watching

Questions about watching

What does watching mean?

watching means "the act of observing; taking a patient look".

How many syllables are in watching?

watching has 2 syllables: wat-ching. The stress falls on "wat". In IPA it is /ˈwɑtʃɪŋ/.

What is another word for watching?

Close synonyms include observation, observance. 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 watching a common word?

watching is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.