look upon

Questions about look upon

What does look upon mean?

look upon means "look on as or consider".

What is another word for look upon?

Close synonyms include think of, repute, know as, be known as, regard as. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is look upon a common word?

look upon is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.