| envision | | |
| v. (creation) | 1. envision, fancy, figure, image, picture, project, see, visualise, visualize | imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind.; "I can't see him on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a risk in this strategy" |
| ~ realize, see, understand, realise | perceive (an idea or situation) mentally.; "Now I see!"; "I just can't see your point"; "Does she realize how important this decision is?"; "I don't understand the idea" |
| ~ visualise, visualize | form a mental picture of something that is invisible or abstract.; "Mathematicians often visualize" |
| ~ conceive of, envisage, ideate, imagine | form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case.; "Can you conceive of him as the president?" |
| v. (creation) | 2. envision, foresee | picture to oneself; imagine possible.; "I cannot envision him as President" |
| ~ conceive of, envisage, ideate, imagine | form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case.; "Can you conceive of him as the president?" |
| make out | | |
| v. (perception) | 1. discern, distinguish, make out, pick out, recognise, recognize, spot, tell apart | detect with the senses.; "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph" |
| ~ perceive, comprehend | to become aware of through the senses.; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon" |
| ~ resolve | make clearly visible.; "can this image be resolved?" |
| ~ discriminate | distinguish.; "I could not discriminate the different tastes in this complicated dish" |
| v. (communication) | 2. cut, issue, make out, write out | make out and issue.; "write out a check"; "cut a ticket"; "Please make the check out to me" |
| ~ write | communicate or express by writing.; "Please write to me every week" |
| ~ check | write out a check on a bank account. |
| v. (cognition) | 3. make out | comprehend.; "I cannot make out what this politician is saying" |
| ~ understand | know and comprehend the nature or meaning of.; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means" |
| v. (stative) | 4. come, do, fare, get along, make out | proceed or get along.; "How is she doing in her new job?"; "How are you making out in graduate school?"; "He's come a long way" |
| ~ proceed, go | follow a certain course.; "The inauguration went well"; "how did your interview go?" |
| v. (social) | 5. contend, cope, deal, get by, grapple, make do, make out, manage | come to terms with.; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day" |
| ~ act, move | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" |
| ~ extemporize, improvise | manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand.; "after the hurricane destroyed our house, we had to improvise for weeks" |
| ~ fend | try to manage without help.; "The youngsters had to fend for themselves after their parents died" |
| ~ hack, cut | be able to manage or manage successfully.; "I can't hack it anymore"; "she could not cut the long days in the office" |
| ~ rub along, scrape along, scrape by, scratch along, squeak by, squeeze by | manage one's existence barely.; "I guess I can squeeze by on this lousy salary" |
| ~ cope with, match, meet | satisfy or fulfill.; "meet a need"; "this job doesn't match my dreams" |
| v. (contact) | 6. bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with | have sexual intercourse with.; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?" |
| ~ neck, make out | kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion.; "The couple were necking in the back seat of the car" |
| ~ have, take | have sex with; archaic use.; "He had taken this woman when she was most vulnerable" |
| ~ fornicate | have sex without being married. |
| ~ copulate, mate, couple, pair | engage in sexual intercourse.; "Birds mate in the Spring" |
| v. (contact) | 7. make out, neck | kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion.; "The couple were necking in the back seat of the car" |
| ~ smooch, spoon | snuggle and lie in a position where one person faces the back of the others. |
| ~ pet | stroke or caress gently.; "pet the lamb" |
| ~ be intimate, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, lie with, make love, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with, hump, jazz, bed, love, bang, make out, know | have sexual intercourse with.; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve"; "Were you ever intimate with this man?" |
| v. (communication) | 8. complete, fill in, fill out, make out | write all the required information onto a form.; "fill out this questionnaire, please!"; "make out a form" |
| ~ set down, write down, get down, put down | put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.. |
| v. (communication) | 9. make out | imply or suggest.; "Your remarks make me out to be stupid" |
| ~ intimate, suggest | imply as a possibility.; "The evidence suggests a need for more clarification" |
| v. (communication) | 10. make out | try to establish.; "She made out that she know nothing about the crime" |
| ~ claim | assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing.; "He claimed that he killed the burglar" |
| spot | | |
| n. (location) | 1. place, spot, topographic point | a point located with respect to surface features of some region.; "this is a nice place for a picnic"; "a bright spot on a planet" |
| ~ tomb, grave | a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone).; "he put flowers on his mother's grave" |
| ~ junction | the place where two or more things come together. |
| ~ birthplace, place of birth | the place where someone was born. |
| ~ polling place, polling station | a place where voters go to cast their votes in an election. |
| ~ end | one of two places from which people are communicating to each other.; "the phone rang at the other end"; "both ends wrote at the same time" |
| ~ hiding place | a place suitable for hiding something (such as yourself). |
| ~ heights, high | a high place.; "they stood on high and observed the countryside"; "he doesn't like heights" |
| ~ hole-in-the-wall | a small unpretentious out-of-the-way place.; "his office was a hole-in-the-wall" |
| ~ holy, holy place, sanctum | a sacred place of pilgrimage. |
| ~ mecca | a place that attracts many visitors.; "New York is a mecca for young artists" |
| ~ nesting place | a place suitable for nesting. |
| ~ overlook | a high place affording a good view. |
| ~ crest, summit, top, peak, tip, crown | the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill).; "the view from the peak was magnificent"; "they clambered to the tip of Monadnock"; "the region is a few molecules wide at the summit" |
| ~ point | the precise location of something; a spatially limited location.; "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street" |
| ~ rendezvous | a place where people meet.; "he was waiting for them at the rendezvous" |
| ~ scour | a place that is scoured (especially by running water). |
| ~ service area | place on a highway providing garage services and eating and toilet facilities. |
| ~ showplace | a place that is frequently exhibited and visited for its historical interest or natural beauty. |
| ~ solitude | a solitary place. |
| ~ stop | a spot where something halts or pauses.; "his next stop is Atlanta" |
| ~ target area, target | the location of the target that is to be hit. |
| ~ puddle, pool | something resembling a pool of liquid.; "he stood in a pool of light"; "his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines" |
| ~ zone | a locally circumscribed place characterized by some distinctive features. |
| n. (communication) | 2. spot | a short section or illustration (as between radio or tv programs or in a magazine) that is often used for advertising. |
| ~ section, subdivision | a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical).; "he always turns first to the business section"; "the history of this work is discussed in the next section" |
| n. (attribute) | 3. point, spot | an outstanding characteristic.; "his acting was one of the high points of the movie" |
| ~ characteristic | a distinguishing quality. |
| n. (attribute) | 4. blot, daub, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, spot | a blemish made by dirt.; "he had a smudge on his cheek" |
| ~ blemish, mar, defect | a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body).; "a facial blemish" |
| ~ blotch, splodge, splotch | an irregularly shaped spot. |
| ~ fingermark, fingerprint | a smudge made by a (dirty) finger. |
| ~ inkblot | a blot made with ink. |
| n. (attribute) | 5. dapple, fleck, maculation, patch, speckle, spot | a small contrasting part of something.; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red" |
| ~ marking | a pattern of marks. |
| ~ speck, pinpoint | a very small spot.; "the plane was just a speck in the sky" |
| ~ nebula | (pathology) a faint cloudy spot on the cornea. |
| ~ splash | a patch of bright color.; "her red hat gave her outfit a splash of color" |
| ~ worn spot, fret | a spot that has been worn away by abrasion or erosion. |
| ~ plaque | (pathology) a small abnormal patch on or inside the body. |
| ~ macule, macula | a patch of skin that is discolored but not usually elevated; caused by various diseases. |
| ~ mock sun, parhelion, sundog | a bright spot on the parhelic circle; caused by diffraction by ice crystals.; "two or more parhelia are usually seen at once" |
| ~ macula, sunspot | a cooler darker spot appearing periodically on the sun's photosphere; associated with a strong magnetic field. |
| ~ facula | a large bright spot on the sun's photosphere occurring most frequently in the vicinity of sunspots. |
| ~ facula | a bright spot on a planet. |
| n. (communication) | 6. spot | a section of an entertainment that is assigned to a specific performer or performance.; "they changed his spot on the program" |
| ~ section, subdivision | a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical).; "he always turns first to the business section"; "the history of this work is discussed in the next section" |
| n. (artifact) | 7. spot | a business establishment for entertainment.; "night spot" |
| ~ cabaret, night club, nightclub, nightspot, club | a spot that is open late at night and that provides entertainment (as singers or dancers) as well as dancing and food and drink.; "don't expect a good meal at a cabaret"; "the gossip columnist got his information by visiting nightclubs every night"; "he played the drums at a jazz club" |
| ~ clip joint | a place of entertainment where high prices are charged for poor entertainment. |
| ~ hot spot, hotspot | a lively entertainment spot. |
| ~ joint | a disreputable place of entertainment. |
| ~ business establishment, place of business | an establishment (a factory or an assembly plant or retail store or warehouse etc.) where business is conducted, goods are made or stored or processed or where services are rendered. |
| n. (act) | 8. berth, billet, office, place, position, post, situation, spot | a job in an organization.; "he occupied a post in the treasury" |
| ~ job, line of work, occupation, business, line | the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money.; "he's not in my line of business" |
| ~ academicianship | the position of member of an honorary academy. |
| ~ accountantship | the position of accountant. |
| ~ admiralty | the office of admiral. |
| ~ ambassadorship | the post of ambassador. |
| ~ apostleship | the position of apostle. |
| ~ apprenticeship | the position of apprentice. |
| ~ associateship | the position of associate (as in an office or academy). |
| ~ attorneyship | the position of attorney. |
| ~ bailiffship | the office of bailiff. |
| ~ baronetage | the state of a baronet. |
| ~ bishopry, episcopate | the office and dignity of a bishop. |
| ~ cadetship | the position of cadet. |
| ~ caliphate | the office of a caliph. |
| ~ captaincy, captainship | the post of captain. |
| ~ cardinalship | the office of cardinal. |
| ~ chairmanship | the position of chairman. |
| ~ chancellorship | the office of chancellor. |
| ~ chaplaincy, chaplainship | the position of chaplain. |
| ~ chieftaincy, chieftainship | the position of chieftain. |
| ~ clerkship | the job of clerk. |
| ~ commandership, commandery | the position or office of commander. |
| ~ comptrollership | the position of comptroller. |
| ~ consulship | the post of consul. |
| ~ controllership | the position of controller. |
| ~ councillorship, councilorship | the position of council member. |
| ~ counsellorship, counselorship | the position of counselor. |
| ~ curacy | the position of a curate. |
| ~ curatorship | the position of curator. |
| ~ custodianship | the position of custodian. |
| ~ deanship, deanery | the position or office of a dean. |
| ~ directorship | the position of a director of a business concern. |
| ~ discipleship | the position of disciple. |
| ~ editorship | the position of editor. |
| ~ eldership | the office of elder. |
| ~ emirate | the office of an emir. |
| ~ fatherhood | the status of a father. |
| ~ fatherhood | the status of a religious leader. |
| ~ foremanship | the position of foreman. |
| ~ generalcy, generalship | the office and authority of a general. |
| ~ governorship | the office of governor. |
| ~ headship | the position of head. |
| ~ headship | the position of headmaster or headmistress. |
| ~ hot seat | a difficult position where you are subjected to stress and criticism. |
| ~ incumbency | the office of an incumbent. |
| ~ inspectorship | the office of inspector. |
| ~ instructorship | the position of instructor. |
| ~ internship | the position of a medical intern. |
| ~ judgeship, judicature | the position of judge. |
| ~ khanate | the position of a khan. |
| ~ lectureship | the post of lecturer. |
| ~ legateship, legation | the post or office of legate. |
| ~ legislatorship | the office of legislator. |
| ~ librarianship | the position of librarian. |
| ~ lieutenancy | the position of a lieutenant. |
| ~ magistracy, magistrature | the position of magistrate. |
| ~ managership | the position of manager. |
| ~ manhood | the status of being a man. |
| ~ marshalship | the post of marshall. |
| ~ mastership | the position of master. |
| ~ mayoralty | the position of mayor. |
| ~ messiahship | the position of messiah. |
| ~ moderatorship | the position of moderator. |
| ~ overlordship | the position of overlord. |
| ~ pastorship, pastorate | the position of pastor. |
| ~ peasanthood | the state of being a peasant.; "the same homely dress she wore in the days of her peasanthood" |
| ~ plum | a highly desirable position or assignment.; "a political plum" |
| ~ praetorship | the office of praetor. |
| ~ precentorship | the position of precentor. |
| ~ preceptorship | the position of preceptor. |
| ~ prefecture | the office of prefect. |
| ~ prelacy, prelature | the office or station of a prelate. |
| ~ premiership | the office of premier. |
| ~ presidentship, presidency | the office and function of president.; "Andrew Jackson expanded the power of the presidency beyond what was customary before his time" |
| ~ primateship | the office of primate. |
| ~ principalship | the post of principal. |
| ~ priorship | the office of prior. |
| ~ proconsulate, proconsulship | the position of proconsul. |
| ~ proctorship | the position of proctor. |
| ~ professorship, chair | the position of professor.; "he was awarded an endowed chair in economics" |
| ~ protectorship | the position of protector. |
| ~ public office | a position concerning the people as a whole. |
| ~ rabbinate | the office or function of a rabbi. |
| ~ receivership | the office of a receiver. |
| ~ rectorate, rectorship | the office or station of a rector. |
| ~ regency | the office of a regent. |
| ~ residency | the position of physician who is receiving special training in a hospital (usually after completing an internship). |
| ~ rulership | the position of ruler. |
| ~ sainthood | the status and dignity of a saint. |
| ~ secretaryship | the position of secretary. |
| ~ feudal lordship, seigneury, seigniory | the position and authority of a feudal lord. |
| ~ senatorship | the office of senator. |
| ~ sinecure | an office that involves minimal duties. |
| ~ solicitorship | the position of solicitor. |
| ~ speakership | the position of Speaker. |
| ~ stewardship | the position of steward. |
| ~ studentship | the position of student. |
| ~ teachership | the position of teacher. |
| ~ thaneship | the position of thane. |
| ~ throne | the position and power of an exalted person (a sovereign or bishop) who is entitled to sit in a chair of state on ceremonial occasions. |
| ~ treasurership | the position of treasurer. |
| ~ tribuneship | the position of tribune. |
| ~ trusteeship | the position of trustee. |
| ~ vice-presidency | the office and function of a vice president. |
| ~ viceroyship | the position of viceroy. |
| ~ viziership | the position of vizier. |
| ~ wardenship | the position of warden. |
| ~ wardership | the position of warder. |
| ~ womanhood | the status of a woman. |
| n. (state) | 9. spot, touch | a slight attack of illness.; "he has a touch of rheumatism" |
| ~ attack | a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition.; "an attack of diarrhea" |
| n. (quantity) | 10. bit, spot | a small piece or quantity of something.; "a spot of tea"; "a bit of paper"; "a bit of lint"; "I gave him a bit of my mind" |
| ~ small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity | an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude. |
| n. (communication) | 11. pip, spot | a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit). |
| ~ playing card | one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games. |
| ~ marking, mark, marker | a distinguishing symbol.; "the owner's mark was on all the sheep" |
| n. (artifact) | 12. spot, spotlight | a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer. |
| ~ lamp | an artificial source of visible illumination. |
| ~ theater light | any of various lights used in a theater. |
| n. (artifact) | 13. spot | a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value.; "an eight-spot" |
| ~ eight-spot, eight | one of four playing cards in a deck with eight pips on the face. |
| ~ five, five-spot | a playing card or a domino or a die whose upward face shows five pips. |
| ~ four-spot, four | a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows four pips. |
| ~ nine-spot, nine | one of four playing cards in a deck with nine pips on the face. |
| ~ playing card | one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games. |
| ~ seven-spot, seven | one of four playing cards in a deck with seven pips on the face. |
| ~ six-spot, six | a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows six pips. |
| ~ ten-spot, ten | one of four playing cards in a deck with ten pips on the face. |
| n. (act) | 14. blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain | an act that brings discredit to the person who does it.; "he made a huge blot on his copybook" |
| ~ error, fault, mistake | a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention.; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults" |
| v. (perception) | 15. descry, espy, spot, spy | catch sight of. |
| ~ sight, spy | catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes.; "he caught sight of the king's men coming over the ridge" |
| v. (contact) | 16. blemish, spot | mar or impair with a flaw.; "her face was blemished" |
| ~ begrime, bemire, colly, dirty, grime, soil | make soiled, filthy, or dirty.; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!" |
| v. (contact) | 17. blob, blot, fleck, spot | make a spot or mark onto.; "The wine spotted the tablecloth" |
| ~ stain | produce or leave stains.; "Red wine stains the table cloth" |
| ~ change surface | undergo or cause to undergo a change in the surface. |
| ~ splotch | blotch or spot. |
| ~ maculate, tarnish, defile, sully, stain | make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically.; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man" |
| ~ bespeckle, speckle | mark with small spots.; "speckle the wall with tiny yellow spots" |
| ~ bespatter, spatter | spot, splash, or soil.; "The baby spattered the bib with food" |
| v. (change) | 18. spot | become spotted.; "This dress spots quickly" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| ~ freckle | become freckled.; "I freckle easily" |
| ~ fox | become discolored with, or as if with, mildew spots. |
| v. (change) | 19. spot | mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition.; "spot the areas that one should clearly identify" |
| ~ mark | make or leave a mark on.; "the scouts marked the trail"; "ash marked the believers' foreheads" |
| ~ freckle | mark with freckles. |
| ~ dapple, mottle, cloud | colour with streaks or blotches of different shades. |
| view | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. perspective, position, view | a way of regarding situations or topics etc..; "consider what follows from the positivist view" |
| ~ orientation | an integrated set of attitudes and beliefs. |
| ~ bird's eye view, panoramic view | a situation or topic as if viewed from an altitude or distance. |
| ~ futurism | the position that the meaning of life should be sought in the future. |
| ~ cutting edge, forefront, vanguard | the position of greatest importance or advancement; the leading position in any movement or field.; "the Cotswolds were once at the forefront of woollen manufacturing in England"; "the idea of motion was always to the forefront of his mind and central to his philosophy" |
| ~ paradigm | the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time.; "he framed the problem within the psychoanalytic paradigm" |
| ~ light | a particular perspective or aspect of a situation.; "although he saw it in a different light, he still did not understand" |
| ~ sight | a range of mental vision.; "in his sight she could do no wrong" |
| ~ weltanschauung, world view | a comprehensive view of the world and human life. |
| ~ straddle | a noncommittal or equivocal position. |
| n. (cognition) | 2. aspect, panorama, prospect, scene, view, vista | the visual percept of a region.; "the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views" |
| ~ visual percept, visual image | a percept that arises from the eyes; an image in the visual system. |
| ~ background, ground | the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground.; "he posed her against a background of rolling hills" |
| ~ coast | the area within view.; "the coast is clear" |
| ~ exposure | aspect resulting from the direction a building or window faces.; "the studio had a northern exposure" |
| ~ foreground | the part of a scene that is near the viewer. |
| ~ glimpse | a brief or incomplete view.; "from the window he could catch a glimpse of the lake" |
| ~ middle distance | the part of a scene between the foreground and the background. |
| ~ side view | a view from the side of something. |
| ~ tableau | any dramatic scene. |
| n. (act) | 3. sight, survey, view | the act of looking or seeing or observing.; "he tried to get a better view of it"; "his survey of the battlefield was limited" |
| ~ looking, looking at, look | the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually.; "he went out to have a look"; "his look was fixed on her eyes"; "he gave it a good looking at"; "his camera does his looking for him" |
| ~ eyeful | a full view; a good look.; "they wanted to see violence and they got an eyeful" |
| n. (location) | 4. eyeshot, view | the range of the eye.; "they were soon out of view" |
| ~ reach, range | the limits within which something can be effective.; "range of motion"; "he was beyond the reach of their fire" |
| n. (cognition) | 5. opinion, persuasion, sentiment, thought, view | a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty.; "my opinion differs from yours"; "I am not of your persuasion"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?" |
| ~ idea | a personal view.; "he has an idea that we don't like him" |
| ~ judgment, judgement, mind | an opinion formed by judging something.; "he was reluctant to make his judgment known"; "she changed her mind" |
| ~ belief | any cognitive content held as true. |
| ~ eyes | opinion or judgment.; "in the eyes of the law"; "I was wrong in her eyes" |
| ~ parti pris, preconceived idea, preconceived notion, preconceived opinion, preconception, prepossession | an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidence.; "he did not even try to confirm his preconceptions" |
| ~ pole | one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions.; "they are at opposite poles"; "they are poles apart" |
| ~ political sympathies, politics | the opinion you hold with respect to political questions. |
| n. (communication) | 6. opinion, view | a message expressing a belief about something; the expression of a belief that is held with confidence but not substantiated by positive knowledge or proof.; "his opinions appeared frequently on the editorial page" |
| ~ subject matter, content, message, substance | what a communication that is about something is about. |
| ~ adverse opinion | an opinion concerning financial statements (usually based on an audit by a CPA) that the statements as a whole do not present results fairly or are not in conformity with the generally accepted accounting practices of the United States. |
| ~ guess, speculation, supposition, surmisal, surmise, conjecture, hypothesis | a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence. |
| ~ side, position | an opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute.; "there are two sides to every question" |
| n. (cognition) | 7. view | purpose; the phrase `with a view to' means `with the intention of' or `for the purpose of'.; "he took the computer with a view to pawning it" |
| ~ aim, intent, intention, purpose, design | an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions.; "his intent was to provide a new translation"; "good intentions are not enough"; "it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs"; "he made no secret of his designs" |
| n. (artifact) | 8. scene, view | graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept.; "he painted scenes from everyday life"; "figure 2 shows photographic and schematic views of the equipment" |
| ~ graphic art | the arts of drawing or painting or printmaking. |
| ~ depicted object, subject, content | something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation.; "a moving picture of a train is more dramatic than a still picture of the same subject" |
| n. (attribute) | 9. horizon, purview, view | the range of interest or activity that can be anticipated.; "It is beyond the horizon of present knowledge" |
| ~ ambit, range, scope, compass, reach, orbit | an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:.; "the range of a supersonic jet"; "a piano has a greater range than the human voice"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the law"; "in the political orbit of a world power" |
| n. (attribute) | 10. view | outward appearance.; "they look the same in outward view" |
| ~ appearance, visual aspect | outward or visible aspect of a person or thing. |
| v. (cognition) | 11. consider, reckon, regard, see, view | deem to be.; "She views this quite differently from me"; "I consider her to be shallow"; "I don't see the situation quite as negatively as you do" |
| ~ expect | consider reasonable or due.; "I'm expecting a full explanation as to why these files were destroyed" |
| ~ receive | regard favorably or with disapproval.; "Her new collection of poems was not well received" |
| ~ construe, interpret, see | make sense of; assign a meaning to.; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?" |
| ~ reconsider | consider again; give new consideration to; usually with a view to changing.; "Won't you reconsider your decision?" |
| ~ reconsider | consider again (a bill) that had been voted upon before, with a view to altering it. |
| ~ include | consider as part of something.; "I include you in the list of culprits" |
| ~ think, believe, conceive, consider | judge or regard; look upon; judge.; "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be inferior" |
| ~ consider | regard or treat with consideration, respect, and esteem.; "Please consider your family" |
| ~ call | consider or regard as being.; "I would not call her beautiful" |
| ~ like | feel about or towards; consider, evaluate, or regard.; "How did you like the President's speech last night?" |
| ~ relativise, relativize | consider or treat as relative. |
| ~ identify | consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else.; "He identified with the refugees" |
| ~ favor, favour | consider as the favorite.; "The local team was favored" |
| ~ abstract | consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically. |
| ~ reify | consider an abstract concept to be real. |
| ~ idealise, idealize | consider or render as ideal.; "She idealized her husband after his death" |
| ~ deem, take for, view as, hold | keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view.; "take for granted"; "view as important"; "hold these truths to be self-evident"; "I hold him personally responsible" |
| ~ esteem, respect, prise, prize, value | regard highly; think much of.; "I respect his judgement"; "We prize his creativity" |
| ~ disesteem, disrespect | have little or no respect for; hold in contempt. |
| ~ make | consider as being.; "It wasn't the problem some people made it" |
| ~ capitalise, capitalize | consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses. |
| ~ prize, treasure, value, appreciate | hold dear.; "I prize these old photographs" |
| v. (perception) | 12. consider, look at, view | look at carefully; study mentally.; "view a problem" |
| ~ analyse, analyze, examine, study, canvass, canvas | consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning.; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives" |
| ~ contemplate | look at thoughtfully; observe deep in thought.; "contemplate one's navel" |
| ~ groak | look or stare at longingly.; "The dog his master who was eating a sausage" |
| v. (perception) | 13. catch, see, take in, view, watch | see or watch.; "view a show on television"; "This program will be seen all over the world"; "view an exhibition"; "Catch a show on Broadway"; "see a movie" |
| ~ see | perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight.; "You have to be a good observer to see all the details"; "Can you see the bird in that tree?"; "He is blind--he cannot see" |
| ~ watch | look attentively.; "watch a basketball game" |
| ~ visualise, visualize | view the outline of by means of an X-ray.; "The radiologist can visualize the cancerous liver" |
| ~ spectate | be a spectator in a sports event. |
| ~ preview | watch (a movie or play) before it is released to the general public. |
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