look

UK [lɵk] · /lʊk/

Etymology From Middle English loken, lokien, from Old English lōcian, from Proto-West Germanic *lōkōn. Further origin unknown, no certain cognates outside Germanic. Cognate with Scots luke, luik, leuk (“to look, see”), West Frisian lôkje, loaitsje (“to look”), Dutch loeken (“to look”), German Low German löken. Likely also related to German lugen (“to peek”), Alemannic German luege (“to look”), Yiddish לוגן (lugn).

Synonyms

behold, clock, look, geek, kool, regard, squizz, take a butcher's, take a dekko, take a gander, vada, viddy, view

Derived terms

136 terms

look about, look after, look ahead, look ahead to, look around, look askance, look at, look at me, look-at-me, look away, look back, look down, look down on, look down upon, look for, look forward, look forward to, look in on, look into, look it, look on, look out, look out for, look over, look past, look round, look-say, look through, look through one's fingers, look to, look up, look upon, look up to, a cat can look at a king, a cat may look at a king, as soon as look at someone, belook, does someone look like, don't look a gift horse in the mouth, don't look at me, don't look now, forelook, lookability, lookable, look a fright, look ahere, look alike, lookalike, look-alike, look alive, look as if one had lost a shilling and found sixpence, look as if one has been dragged through a hedge backwards, look as if one has lost a shilling and found sixpence, look at it this way, look at oneself in the mirror, look at you, look before one leaps, look before you leap, look beyond, look beyond the end of one's nose, look beyond the tip of one's nose, look both ways, look daggers, look down one's nose, lookee, looker, look for a dog to kick, look for number one, look for trouble, look here, look in the face, lookit, look like, look like a bomb has hit it, look like one swallowed a bug, look like something the cat brought in, look like something the cat dragged in, look like something the cat's dragged in, look like who did it and ran, look like who did it and ran away, look lively, look off, look on as, look one's age, look one's best, look oneself, look on the black side, look on the bright side, look on the bright side of it, look on the dark side, look on the dark side of it, look on the gloomy side, look on the positive side, look-out book, look out for number one, look out for Number One, lookout, look-out, look over one's shoulder, look past the end of one's nose, look past the tip of one's nose, look-see, look sharp, look shy, look snappy, look someone in the eye, look the other way, look the part, look through rose-colored glasses, look through rose-tinted glasses, look under rocks, look up and down, look what the cat dragged in, look what the cat drug in, look what the cat's brought in, look what the cat's dragged in, look what the wind blew in, look who's talking, look who the cat dragged in, look you, made you look, mislook, never look a gift horse in the mouth, no-look, not look a day over, not much to look at, onlooker, outlook, outward-looking, overlook, relook, underlook, uplook, what am I looking at, you don't look at the mantelpiece when you poke the fire, you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire

Related terms

eye

Hypernyms

examine, get a load of, observe, pay attention, see

Hyponyms

look over, luster, lustrate, overlook, survey

Troponyms

glance, peer, rubberneck, scan, stare