'observation' definitions:
Definition of 'observation'
From: WordNet
noun
The act of making and recording a measurement
noun
The act of observing; taking a patient look [syn: observation, observance, watching]
noun
A remark expressing careful consideration [syn: observation, reflection, reflexion]
noun
Facts learned by observing; "he reported his observations to the mayor"
noun
The act of noticing or paying attention; "he escaped the notice of the police" [syn: notice, observation, observance]
Synonyms of 'observation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accordance,
- acquittal,
- acquittance,
- address,
- adherence,
- advertence,
- advertency,
- affirmation,
- alertness,
- allegation,
- announcement,
- answer,
- apostrophe,
- apprehension,
- assertion,
- assiduity,
- assiduousness,
- assumption,
- attention,
- attention span,
- attentiveness,
- attitude,
- averment,
- awareness,
- bugging,
- care,
- carrying out,
- climate of opinion,
- cloak-and-dagger work,
- cognizance,
- comment,
- commentary,
- common belief,
- community sentiment,
- compliance,
- conceit,
- concentration,
- concept,
- conception,
- conclusion,
- conformance,
- conformity,
- consciousness,
- consensus gentium,
- consideration,
- counterespionage,
- counterintelligence,
- crack,
- criticism,
- declaration,
- dictum,
- diligence,
- discharge,
- discovery,
- ear,
- earnestness,
- electronic surveillance,
- espial,
- espionage,
- estimate,
- estimation,
- ethos,
- examination,
- exclamation,
- execution,
- expression,
- eye,
- fancy,
- feeling,
- following,
- fulfillment,
- general belief,
- greeting,
- heed,
- heedfulness,
- heeding,
- idea,
- image,
- imago,
- impression,
- inspection,
- intellectual object,
- intelligence,
- intelligence work,
- intentiveness,
- intentness,
- interjection,
- judgment,
- keeping,
- lights,
- looking,
- lookout,
- mark,
- memory-trace,
- mental image,
- mental impression,
- mention,
- military intelligence,
- mind,
- mindfulness,
- mystique,
- note,
- notice,
- notion,
- obiter dictum,
- observance,
- opinion,
- Parthian shot,
- perception,
- performance,
- personal judgment,
- phrase,
- point of view,
- popular belief,
- position,
- posture,
- practice,
- presumption,
- prevailing belief,
- proclamation,
- pronouncement,
- public belief,
- public opinion,
- question,
- reaction,
- recept,
- reflection,
- regard,
- regardfulness,
- remark,
- representation,
- respect,
- satisfaction,
- say,
- saying,
- scrutiny,
- secret police,
- secret service,
- sentence,
- sentiment,
- shadowing,
- sight,
- spying,
- stakeout,
- stance,
- statement,
- subjoinder,
- supposition,
- surveillance,
- survey,
- tailing,
- theory,
- thinking,
- thought,
- trailing,
- utterance,
- view,
- viewing,
- watch,
- watching,
- way of thinking,
- wiretap,
- wiretapping,
- witnessing,
- word
Words containing 'observation'
- observable,
- observably,
- observance,
- observant,
- observantly,
- observational,
- observe,
- observed,
- observer,
- observing,
- observingly,
- Lunar observation,
- The Strict Observance,
- Weight of observation,
- observation dome,
- observation post,
- observation station,
- observation tower,
- observational research,
- observed fire,
- observer's meridian,
- radio observation,
- through empirical observation,
- Friars of the Strict Observance,
- meteorological observation post