look like
‘in his overcoat he looks like an undertaker’
SYNONYMS
resemble, bear a resemblance to, look similar to, have a look of, have the appearance of, remind one of, put one in mind of, make one think of, be the image of, echo, have the hallmarks of, have all the hallmarks of, simulate
take after
informal be the spitting image of, be the spit of, be a dead ringer for, favour
look back on
‘I look back on my early teenage years with some amazement’
SYNONYMS
reflect on, think about, remember, recall, bring to mind, muse on, brood on, ponder on, reminisce about, be nostalgic about, hark back to
look up
‘things are looking up for opera these days’
SYNONYMS
improve, show improvement, get better, pick up, advance, develop, come along, come on, progress, make progress, make headway, shape up, perk up, rally, take a turn for the better
look right through someone
‘the woman, once so friendly, now looked right through her’
SYNONYMS
snub, ignore, slight, spurn, shun, disdain, look past, turn one's back on, give someone the cold shoulder, cold-shoulder, freeze out, steer clear of
British send to Coventry
informal give someone the brush-off, cut, cut dead, knock back, give someone the go-by
British informal blank
look up to
‘Jerry looked up to me’
SYNONYMS
admire, have a high opinion of, think highly of, hold in high regard, regard highly, rate highly, respect, hold in esteem, esteem, value
honour, revere, venerate, idolize, worship, hero-worship, adulate, put on a pedestal, lionize
look forward to
‘I was looking forward to seeing Ted’
SYNONYMS
await with pleasure, anticipate, wait for, be unable to wait for, count the days until, long for, hope for
informal lick one's lips over
look out
‘you'll be trampled on if you don't look out’
SYNONYMS
beware, watch out, be on guard, be on one's guard, be alert, be wary, be vigilant, be hypervigilant, be careful, be cautious, pay attention, take heed, heed, keep one's eyes open, keep one's eyes peeled, keep one's eyes skinned, keep an eye out, be on the qui vive
look someone up
‘Moira said you were going up to Leeds to look up some old friends’
SYNONYMS
visit, pay a visit to, call on, go to see, look in on
North American visit with, go see
informal drop in on
look down on
‘my mother had social pretensions and looked down on most of our neighbours’
SYNONYMS
disdain, scorn, hold in disdain, regard with contempt, treat with contempt, sneer at, spurn, shun, disparage, pooh-pooh, despise
informal look down one's nose at, turn up one's nose at
look to
1‘we must look to the future’
SYNONYMS
consider, give thought to, think about, turn one's thoughts to, take heed of, pay attention to, attend to, mind, heed
2‘they got themselves into trouble and now look to the government for help’
SYNONYMS
turn to, resort to, have recourse to, fall back on, avail oneself of, make use of
look after
‘I had to look after my brother after his accident’
SYNONYMS
take care of, care for, attend to, tend, mind, minister to, take charge of, supervise, protect, guard
keep an eye on, keep safe, be responsible for
watch, sit with, nurse, babysit, childmind
look for
1‘she looked for her comb, but couldn't find it’
SYNONYMS
search for, hunt for, seek, look about for, look round for, look around for, cast about for, cast round for, cast around for, try to find, try to track down, forage for, scout out, quest after, quest for
2‘Jeremiah and Ezekiel looked for the day when God would forge a new covenant with men’
SYNONYMS
anticipate, expect, await, count on, reckon on, watch for, hope for, look forward to, contemplate, prepare for, envisage
look on
‘people he looked on as friends took advantage of him’
SYNONYMS
regard, consider, think of, deem, judge, count, see, view, take, reckon, believe to be
look through something
‘he began to look through the first few pages of the journal’
SYNONYMS
inspect, examine, check, monitor, read through, look something over, scan, run through, cast an eye over, leaf through, flick through, flip through, browse, give someone a once-over, give someone the once-over, give something a once-over, give something the once-over, take stock of, view, peruse
informal take a dekko at
North American check out
North American informal eyeball
look into
‘the authorities promised to look into the complaints’
SYNONYMS
investigate, explore, research, inquire about, make inquiries about, find out about, ask questions about, ask about
probe, search into, go into, delve into, dig into, examine, study, scrutinize, check, analyse, follow up, check up on, pore over, take stock of
vet, audit
North American check out
look something over
‘he looked over the reports from the engineer’
SYNONYMS
inspect, examine, check, monitor, read through, look through, scan, run through, cast an eye over, leaf through, flick through, flip through, browse, give someone a once-over, give someone the once-over, give something a once-over, give something the once-over, take stock of, view, peruse
informal take a dekko at
North American check out
North American informal eyeball