LOOKING AFTER Synonyms: 67 Similar and Opposite Words

looking after

phrase

present participle of look after

as in looking to

to attend to the needs and comforts of She didn't have many patients to look after and so they each received a lot of attention.

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as in supervising

to take charge of especially on behalf of another With so many children to look after they had to call in another caregiver.

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Recent Examples of looking after Her body was found on the third floor, outside the apartment of her grandmother, who was looking after her that day. — CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026 During our visit, a neighbor is looking after Whisky, while Mathilda pops over to a friend’s house to play. — Amira Hashish, Architectural Digest, 7 Oct. 2026 Time spent with an app cannot discern this, because seeking comfort from an app and looking after an app that claims to miss you can look very similar. — Pascal Vrticka, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2026 Officials and staff from the Bahrain International Circuit (BIC) are overseeing the running of the race and looking after the media. — Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026 Mistruths about bed sores usually come from the ward doctors who are looking after a patient awaiting a bed in a care home. — Alicja Turczyk, The Dial, 29 Sep. 2026 Would that, for example, involve looking after Meghan in the United States? — Janelle Ash , Ashley Papa , Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026 An experienced employee shouldn’t have to choose between years of dedication to their job and looking after their aging parents. — Scott Parrish, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026 Launched in 2010 by Alaa Karkouti and Maher Diab, MAD Solutions is known for its expertise in marketing and distributing Arab films, as well as for looking after Middle East and North African talents under its MAD Celebrity banner. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for looking after

doing for

Phrase

Tonight, Wasserman offered clarification as to what Rice will be doing for the Olympics as well as praised the smooth-operator executive.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
The ones who skip it typically find out the hard way how much invisible work the parent company’s infrastructure was doing for them.

— Miki Kapoor, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026

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looking (at)

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