overlook

Meaning

Noun

A vista or point that gives a view down toward something else.

Verb

1. To offer a view (of something) from a higher position.
2. To fail to notice; to look over and beyond (anything) without seeing it.
3. To pretend not to have noticed (something, especially a mistake or flaw); to pass over (something) without censure or punishment.
4. To look down upon from above or from a higher location.
5. (archaic) To supervise, oversee; to watch over.
6. (archaic) To observe or watch (someone or something) surreptitiously or secretly.
7. (archaic) To inspect (something); to examine; to look over carefully or repeatedly.
8. (archaic) To look upon with an evil eye; to bewitch by looking upon; to fascinate.

Synonyms

ignore

disregard

neglect

miss

omit

leave out

let pass

forget

skip

pardon

command

dominate

pass over

condone

connive

overtop

forgive

pretermit

superintend

tolerate

carelessness

connive at

remit

drop

let through

supervision

fail

inspect

look out over

slight

oversight

disdain

overleap

lose sight of

supervise

look across

oversee

control

look out on

excuse

fail to notice

proctor

profane

prove

renounce

scenic overlook

scorn

sit up

slip

stay up

superintendence

thoughtless

set at nought

trifle

vantage

view

viewpoint

violate

visit

watch over

be inattentive

give onto

make way for

pay no attention to

turn a blind eye to

zanedbávat

show mercy to

fail to recognize

fail to recognise

command a view of

look down on something

rise above

tower over

leave at large

let go by

police

👮

refuse to recognize

pay no heed

be remiss

keep out of the business

condome

Canavalia ensiformis

gotani beans

jack beans

owens beans

surveil

failure to notice

failure to see

neglet

search

not take account of

abjure

absolve

abstain from

careless

connivance

consider

continue

cover

despise

direct

dislike

dismiss

disparage

exclude

exempt

face

go beyond

guard

💂

guide

horse bean

inattentiveness

infringe

inspection

instruct

investigation

invigilate

keep

look after

look down

lookout

look over

monitor

negligence

negligent

overpass

pass

pass by

persist in

probate

procrastinate

Translations

négliger

übersehen

verzaken

uitlaten

verpassen

laisser passer

überblicken

nalaten

omettre

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈəʊ.vəˌlʊk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: overloken

In summary

From Middle English overloken; equivalent to over- + look.