LOOK ON Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

look on

verb

Definition of look on

as in to look

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Recent Examples of look on Ferrell tried to look on the upside of his financial reality. — Saige Miller, NPR, 23 Oct. 2026 Rosalía became the most recent celebrity to embrace the bra top trend in a Tom Ford by Haider Ackermann look on Thursday night at the 2026 Billboard Latin Music Awards in Miami. — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026 While text, line drawings, and menu elements are very sharp, there are limits to how good complex graphical content can look on the grayscale display. — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 21 Oct. 2026 Feathers were among the night’s trends, and the look on Biel was equal parts fun, sleek and glamorous. — Laurie Brookins, HollywoodReporter, 18 Oct. 2026 Styled by Law Roach, who shared details about the archival look on X, Kardashian wore a dreamy strapless Balenciaga gown from 1951. — Meg Walters, InStyle, 18 Oct. 2026 The photograph shows two men carrying a body as two others look on. — Aniruddha Ghosal, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026 During a seemingly regular day at camp, Jason swims too far and drowns as the other campers and staff look on helplessly. — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026 Virtual try-ons are powered by AI software that lets shoppers see how clothing, glasses or jewelry will look on them before buying, and the market is projected to more than quintuple by the end of the decade. — Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for look on

Verb

The hopeful part is the part where the people who are dealing with the consequences of that look toward their community, look toward their friends, look toward the people around them for support, for help, for unity—all of those sorts of things.

— Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2026
Only two decades ago, my family looked West for a treatment for my grandmother that was unavailable in China.

— Ruby Wang, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of look

Verb

Nakira’s mug shot showed a young Black woman with dark hair gathered at the nape of her neck, green eyes staring intently into the camera.

— Anja Aronowsky Cronberg, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026
The Royals were out of the AL Central race by August and staring at another losing season.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of stare

Verb

Scoring the best view For optimal sky-gazing, Petro suggested finding a place free of obstruction from trees or buildings, such as a large field.

— Dharma Niles, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026
The fact that Drew still gazed upon my more than half-a-century-old, decidedly not-hot physique with love and desire was a marvel and a gift.

— Diana Daniele, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of gaze

Verb

The trailer begins with Pegg, who plays serial killer anesthetist Jason Nash, peering at a screen as a Channel 4 news story reports that the new identity of his former girlfriend and accomplice, a nurse named Alice Bell, has surfaced online.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2026
Looking at his work is like peering through a series of conjoined windows that lead to different times, spaces and bodily states.

— Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of peer

Verb

These same companies continue to kill the clean energy that is not only cheaper, but try to side-step their glaring responsibility for the increasing cascade of climate disasters.

— Tom Tapp, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2026
The possibilities suggested by the compelling title are only hinted at when Jason glares at a group of street urchins.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of glare

Verb

There, in these gaping anaerobic middens, their bones mummify.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
After submerging himself, Jay gets entangled in the tentacles of a giant squid, and that’s when the whale, who feeds on squid, pulls both Jay and the squid into his oversize gaping mouth.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026