| monitor | | |
| n. (person) | 1. monitor, proctor | someone who supervises (an examination). |
| ~ invigilator | someone who watches examination candidates to prevent cheating. |
| ~ supervisor | one who supervises or has charge and direction of. |
| n. (person) | 2. admonisher, monitor, reminder | someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided. |
| ~ defender, guardian, protector, shielder | a person who cares for persons or property. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. monitor | an ironclad vessel built by Federal forces to do battle with the Merrimac. |
| ~ vessel, watercraft | a craft designed for water transportation. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. monitor, monitoring device | display produced by a device that takes signals and displays them on a television screen or a computer monitor. |
| ~ computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system | a machine for performing calculations automatically. |
| ~ computer monitor | a device that displays signals on a computer screen. |
| ~ video display, display | an electronic device that represents information in visual form. |
| ~ cathode-ray oscilloscope, cro, oscilloscope, scope | electronic equipment that provides visual images of varying electrical quantities. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. monitor | electronic equipment that is used to check the quality or content of electronic transmissions. |
| ~ electronic equipment | equipment that involves the controlled conduction of electrons (especially in a gas or vacuum or semiconductor). |
| ~ television system, television | a telecommunication system that transmits images of objects (stationary or moving) between distant points. |
| ~ television monitor, tv monitor | monitor used in a studio for monitoring the program being broadcast. |
| n. (artifact) | 6. monitor | a piece of electronic equipment that keeps track of the operation of a system continuously and warns of trouble. |
| ~ cardiac monitor, heart monitor | a piece of electronic equipment for continual observation of the function of the heart. |
| ~ electronic equipment | equipment that involves the controlled conduction of electrons (especially in a gas or vacuum or semiconductor). |
| ~ electronic fetal monitor, electronic foetal monitor, fetal monitor, foetal monitor | an electronic monitor that monitors fetal heartbeat and the mother's uterine contractions during childbirth. |
| n. (animal) | 7. monitor, monitor lizard, varan | any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles. |
| ~ lizard | relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail. |
| ~ genus varanus, varanus | type and sole extant genus of the Varanidae. |
| ~ african monitor, varanus niloticus | destroys crocodile eggs. |
| ~ dragon lizard, giant lizard, komodo dragon, komodo lizard, varanus komodoensis | the largest lizard in the world (10 feet); found on Indonesian islands. |
| v. (perception) | 8. monitor, supervise | keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance.; "we are monitoring the air quality"; "the police monitor the suspect's moves" |
| ~ sleuth, snoop, spy, stag | watch, observe, or inquire secretly. |
| ~ observe | watch attentively.; "Please observe the reaction of these two chemicals" |
| v. (perception) | 9. monitor | check, track, or observe by means of a receiver. |
| ~ observe | watch attentively.; "Please observe the reaction of these two chemicals" |
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