'Lookout' definitions:
Definition of 'lookout'
(from WordNet)
noun
A person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event [syn: lookout, lookout man, sentinel, sentry, watch, spotter, scout, picket]
noun
An elevated post affording a wide view [syn: lookout, observation post]
noun
A structure commanding a wide view of its surroundings [syn: lookout, observation tower, lookout station, observatory]
noun
The act of looking out [syn: lookout, outlook]
Definition of 'Lookout'
From: GCIDE
- Lookout \Look"out`\, n.
- 1. A careful looking or watching for any object or event. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The place from which such observation is made. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A person engaged in watching; a sentinel; a sentry. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Object or duty of forethought and care; responsibility. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
- on the lookout for in search of; looking for. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'lookout'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- activities,
- activity,
- admonisher,
- affair,
- affairs,
- airplane spotter,
- airscape,
- alert,
- Argus,
- bag,
- beacon,
- belvedere,
- bleachers,
- bridge,
- business,
- Cassandra,
- cautioner,
- Charley,
- cityscape,
- cloudscape,
- commerce,
- concern,
- concernment,
- conning tower,
- cupola,
- custodianship,
- custody,
- difficulty,
- eagle eye,
- employ,
- employment,
- enterprise,
- espial,
- espionage,
- fire patrolman,
- fire warden,
- fireguard,
- flagman,
- forward observer,
- function,
- gallery,
- gazebo,
- grandstand,
- guard,
- guardedness,
- guardianship,
- headache,
- interest,
- invigilation,
- Jeremiah,
- labor,
- landscape,
- lighthouse,
- lighthouse keeper,
- looking,
- lookout man,
- loophole,
- matter,
- monitor,
- monitoring,
- night watchman,
- note,
- notice,
- observance,
- observation,
- observation post,
- observatory,
- occupation,
- outlook,
- overlook,
- palaver,
- panorama,
- patrol,
- patroller,
- patrolman,
- peanut gallery,
- peeled eye,
- peephole,
- perspective,
- pharos,
- picket,
- problem,
- proctoring,
- prophet of doom,
- prospect,
- prudence,
- qui vive,
- regard,
- respect,
- responsibility,
- ringside,
- ringside seat,
- riverscape,
- roundsman,
- scape,
- scene,
- scenery,
- scenic view,
- scout,
- seascape,
- sentinel,
- sentry,
- service,
- sharp eye,
- sight,
- sighthole,
- signaler,
- signalman,
- skyscape,
- spotter,
- spying,
- stewardship,
- surveillance,
- sweep,
- Texas tower,
- thing,
- top gallery,
- tout,
- tower,
- townscape,
- undertaking,
- vedette,
- view,
- viewing,
- vigil,
- vigilance,
- vista,
- ward,
- wariness,
- warner,
- watch,
- watch and ward,
- watcher,
- watchful eye,
- watchfulness,
- watching,
- watchkeeper,
- watchman,
- watchtower,
- waterscape,
- weather eye,
- witnessing,
- work,
- worry