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see has 54 distinct synonyms spread across 16 of its 25 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
“You have to be a good observer to see all the details”
perceive (an idea or situation) mentally
“Now I see!”
perceive or be contemporaneous with
“We found Republicans winning the offices”
get to know or become aware of, usually accidentally
“I learned that she has two grown-up children”
go to see for professional or business reasons
“You should see a lawyer”
go to see for a social visit
“I went to see my friend Mary the other day”
receive as a specified guest
“the doctor will see you now”
deliberate or decide
“See whether you can come tomorrow”
observe as if with an eye
“The camera saw the burglary and recorded it”
undergo or live through a difficult experience
“We had many trials to go through”
match or meet
“I saw the bet of one of my fellow players”
make sense of; assign a meaning to
“What message do you see in this letter?”
1 of the 25 recorded senses carries no synonym, antonym or related term, so it is not shown above. Every sense, with its definition and examples, is on the full entry for see.
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for see come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.