| regard | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. regard, respect | (usually preceded by `in') a detail or point.; "it differs in that respect" |
| ~ detail, item, point | an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole.; "several of the details are similar"; "a point of information" |
| n. (cognition) | 2. attentiveness, heed, paying attention, regard | paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people).; "his attentiveness to her wishes"; "he spends without heed to the consequences" |
| ~ attending, attention | the process whereby a person concentrates on some features of the environment to the (relative) exclusion of others. |
| ~ advertence, advertency | the process of being heedful. |
| n. (communication) | 3. compliments, regard, wish | (usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone's welfare.; "give him my kind regards"; "my best wishes" |
| ~ plural, plural form | the form of a word that is used to denote more than one. |
| ~ greeting, salutation | (usually plural) an acknowledgment or expression of good will (especially on meeting). |
| n. (act) | 4. gaze, regard | a long fixed look.; "he fixed his paternal gaze on me" |
| ~ stare | a fixed look with eyes open wide. |
| n. (state) | 5. esteem, regard, respect | the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded).; "it is held in esteem"; "a man who has earned high regard" |
| ~ honour, honor, laurels | the state of being honored. |
| ~ stature | high level of respect gained by impressive development or achievement.; "a man of great stature" |
| n. (feeling) | 6. regard, respect | a feeling of friendship and esteem.; "she mistook his manly regard for love"; "he inspires respect" |
| ~ affection, affectionateness, philia, warmness, fondness, warmheartedness, tenderness, heart | a positive feeling of liking.; "he had trouble expressing the affection he felt"; "the child won everyone's heart"; "the warmness of his welcome made us feel right at home" |
| n. (cognition) | 7. esteem, regard, respect | an attitude of admiration or esteem.; "she lost all respect for him" |
| ~ attitude, mental attitude | a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings and values and dispositions to act in certain ways.; "he had the attitude that work was fun" |
| ~ estimation, estimate | the respect with which a person is held.; "they had a high estimation of his ability" |
| v. (cognition) | 8. 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) | 9. consider, regard | look at attentively. |
| ~ look | perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards.; "She looked over the expanse of land"; "Look at your child!"; "Look--a deer in the backyard!" |
| v. (stative) | 10. affect, involve, regard | connect closely and often incriminatingly.; "This new ruling affects your business" |
| ~ bear on, concern, have-to doe with, pertain, come to, refer, relate, touch on, touch | be relevant to.; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments" |
| ~ implicate | bring into intimate and incriminating connection.; "He is implicated in the scheme to defraud the government" |
| 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. (perception) | 11. 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) | 12. 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. |
| behold | | |
| v. (perception) | 1. behold, lay eyes on | see with attention.; "behold Christ!" |
| ~ 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" |
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