overlook

Speech parts

1. overlook - Noun

2. overlook - Verb

Meaning

To look down upon from a place that is over or above; to look over or view from a higher position; to rise above, so as to command a view of; as, to overlook a valley from a hill.

Hence: To supervise; to watch over; sometimes, to observe secretly; as, to overlook a gang of laborers; to overlook one who is writing a letter.

To inspect; to examine; to look over carefully or repeatedly.

To look upon with an evil eye; to bewitch by looking upon; to fascinate.

To look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it; to miss or omit in looking; hence, to refrain from bestowing notice or attention upon; to neglect; to pass over without censure or punishment; to excuse.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

miss neglect omit leave out belvedere front leave pass avoid command drop survey slight dominate ignore
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Antonyms

mark ware earwig raceway process see
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Hypernyms

miss place lose spot survey lie

Hyponyms

jump shadow dwarf forget skip overshadow

Phrases with the word

deliberately overlook

Derivatives

overlooked overlooking

Anagrams

lookover

Examples

Let us not overlook so great a gain. John Chrysostom

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. William James

Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel. Edmund Burke

Much that we call evil is really good in disguises; and we should not quarrel rashly with adversities not yet understood, nor overlook the mercies often bound up in them. Horace Mann

Don't notice the tiny flea in the other person's hair and overlook the lumbering yak on your own nose. Tibetan Proverb

God postpones, he does not overlook. Turkish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

overlogically overlong overlong vowel overlookable overlooked overlooked by