Thesaurus
overlook
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of OVERLOOK
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to fail to give proper attention to <you've overlooked your chores again this week>
Related Words fail; miss, omit; brush (aside or off), reject, shrug off, slough (off) also sluff (off); disdain, pooh-pooh (also pooh), scorn; scant, skimp
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to be in charge of <you'll be asked to overlook larger projects in the future>
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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>
Synonyms audit, check (out), con, examine, overlook, oversee, review, scan, scrutinize, survey, view
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to dismiss as of little importance <definitely not the kind of spouse to overlook even a single instance of marital infidelity>
Synonyms blink (at), brush (aside or off), condone, discount, disregard, forgive, gloss (over), gloze (over), ignore, overlook, overpass, paper over, pardon, pass over, remit, shrug off, whitewash, wink (at)
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