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overlooknoun a high place or structure from which a wide view is possiblejust down the road there's a great overlook where you can get a panoramic view of the valley below overlookverbto look down onthe fortress overlooks the city command, dominate face, front to fail to give proper attention toyou've overlooked your chores again this week bypass, disregard, forget, ignore, neglect, overpass, pass over, slight, slur (over) failmiss, omitbrush (aside or off), reject, shrug off, slough (off)also sluff (off)disdain, pooh-pooh(also pooh), scornscant, skimp attend (to), heed, mind, regard, tend (to) appreciate, cherish, prize, treasure, valuecultivate, foster, nurse, nurturepamperrememberlisten (to), watchfollow, mark, note, notice, observe, remark to be in charge ofyou'll be asked to overlook larger projects in the future boss, captain, handle, head, oversee, quarterback, superintend, supervise administer, command, control, direct, guide, manage, order, run, shepherd, show, steermonitor, preside (over)govern, reign, rule call the shots (of), call the tune (for), ride herd on, watch over to cast a spell onthe superstitious grandmother actually believed that the baby had been overlooked by a gypsy woman bewitch, charm, enchant, ensorcell(or ensorcel), hex, spell, strike curse, jinx, possess, voodooattract, beguile, captivate, fascinate, mesmerize, spellbindentice, lure, seduce, tempt bless to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition)quickly overlooked the table of used books to see if there was anything of value audit, check (out), con, examine, inspect, oversee, review, scan, scrutinize, survey, view notice, observe, watchcomb, peruse, pore (over)analyze, dissect, parsedelve (into), explore, investigate, plumb, probe, research, studycategorize, classifypick overreinspect, rereview, resurvey go over skimglance (at or over)miss to dismiss as of little importancedefinitely not the kind of spouse to overlook even a single instance of marital infidelity blink (at), brush (aside or off), condone, discount, disregard, excuse, forgive, gloss (over), gloze (over), ignore, overpass, paper over, pardon, pass over, remit, shrug off, whitewash, wink (at) explain, justify, rationalizeabsolve, acquit, clear, exculpate, exonerate, vindicatewaive, wave (aside or off) close one's eyes to, forgive and forget heed, mark, mind, note, object (to) to look after and make decisions aboutthe engineer hired to overlook the construction of the canal administer, administrate, carry on, conduct, control, direct, govern, guide, handle, keep, manage, operate, oversee, preside (over), regulate, run, steward, superintend, supervise, tend care (for), mind, watchlead, pilot, steerguard, protect, safeguardmicromanage, stage-managecodirect, comanage watch over v.neglect, disregard, ignore, overlook, slight, forget mean to pass over without giving due attention.neglect implies giving insufficient attention to something that merits one's attention.habitually neglected his studies disregard suggests voluntary inattention.disregarded the wishes of his family ignore implies a failure to regard something obvious.ignored the snide remark overlook suggests disregarding or ignoring through haste or lack of care.in my rush I overlooked a key example slight implies contemptuous or disdainful disregarding or omitting.slighted several major authors in her survey forget may suggest either a willful ignoring or a failure to impress something on one's mind.forget what others say in the 14th century |