Reverse Dictionary: OBSERVE

ADJECTIVES
► ABER sharp-sighted; keenly observant; watchful → 1908 Sc.
► ADVISIVE observant, prudent → 1436 obs.
► ARMCHAIR removed from the action; said of an observer who acts as if he is a participant → 1955 US sl.
► EYEFUL observant, vigilant; later, careful → 1594 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► MARKING observing, observant → 1577-87 obs.
► NARROW-EYED observing closely → 1599 obs.
► OBSERVATICAL pert. to (scientific) observation; observational → 1703 obs.
► OBSERVATIVE 1. worthy of observation; observable → 1608 obs.
2. pert. to observation; observant, attentive, heedful → 1611
► OCCULATE possessed of eyes or sight; sharp-sighted; observant → 1615 obs.
► OCULATE possessed of eyes or sight; observant, sharp-sighted → 1549 obs.
► PALPABLE readily perceived by some one of the other senses, as the sight, hearing, etc.; perceptible; plainly observable, noticeable → c1430
► PERCEIVANT perceiving, observant, observing, understanding → c1400 obs.

ADVERBS
► OBSERVANTIALLY with careful observance obs.

NOUNS
► NOTANDUM an entry of something to be specially noted; a thing to be noticed or observed; a memorandum → 1685
► OBSERVAL the act of observing; observation; observance → a1734 obs.
► OBSERVANDUM something to be observed or noted → 1704

NOUNS – PERSON
► BIG EYE an especially observant, cautious person → 1992 sl.  (Bk.)
► BIRD DOG a watcher, an observer → 1952 US sl.
► EAGLE-EYE an observer or lookout → 1945 Amer. jocular usage
► EYER a person who looks or sees someone or something; an observer; chiefly literary and poetic usage → 1611
► FLY ON THE WALL an unperceived observer; one who is able to overhear discussions, etc., without being observed or involved → 1949
► KEEKER one who watches or pries; a surreptitious observer of others; a peeping Tom → 1892 Sc.
► MARKER one who notes or observes → c1550 obs.
► OBSERVATOR 1. one who marks, notes, or makes observations; formerly a frequent name for a newspaper or pamphlet, and often applied to the editor or writer → 1642 obs.
2. ​one who makes a verbal observation → 1660 obs.
► OBSERVATRIX a female observer → 1653 obs.
► OBSERVIST one who makes observation his business → 1827
► OCULIST one who has good eyes, or uses them well; a sharp-sighted or observant person → 1660 obs.
► PERCEIVERANT a person who perceives something; an observer → 1517 obs.
► SHOWER a person who looks out or observes; an observer; a scout; a watchman; also, a person who makes an inspection or examination of something → a1225 obs.
► WAITER one who watches or observes closely; one who is on the lookout → 1382 obs.

PHRASES
► QUICK THINKING, BATMAN used for a humorous, if sarcastic, response to another’s observation or conclusion → 1968 US sl.

VERBS
► ADNOTE to note, to remark, to observe → 1558 obs.
► ADVERT to turn the attention to; to take note of; to observe, to note, to heed; to consider, to think of a thing → 1430
► ADVERTISE to notice, to observe a thing → c1430 obs.
► ADVISE to look at, to view, to observe, to consider, to watch; also, to watch for → 1297 obs.
► BE ALL EYES to watch attentively; to be keenly observant; to be alert and vigilant → a1616
► BEAM to stare at or observe closely → 1994 African-American sl.
► CASE to watch; to observe; to scrutinize → 1914 criminals’ sl.  (Bk.)
► CLOCK to look at, watch, observe, notice → M20 sl.
► COGNIZE to take note of, to notice, to observe; to know or perceive, to recognize → 1821
► EAGLE-EYE to observe and evaluate closely; to scrutinize → 1964 Amer. sl.
► GET ON TO to look at; to notice; to observe appreciatively or critically → 1882 US sl.
► KEEP to take in with the eyes, ears, or mind; to take note of, to behold, to observe → c1000 obs.
► KEEP NIT to keep watch, be observant → 1903 Aust. sl.
► KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED to be extra-observant → 1833 US sl.
► KEEP YOUR EYES SKINNED to be extra-observant → 1810s US sl.
► KEEP YOW to keep watch, be observant → 1942 Aust. sl.
► MARK to observe, to watch, to see, to spy → 1377 poetic usage
► MIND to observe, to notice; to pay attention or heed to → 1838 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► MYTH to observe, to notice → 1488 obs. chiefly Sc.
► OBSERVATE to observe → 1652 obs.
► OFSEE to see, to perceive by sight; to catch sight of, to observe → c1000 obs.
► PENNY to observe, to scrutinize → 1990s W. Indies sl.
► QUOTE to make mental note of; to notice, to observe, to mark, to scrutinize → 1588 obs.
► RADDLE to mark, observe, watch → 19C Eng. dial.
► SIGHT to observe, to see → 1930s UK criminals’ & African-American sl.
► SKANK to observe members of the opposite sex → 1980s US students’ sl.
► SMOKE to observe, to take note of → 1716 arch.
► SMOKE OVER to look over, to observe critically → 1928 Amer. dial.
► TAKE TENT OF to pay attention to; to notice, to observe → 1824 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► TENT to see, to observe, to notice → 1784 Sc.
► VADA ► VARDA ► VARDI ► VARDO ► VARDY to see; to look; to observe → 1859 UK sl.
► VAREEZ to notice, to observe → a1838 Sc.
► WAIT 1. to watch, to keep one’s eye upon, to observe constantly; to look out for, to watch for → a1300 obs.
2. ​to observe carefully → 1399 obs.
► WATCH SOMEONE’S SMOKE to watch someone go, to observe someone’s actions → 1905 sl., orig. US