonyms
- pick up synonyms
- get wind synonyms
- discover synonyms
5. verb: imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
- project synonyms
- picture synonyms
- figure synonyms
- image synonyms
- fancy synonyms
- visualize synonyms
- envision synonyms
- visualise
- understand synonyms
- realize synonyms
- realise synonyms
6. verb: deem to be
- view synonyms
- consider synonyms
- regard synonyms
- reckon synonyms
- interpret synonyms
- construe
7. verb: get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
- find out synonyms
- get a line synonyms
- hear synonyms
- get word synonyms
- learn synonyms
- pick up synonyms
- get wind synonyms
- discover synonyms
- find synonyms
- witness synonyms
8. verb: see or watch
- take in synonyms
- watch synonyms
- view synonyms
- catch synonyms
9. verb: come together
- run into synonyms
- meet synonyms
- come across synonyms
- run across synonyms
- encounter synonyms
- gather synonyms
- assemble synonyms
- forgather
- foregather
10. verb: find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
- find out synonyms
- watch synonyms
- check synonyms
- learn synonyms
- determine synonyms
- ascertain synonyms
- see to it synonyms
- find synonyms
- control synonyms
- ensure synonyms
- assure synonyms
- insure synonyms
11. verb: be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
- see to it synonyms
- control synonyms
- check synonyms
- ensure synonyms
- assure synonyms
- insure synonyms
- ascertain synonyms
- find out synonyms
- watch synonyms
- check off synonyms
- learn synonyms
- mark synonyms
- mark off synonyms
- determine synonyms
- verify synonyms
- tick off synonyms
- tick synonyms
12. verb: go to see for professional or business reasons
Related words
Broader, narrower and sibling terms from the same WordNet tree. They aren't interchangeable, but one of them is often the word you wanted.
- seat synonyms
- get a look
- lay eyes on
- catch sight
- glimpse
- catch a glimpse
- behold
- perceive
- comprehend synonyms
- get through synonyms
- come home synonyms
- get across synonyms
- take account
- fall into place synonyms
- click synonyms
- appreciate synonyms
- dawn synonyms
- sink in synonyms
- anticipate synonyms
- penetrate synonyms
- foresee synonyms
- cogitate
- foreknow
- go through synonyms
- experience synonyms
- imagine synonyms
- conceive of
- envisage
- ideate
- take for
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Questions people ask
What is another word for see?
You can say take in, watch, view, catch or understand instead of see. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "the seat within a bishop's diocese where the bishop's cathedral is located".
What is the opposite of see?
WordNet lists no direct antonym for see; the nearest opposites depend on which sense you mean.
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