Synonyms for watching out
| Grammar : Adj, verb |
| Spell : woch |
| Phonetic Transcription : wɒtʃ |
Top 10 synonyms for watching out Other synonyms for the word watching out
- alert
- all ears
- attend
- avoid
- baby-sit
- be alert
- be aware
- be careful
- be cautious
- be concerned
- be guided by
- be on guard
- be solicitous
- be wary
- bear in mind
- beware
- cagey
- calculating
- canny
- catch
- chary
- check out
- consider
- dig
- discreet
- do one's bidding
- doubting
- follow
- follow orders
- forethoughtful
- get a load of
- gingerly
- give ear
- guard against
- guarded
- handling with kid gloves
- hark
- have a care
- heads up
- hearken
- hedging one's bets
- heedful
- keep an eye out
- keep eye peeled
- keep eyes open
- keep on one's toes
- keep one's distance
- keep tabs
- keeping on one's toes
- listen
- look out
- mark
- mind
- mind one's p's and q's
- mind p's and q's
- mind the store
- note
- notice
- observe
- on guard
- on the lookout
- on the qui vive
- pay attention
- peg
- pick up
- pick up on
- playing it cool
- playing safe
- politic
- provident
- prudent
- pussyfoot
- refrain from
- regard
- ride herd on
- safe
- saving
- scope
- see
- shotgun
- shrewd
- shun
- sit
- size up
- sly
- sparing
- spot
- spy
- stay in line
- steer clear of
- suspicious
- take care
- take heed
- take notice of
- take to heart
- taking it easy
- taking it slow
- tend
- tentative
- thinking twice
- thrifty
- toe the line
- trouble
- unwasteful
- vigilant
- walk on eggs
- walking on eggs
- wary
- watch
- watch one's step
- watch out
- watch over
- watch the store
- watchful
- watching one's step
- watching out
- wide-awake
- with one's eyes peeled
Définition of watching out
Origin :- Old English wæcce "a watching," from wæccan (see watch (v.)). Sense of "sentinel" is recorded from c.1300; that of "person or group officially patroling a town (especially at night) to keep order, etc." is first recorded 1530s. Meaning "period of time in which a division of a ship's crew remains on deck" is from 1580s. Sense of "period into which a night was divided in ancient times" translates Latin vigilia, Greek phylake, Hebrew ashmoreth.
- The Hebrews divided the night into three watches, the Greeks usually into four (sometimes five), the Romans (followed by the Jews in New Testament times) into four. [OED]
- The meaning "small timepiece" is from 1580s, developing from that of "a clock to wake up sleepers" (mid-15c.).
- As in wary : adj careful, cautious
- As in cautious : adj careful, guarded
- As in look out : verb be wary
- As in mind : verb be careful
- As in beware : verb be careful
- As in heed : verb give care, thought to
- And no harm at all, a good ear, when you got to do most of your own watching out.
- Extract from : « Sonnie-Boy's People » by James B. Connolly
- The boys started down one bank, conversing and watching out.
- Extract from : « Ralph on the Engine » by Allen Chapman
- "I thank you, Samana, for watching out over my sleep," spoke Siddhartha.
- Extract from : « Siddhartha » by Herman Hesse
- I've been watching out for you these ten years, to send you to hell with my own hands!
- Extract from : « Duffels » by Edward Eggleston
- The master was watching out, and saw Mr. Chadsey on the pier.
- Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old San Francisco » by Amanda Minnie Douglas
- He asked Joan whether she were watching out for the mystery.
- Extract from : « Joan of the Journal » by Helen Diehl Olds
- I felt you cared for her; I thought you would be up there with her watching out for her!
- Extract from : « Rich Man, Poor Man » by Maximilian Foster
- Every hour I made a round of the ship, watching out sharp for a light.
- Extract from : « Over the Seas for Uncle Sam » by Elaine Sterne
- Besides, he would not suspect that any one was watching out there in the darkness.
- Extract from : « The Vast Abyss » by George Manville Fenn
- If they wanted us, I should think they would be watching out, wouldn't you?
- Extract from : « Dave Porter in the South Seas » by Edward Stratemeyer
Antonyms for watching out
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