Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| acknowne | (Shakesp.) confessedly cognizant. |
| advew | (Spenser) to view. |
| aftereye | (Shakesp.) to gaze after. |
| aftersensation | an afterimage. |
| airscape | a view of earth from eg an aircraft. |
| apercu | (Fr.) a glimpse; an intuitive insight. |
| apparition | an unusual or unexpected sight. |
| apparitional | of or like an apparition. |
| aspect | an appearance; (verb, obs.) to look at or for. |
| autoptical | based on personal observation, as autoptic testimony. |
| autoptically | (Adv.) AUTOPTICAL, seen with one's own eyes. |
| avise | (Obs.) to advise. |
| avizefull | (Spenser) watchful. |
| begaze | to gaze at. |
| behold | to view. |
| beholder | one that beholds. |
| belgard | (Spenser) a fair or kind look. |
| besee | (Obs.) to see, look. |
| bopeep | a child's peeping game, aka peekaboo. |
| browse | to look at casually. |
| circumspective | looking around; wary. |
| cosmorama | a view of different parts of the world. |
| cosmoramic | of or pertaining to a cosmorama. |
| cyclorama | a circular panorama. |
| cycloramic | of or like a cyclorama, a circular panorama. |
| decern | in Scots law, to judge, decree. |
| decko | (Sl.) a look; (verb) to take a look. |
| dekko | (Sl.) a look; (verb) to take a look. |
| descrier | one who descries. |
| descry | to discern, detect. |
| discern | to perceive. |
| discernable | that can be discerned. |
| discernably | (Adv.) DISCERNABLE, that can be discerned. |
| discernible | that can be discerned. |
| discernibly | (Adv.) DISCERNIBLE, that can be discerned. |
| discerning | discriminating. |
| discerningly | (Adv.) DISCERNING. |
| envision | to envisage. |
| espier | one who espies. |
| espy | to catch sight of. |
| examine | to inspect. |
| eye | the organ of sight ) EEN, EINE, EYNE, (US) EYEN; (verb) to look at carefully |
| eyeable | able to be eyed. |
| eyeball | the ball of the eye; (verb) to look closely at. |
| eyebeam | a glance of the eye. |
| eyer | one who eyes. |
| eyeshot | the range of the eye; as, to be out of eyeshot. |
| eyesight | the ability to see. |
| eyewink | (Shakesp.) a wink of the eye. |
| farseeing | seeing a long way. |
| farsighted | seeing or able to see to a great distance. |
| farsightedly | (Adv.) FARSIGHTED, seeing or able to see to a great distance. |
| foresee | to see in advance. |
| foreseeingly | (Adv.) FORESEEING, seeing in advance. |
| foreseen | (PaP.) FORESEE, to see in advance. |
| gaup | to stare and gape. |
| gawk | a person who is awkward or ungainly, esp from tallness or shyness (verb) to stare and gape |
| gawker | one who gawks. |
| gawp | to stare and gape. |
| gawper | one who gawps. |
| gaze | an intent look (verb) to look intently |
| gazeful | (Spenser) gazing. |
| gazement | (Spenser) a stare, look. |
| gazer | one who gazes. |
| gazy | given to gazing. |
| glance | a quick look; (verb) to look quickly ) YGLAUNST. |
| glancer | one who glances. |
| glancingly | (Adv.) GLANCING. |
| glee | mirth, joy; (verb, Scots) to squint. |
| gley | (Scots) to squint. |
| glimpse | a brief sighting; (verb) to see for an instant. |
| glimpser | one who glimpses. |
| glisk | (Scots) a glimpse. |
| gorm | (ON) a smear, a daub (verb) to stare vacantly or handle in a clumsy manner |
| gorp | to stare and gape. |
| hindsight | the ability or opportunity to understand and explain an event after it has happened. |
| impercipient | not percipient. |
| impercipiently | (Adv.) IMPERCIPIENT, unperceptive. |
| inspect | to look carefully at or over. |
| inspectingly | (Adv.) INSPECTING. |
| introspect | to look inwards. |
| invisible | that cannot be seen (noun) an invisible export |
| invisibly | (Adv.) INVISIBLE, that cannot be seen. |
| keek | to glance; to peep. |
| keeker | someone who looks, spec. an inspector of coal; a black eye. |
| kenspeck | (Scots) obvious, conspicuous. |
| kenspeckle | (Scots) obvious, conspicuous. |
| look | to use one's eyes in seeing. |
| looker | one that looks. |
| lookout | one engaged in keeping watch. |
| megascopic | visible to the naked eye. |
| megascopically | (Adv.) MEGASCOPIC, visible to the naked eye. |
| notice | an announcement, a placard; (verb) to become aware of. |
| noticer | one who notices. |
| observable | that can be observed. |
| observably | (Adv.) OBSERVABLE, that can be observed. |
| observant | carefully attentive (noun) a person who observes a law, custom etc |
| observantly | (Adv.) OBSERVANT, carefully attentive. |
| observator | one who observes or takes notice. |
| observe | to look attentively. |
| observer | one that observes. |
| observingly | (Adv.) OBSERVING. |
| ocular | perceived by the eye (noun) the eyepiece of an optical instrument |
| ocularly | (Adv.) OCULAR, depending on, or perceived by, the eye. |
| onlooker | a spectator. |
| onlooking | watching. |
| optical | pertaining to sight. |
| outgaze | to gaze beyond. |
| outpeep | to surpass in peeping. |
| outsee | to see beyond. |
| outsight | the power of seeing external things. |
| outstare | to surpass in staring. |
| outwatch | to exceed in watching. |
| overeye | to survey, overview. |
| overglance | to glance over. |
| overlook | to fail to notice. |
| overpeer | to look down on, tower over. |
| oversee | to watch over and direct. |
| overseen | (PaP.) OVERSEE, to watch over and direct. |
| overstare | to outstare. |
| overwatch | to watch too much. |
| panoptic | all-embracing; viewing all aspects. |
| panoptical | all-embracing; viewing all aspects. |
| panoptically | (Adv.) PANOPTICAL, viewing all aspects. |
| panorama | a wide or complete view. |
| panoramic | relating to a panorama, a wide or complete view. |
| panoramically | (Adv.) PANORAMIC, relating to a panorama, a wide or complete view. |
| peek | a quick or furtive look; (verb) to look furtively or quickly. |
| peekabo | a child's peeping game. |
| peekaboo | a child's peeping game. |
| peep | a quck look; (verb) to take a quick look. |
| peephole | a hole through which one may look without being seen. |
| peer | a nobleman, an equal; (verb) to look narrowly or searchingly. |
| perceivable | able to be perceived. |
| perceivably | (Adv.) PERCEIVABLE, able to be perceived. |
| perceive | to become aware of through the senses. |
| perceiver | one who perceives. |
| perceptible | able to be perceived. |
| perceptibly | (Adv.) PERCEPTIBLE, able to be perceived. |
| perception | a result of perceiving. |
| perceptional | relating to perception. |
| percipience | the state of being percipient. |
| percipiency | the state of being percipient. |
| percipient | perceiving; perceptive (noun) one who perceives |
| percipiently | (Adv.) PERCIPIENT, perceiving. |
| periscopic | viewing all around, or on all sides. |
| periscopically | (Adv.) PERISCOPIC, viewing all around, or on all sides. |
| perusal | the act of perusing. |
| peruse | to read. |
| peruser | one who peruses. |
| photism | a hallucinatory sensation of light; a visual synaesthesia. |
| prereview | to review in advance. |
| prevision | foresight; (verb) to foresee. |
| previsional | showing prevision, foresight. |
| previsionary | relating to prevision, foresight. |
| prevue | (US) to preview. |
| recco | (Coll.) a reconnoitre. |
| reexamine | to examine again. |
| regard | a look; esteem; (verb) to look upon with a particular feeling. |
| regarder | one who regards. |
| reinspect | to inspect again. |
| relook | to look again. |
| reobserve | to observe again. |
| reperusal | a second or repeated perusal. |
| reperuse | to peruse again. |
| resee | to see again. |
| reseed | to seed again. |
| resight | to sight again. |
| scan | to examine closely. |
| scerne | (Arch.) to discern. |
| scope | a visual display unit; (verb) to examine using a scope. |
| scrutinise | to examine closely and minutely. |
| scrutiniser | one who scrutinises. |
| scrutinisingly | (Adv.) SCRUTINISING. |
| scrutinize | to examine closely and minutely. |
| scrutinizer | one who scrutinizes. |
| scrutinizingly | (Adv.) SCRUTINIZING. |
| scrutiny | a close examination. |
| search | to look through or over carefully in order to find something. |
| searcher | one that searches. |
| see | to perceive by the eye. |
| seeable | able to be seen. |
| seek | to go in search of. |
| seeker | one that seeks. |
| seemingly | (Adv.) SEEMING, apparent. |
| seen | (PaP.) SEE, to perceive by the eye. |
| seer | a prophet. |
| sensate | felt through the senses (verb) to apprehend through the senses |
| sensately | (Adv.) SENSATE, perceived through the senses. |
| seruewe | (Spenser) to surview. |
| servewe | (Spenser) to surview. |
| shufti | (Coll.) a look, a dekko. |
| shufty | (Coll.) a look, a dekko. |
| sicht | (Scots) sight; (verb) to sight. |
| sight | the faculty of seeing; (verb) to observe or notice. |
| sightline | a line of sight. |
| sightsee | to view tourist attractions. |
| sightseer | one who sightsees. |
| sken | (Dial.) to squint or stare. |
| skyscape | a view of the sky. |
| spectate | to attend and view. |
| spectator | an onlooker. |
| spectatorial | of or like a spectator. |
| spectatorship | the office of spectator. |
| spectatress | a female spectator. |
| spectatrix | a female spectator. |
| spottable | that can be spotted. |
| spy | a secret agent employed to watch; (verb) to watch secretly ) SPIDE. |
| spyhole | a peephole. |
| squinny | squinting (verb) to squint, look askance |
| squiz | (Aust. sl.) a quick, close look. |
| stare | a fixed look; (verb) to gaze fixedly. |
| starer | one who stares. |
| staringly | (Adv.) STARING. |
| stereopsis | stereoscopic or three-dimensional vision. |
| stime | (Scots) to peer. |
| styme | (Scots) to peer. |
| subitise | to perceive number of items in a group without counting. |
| subitize | to perceive number of items in a group without counting. |
| subvisible | below the threshold of visibility. |
| surveil | to observe, keep under surveillance. |
| surveillance | (Fr.) a watch kept over someone or something, esp over a criminal. |
| surveille | to observe, keep under surveillance. |
| survey | to determine the boundaries, area, or elevations of by measuring angles and distances. |
| surveyal | the act of surveying. |
| surview | to survey, look over. |
| townscape | a view of a town; (verb) to design a town. |
| transpicuous | easily understood or seen through. |
| transpicuously | (Adv.) TRANSPICUOUS, easily understood or seen through. |
| tweer | a nozzle for a blast of air; (verb, obs.) to peer. |
| underpeep | (Shakesp.) to peep under. |
| undiscerned | not discerned. |
| undiscernedly | (Adv.) UNDISCERNED, not discerned. |
| undiscernible | incapable of being discerned. |
| undiscernibly | (Adv.) UNDISCERNIBLE, incapable of being discerned. |
| unespied | not espied. |
| ungazed | not gazed (at or upon). |
| ungazing | not gazing. |
| unregarding | not regarding. |
| unsee | to (deliberately) fail to see. |
| unseeable | that cannot be seen. |
| unsight | to prevent from seeing. |
| unsightedly | (Adv.) UNSIGHTED. |
| unspide | (Spenser) unobserved. |
| unspied | not spied. |
| unviewed | not viewed. |
| unwatched | not watched. |
| upgaze | to look up. |
| uplook | to look or gaze up. |
| upstare | to gaze upwards. |
| veduta | (Ital.) a panoramic view of a town > VEDUTE, VEDUTAS. |
| vide | (Lat.) see. |
| videndum | (Lat.) a thing to be seen. |
| view | a prospect, scene (verb) to look at |
| viewable | that can be viewed. |
| viewer | one that views. |
| viewless | offering no view. |
| viewlessly | (Adv.) VIEWLESS, offering no view. |
| viewpoint | a place offering a good view. |
| visibility | the state of being visible. |
| visible | able to be seen (noun) a visible thing |
| visibleness | the state of being visible. |
| visibly | (Adv.) VISIBLE, able to be seen. |
| visie | (Scots) a close or careful look; (verb) to take a close look. |
| vision | the act or faculty of seeing; (verb) to see, perceive. |
| visioner | a visionary. |
| visioning | the act of seeing visions. |
| vista | (Ital.) a view, prospect; (verb) to make into, or see into, vistas. |
| vistal | of or like a vista. |
| vistaless | without a vista. |
| visto | (Obs.) a vista, a prospect. |
| visual | related to sight (noun) something visual |
| visualise | to call up a clear visual image. |
| visualist | a visualizer, a visile. |
| visuality | (Carlyle) the state of being visible to the mind. |
| visualize | to call up a clear visual image. |
| visually | (Adv.) VISUAL, related to sight. |
| vizy | (Scots) a close or careful look; (verb) to take a close look. |
| vizzie | (Scots) a close or careful look; (verb) to take a close look. |
| watch | to observe carefully. |
| watchable | worth watching; (noun) something worth watching. |
| watcher | one that watches. |
| watchful | closely observant or alert. |
| watchfully | (Adv.) WATCHFUL, alert. |
| watchout | the act of keeping a look out for something. |
| witness | to see or know by personal experience. |
| witnesser | one who witnesses. |