LOOKING OUT (FOR) Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

present participle of look out (for)

as in watching out (for)

to be cautious of or on guard against if you go in those woods, look out for snakes!

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as in watching

to have an interest or concern for as a fiduciary, she has an obligation to look out for our interests

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looking out for

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phrase

present participle of look out for

as in looking to

to attend to the needs and comforts of He always looks out for his grandkids.

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Instead, he’s spent August anxiously watching the orange skies from his house in the northern Nevada hills through two consecutive and adjacent wild-land fires, the Bug and Hawk Fires.

— Anya Kamenetz, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026
Owen Wolff, 21, was just a small child back then, watching his father play for MLS glory and represent America with the United States Men’s National Team.

— PJ Green August 28, Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2026

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But she was also considered a feminist role model for holding the reins of her own career, writing her own songs, owning her content and looking after her finances in an entertainment world dominated by men.

— Kristin M. Hall, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
But Perez didn’t just inherit the responsibility of looking after the players who came after him.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 22 Aug. 2026

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The remaining Eagles stopped caring about the tug-of-war between art and commerce; for the next five decades, money ruled.

— Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 30 Aug. 2026
In many cases, the robot tail wags the living dog by tricking it—tricking us—into caring about obscure metrics, then gamifying the process of improving them.

— Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026

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