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watch
Overview of noun watch
The noun watch has 6 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (9) watch, ticker -- (a small portable timepiece)
2. (3) watch -- (a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty)
3. (3) watch, vigil -- (a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe)
4. (2) watch -- (the period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty)
5. lookout, lookout man, sentinel, sentry, watch, spotter, scout, picket -- (a person employed to watch for something to happen)
6. vigil, watch -- (the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival))
Overview of verb watch
The verb watch has 7 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)
1. (77) watch -- (look attentively; "watch a basketball game")
2. (64) watch, observe, follow, watch over, keep an eye on -- (follow with the eyes or the mind; "Keep an eye on the baby, please!"; "The world is watching Sarajevo"; "She followed the men with the binoculars")
3. (24) watch, view, see, catch, take in -- (see or watch; "view a show on television"; "This program will be seen all over the world"; "view an exhibition"; "Catch a show on Broadway"; "see a movie")
4. (10) watch, look on -- (observe with attention; "They watched as the murderer was executed")
5. (1) watch, look out, watch out -- (be vigilant, be on the lookout, be on one's guard, be careful; "Watch out for pickpockets!")
6. watch -- (observe or determine by looking; "Watch how the dog chases the cats away")
7. determine, check, find out, see, ascertain, watch, learn -- (find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun watch
6 senses of watch
Sense 1
watch, ticker
=> timepiece, timekeeper, horologe
=> measuring instrument, measuring system, measuring device
=> instrument
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
watch
=> shift, work shift, duty period
=> hours
=> work time
=> time period, period of time, period
=> fundamental quantity, fundamental measure
=> measure, quantity, amount
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
watch, vigil
=> surveillance
=> police work, police investigation
=> investigation, investigating
=> work
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
watch
=> time period, period of time, period
=> fundamental quantity, fundamental measure
=> measure, quantity, amount
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
lookout, lookout man, sentinel, sentry, watch, spotter, scout, picket
=> watchman, watcher, security guard
=> guard
=> defender, guardian, protector, shielder
=> preserver
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
=> organism, being
=> living thing, animate thing
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> causal agent, cause, causal agency
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 6
vigil, watch
=> rite, religious rite
=> religious ceremony, religious ritual
=> ceremony
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun watch
4 of 6 senses of watch
Sense 1
watch, ticker
=> analog watch
=> digital watch
=> hunter, hunting watch
=> pendulum watch
=> pocket watch
=> stem-winder
=> wristwatch, wrist watch
Sense 2
watch
=> dogwatch
=> graveyard watch, middle watch, midwatch, night watch
Sense 3
watch, vigil
=> listening watch, continuous receiver watch
=> spying
Sense 6
vigil, watch
=> wake, viewing
=> agrypnia
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun watch
6 senses of watch
Sense 1
watch, ticker
=> timepiece, timekeeper, horologe
Sense 2
watch
=> shift, work shift, duty period
Sense 3
watch, vigil
=> surveillance
Sense 4
watch
=> time period, period of time, period
Sense 5
lookout, lookout man, sentinel, sentry, watch, spotter, scout, picket
=> watchman, watcher, security guard
Sense 6
vigil, watch
=> rite, religious rite
Antonyms of noun watch
Member Holonyms of noun watch
Substance Holonyms of noun watch
Part Holonyms of noun watch
Member Meronyms of noun watch
Substance Meronyms of noun watch
Part Meronyms of noun watch
1 of 6 senses of watch
Sense 1
watch, ticker
HAS PART: crystal, watch crystal, watch glass
HAS PART: face
HAS PART: movement
HAS PART: watch case
Meronyms of noun watch
1 of 6 senses of watch
Sense 1
watch, ticker
HAS PART: crystal, watch crystal, watch glass
HAS PART: face
HAS PART: movement
HAS PART: watch case
Holonyms of noun watch
Attributes of noun watch
Derived Forms of noun watch
2 of 6 senses of watch
Sense 3
watch, vigil
RELATED TO>(verb) watch#2
=> watch, observe, follow, watch over, keep an eye on
RELATED TO>(verb) watch#3
=> watch, view, see, catch, take in
RELATED TO>(verb) watch#6
=> watch
RELATED TO>(verb) watch#4
=> watch, look on
RELATED TO>(verb) watch#1
=> watch
Sense 5
lookout, lookout man, sentinel, sentry, watch, spotter, scout, picket
RELATED TO>(verb) watch#5
=> watch, look out, watch out
Domain of noun watch
1 of 6 senses of watch
Sense 6
vigil, watch
TOPIC>(noun) religion#1, faith#1, religious belief#1
Domain Terms of noun watch
Familiarity of noun watch
watch used as a noun is common (polysemy count =6)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun watch
6 senses of watch
Sense 1
watch, ticker
> timepiece, timekeeper, horologe
=> atomic clock
=> clock
=> sandglass
=> sundial
=> timer
=> watch, ticker
Sense 2
watch
> shift, work shift, duty period
=> go, spell, tour, turn
=> trick
=> watch
=> day shift
=> evening shift, swing shift
=> night shift, graveyard shift
=> split shift
Sense 3
watch, vigil
> surveillance
=> electronic surveillance
=> watch, vigil
=> stakeout
=> surveillance of disease
Sense 4
watch
> time period, period of time, period
=> trial period, test period
=> time frame
=> hours
=> downtime
=> uptime
=> work time
=> time off
=> bout
=> hospitalization
=> travel time
=> times
=> time
=> elapsed time
=> duration, continuance
=> week, calendar week
=> midweek
=> field day
=> life, lifetime, life-time, lifespan
=> life
=> life
=> millennium, millenary
=> bimillennium, bimillenary
=> occupation
=> past
=> shelf life
=> puerperium
=> lactation
=> time of life
=> calendar day, civil day
=> festival
=> day, daytime, daylight
=> morning, morn, morning time, forenoon
=> night, nighttime, dark
=> night
=> night
=> night
=> eve
=> evening
=> week, hebdomad
=> fortnight, two weeks
=> weekend
=> Indian summer, Saint Martin's summer
=> year
=> school, schooltime, school day
=> year, twelvemonth, yr
=> year
=> semester
=> bimester
=> Olympiad
=> lustrum
=> decade, decennary, decennium
=> century
=> quadrennium
=> quinquennium
=> half-century
=> quarter-century
=> quarter
=> phase of the moon
=> day
=> calendar month, month
=> mid-January
=> mid-February
=> mid-March
=> mid-April
=> mid-May
=> mid-June
=> mid-July
=> mid-August
=> mid-September
=> mid-October
=> mid-November
=> mid-December
=> time limit
=> term
=> trimester
=> hour
=> silly season
=> Golden Age
=> silver age
=> bronze age
HAS INSTANCE=> Bronze Age
=> iron age
HAS INSTANCE=> Iron Age
HAS INSTANCE=> Stone Age
HAS INSTANCE=> Eolithic Age, Eolithic
HAS INSTANCE=> Paleolithic Age, Paleolithic, Palaeolithic
HAS INSTANCE=> Lower Paleolithic
HAS INSTANCE=> Middle Paleolithic
HAS INSTANCE=> Upper Paleolithic
HAS INSTANCE=> Mesolithic Age, Mesolithic, Epipaleolithic
HAS INSTANCE=> Neolithic Age, Neolithic, New Stone Age
=> great year, Platonic year
=> regulation time
=> overtime, extra time
=> season, time of year
=> dog days, canicule, canicular days
=> midwinter
=> season
=> season
=> long time, age, years
=> long run, long haul
=> drought, drouth
=> era, epoch
=> generation
=> prehistory, prehistoric culture
=> reign
=> run
=> youth, early days
=> dawn
=> evening
=> time
=> sleep, nap
=> lease, term of a contract
=> half life, half-life
=> tide, lunar time period
=> phase, stage
=> multistage
=> watch
=> peacetime
=> wartime
=> enlistment, hitch, term of enlistment, tour of duty, duty tour, tour
=> honeymoon
=> indiction
=> prohibition, prohibition era
=> incubation period
=> rainy day
=> novitiate, noviciate
=> flower, prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flush
=> running time
=> period, historic period, historical period
=> clotting time
=> air alert
HAS INSTANCE=> Great Schism
=> question time
=> real time
=> real time
=> study hall
=> usance
=> window
Sense 5
lookout, lookout man, sentinel, sentry, watch, spotter, scout, picket
> watchman, watcher, security guard
=> bank guard
=> fire watcher
=> lookout, lookout man, sentinel, sentry, watch, spotter, scout, picket
=> night watchman
=> patroller
=> portwatcher, port watcher
Sense 6
vigil, watch
> rite, religious rite
=> vigil, watch
=> last rites
=> orgy
=> circumcision
=> liturgy
=> office
Meronyms of noun watch
6 senses of watch
Sense 1
watch, ticker
HAS PART: crystal, watch crystal, watch glass
HAS PART: face
HAS PART: movement
HAS PART: watch case
=> timepiece, timekeeper, horologe
HAS PART: balance wheel, balance
HAS PART: dial
HAS PART: escapement
HAS PART: escape wheel
HAS PART: hairspring
HAS PART: hand
HAS PART: time-ball
=> measuring instrument, measuring system, measuring device
=> instrument
=> device
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Sense 5
lookout, lookout man, sentinel, sentry, watch, spotter, scout, picket
=> watchman, watcher, security guard
=> guard
=> defender, guardian, protector, shielder
=> preserver
=> person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
HAS PART: personality
HAS PART: trait
HAS PART: character, fiber, fibre
HAS PART: thoughtfulness
HAS PART: responsibility, responsibleness
HAS PART: integrity
HAS PART: nature
HAS PART: human body, physical body, material body, soma, build, figure, physique, anatomy, shape, bod, chassis, frame, form, flesh
=> organism, being
HAS SUBSTANCE: tissue
HAS PART: cell
HAS PART: cell membrane, cytomembrane, plasma membrane
HAS PART: energid, protoplast
HAS PART: cytoplasm, cytol
HAS PART: cytoskeleton
HAS PART: microsome
HAS PART: Golgi body, Golgi apparatus, Golgi complex, dictyosome
HAS PART: nucleus, cell nucleus, karyon
HAS PART: nucleolus, nucleole
HAS PART: chromatin, chromatin granule
HAS PART: achromatin
HAS PART: linin
HAS PART: chromosome
HAS PART: nucleolus organizer, nucleolus organiser, nucleolar organizer, nucleolar organiser
HAS PART: gene, cistron, factor
HAS PART: chromatid
HAS PART: centromere, kinetochore
HAS PART: telomere
HAS PART: organelle, cell organelle, cell organ
HAS PART: vacuole
HAS PART: body part
HAS PART: corpus
Holonyms of noun watch
Grep of noun watch
analog watch
continuous receiver watch
day watch
deathwatch
digital watch
dogwatch
graveyard watch
hunting watch
listening watch
middle watch
midwatch
night watch
pendulum watch
pocket watch
stopo watch
stopwatch
swatch
watch
watch bracelet
watch cap
watch case
watch chain
watch crystal
watch fire
watch glass
watch guard
watch key
watch night
watch pocket
watchband
watchdog
watcher
watchfulness
watching
watchmaker
watchman
watchstrap
watchtower
watchword
wrist watch
wristwatch
Antonyms of verb watch
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb watch
7 senses of watch
Sense 1
watch
Sense 2
watch, observe, follow, watch over, keep an eye on
=> check, check up on, look into, check out, suss out, check over, go over, check into
=> analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas
Sense 3
watch, view, see, catch, take in
=> watch
Sense 4
watch, look on
Sense 5
watch, look out, watch out
Sense 6
watch
Sense 7
determine, check, find out, see, ascertain, watch, learn
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb watch
6 of 7 senses of watch
Sense 1
watch
=> witness
=> rubberneck
=> watch, view, see, catch, take in
=> observe
Sense 2
watch, observe, follow, watch over, keep an eye on
=> keep tabs on
=> guard
=> invigilate, proctor
Sense 3
watch, view, see, catch, take in
=> visualize, visualise
=> spectate
=> preview
Sense 4
watch, look on
=> sit by, sit back
Sense 5
watch, look out, watch out
=> beware, mind
=> keep one's eyes peeled, keep one's eyes skinned, keep one's eyes open
=> look after
Sense 7
determine, check, find out, see, ascertain, watch, learn
=> test
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb watch
7 senses of watch
Sense 1
watch
Sense 2
watch, observe, follow, watch over, keep an eye on
=> check, check up on, look into, check out, suss out, check over, go over, check into
Sense 3
watch, view, see, catch, take in
=> watch
Sense 4
watch, look on
Sense 5
watch, look out, watch out
Sense 6
watch
Sense 7
determine, check, find out, see, ascertain, watch, learn
'Cause To' of verb watch
Derived Forms of verb watch
6 of 7 senses of watch
Sense 1
watch
RELATED TO>(noun) watch#3
=> watch, vigil
RELATED TO>(noun) watcher#1
=> spectator, witness, viewer, watcher, looker
Sense 2
watch, observe, follow, watch over, keep an eye on
RELATED TO>(noun) watch#3
=> watch, vigil
Sense 3
watch, view, see, catch, take in
RELATED TO>(noun) watch#3
=> watch, vigil
Sense 4
watch, look on
RELATED TO>(noun) watcher#1
=> spectator, witness, viewer, watcher, looker
RELATED TO>(noun) watch#3
=> watch, vigil
RELATED TO>(noun) watching#1
=> observation, observance, watching
Sense 5
watch, look out, watch out
RELATED TO>(noun) watcher#2
=> watchman, watcher, security guard
RELATED TO>(noun) watch#5
=> lookout, lookout man, sentinel, sentry, watch, spotter, scout, picket
Sense 6
watch
RELATED TO>(noun) watch#3
=> watch, vigil
Domain of verb watch
Domain Terms of verb watch
Familiarity of verb watch
watch used as a verb is common (polysemy count =7)
Sample Sentences of verb watch
7 senses of watch
Sense 1
watch
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 2
watch, observe, follow, watch over, keep an eye on
EX: The children watch the ball
Sense 3
watch, view, see, catch, take in
EX: Sam and Sue watch the movie
Sense 4
watch, look on
*> Somebody ----s
=> Somebody ----s something
Sense 5
watch, look out, watch out
EX: The men watch the area for animals
EX: The men watch for animals in the area
Sense 6
watch
*> Somebody ----s whether INFINITIVE
Sense 7
determine, check, find out, see, ascertain, watch, learn
EX: They watch whether there was a traffic accident
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb watch
2 of 7 senses of watch
Sense 2
watch, observe, follow, watch over, keep an eye on
> check, check up on, look into, check out, suss out, check over, go over, check into
=> watch, observe, follow, watch over, keep an eye on
Sense 3
watch, view, see, catch, take in
> watch
=> witness
=> rubberneck
=> watch, view, see, catch, take in
=> observe
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb watch
Sense 1
watch
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Sense 2
watch, observe, follow, watch over, keep an eye on
=> check, check up on, look into, check out, suss out, check over, go over, check into
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Sense 3
watch, view, see, catch, take in
=> watch
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Sense 4
watch, look on
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Sense 5
watch, look out, watch out
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Sense 6
watch
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Sense 7
determine, check, find out, see, ascertain, watch, learn
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Grep of verb watch
birdwatch
stand watch
watch
watch out
watch over
Grep of adj watch
watchful
Grep of adv watch
watchfully
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