watch

Fetched 2026-10-28 (live).

Synonyms: batch, witch, match, patch, catch, hatch, swatch, latch, natch, ratch, gatch

Antonyms: batch, witch, match, patch, catch, hatch, swatch, latch, natch, ratch, gatch

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Noun

1. A portable or wearable timepiece.
   • More people today carry a watch on their wrists than in their pockets; some people today don't use a watch at all, because their smartphone serves the purpose well enough.
   • He set the alarm on his watch to 8:00 am.
2. The act of guarding and observing someone or something.
3. A particular time period when guarding is kept.
   • The second watch of the night began at midnight.
4. A period of wakefulness between the two sleeps of a biphasic sleep pattern (the dead sleep or first sleep and morning sleep or second sleep): the first waking.
5. A person or group of people who guard.
   • The watch stopped the travelers at the city gates.
6. The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.
7. A group of sailors and officers aboard a ship or shore station with a common period of duty: starboard watch, port watch.
8. A period of time on duty, usually four hours in length; the officers and crew who tend the working of a vessel during the same watch. (FM 55–501).
9. The act of seeing, or viewing, for a period of time.
10. A group of nightingales.

Verb

1. To look at, see, or view for a period of time.
   • Watching the clock will not make time go faster.
   • I'm tired of watching TV.
2. To observe over a period of time; to notice or pay attention.
   • Watch this!
   • Put a little baking soda in some vinegar and watch what happens.
3. To mind, attend, or guard.
   • Please watch my suitcase for a minute.
   • He has to watch the kids that afternoon.
4. To be wary or cautious of.
   • You should watch that guy. He has a reputation for lying.
5. To attend to dangers to or regarding.
   • watch your head; watch your step
   • Watch yourself when you talk to him.
   • Watch what you say.
6. To remain awake with a sick or dying person; to maintain a vigil.
7. To be vigilant or on one's guard.
   • For some must watch, while some must sleep: So runs the world away.
8. To act as a lookout.
9. To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place.
10. To be awake.
11. To be on the lookout for; to wait for expectantly.

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