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Watch (Noun)

Meaning 1

The rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival).

Classification

Nouns denoting acts or actions.

Synonyms

  • Vigil

Hypernyms

  • Rite

Hyponyms

  • Agrypnia
  • Wake

Meaning 2

The period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty.

Classification

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.

Hypernyms

  • Period
  • Period Of Time

Meaning 3

A small portable timepiece.

Classification

Nouns denoting man-made objects.

Synonyms

  • Ticker

Hypernyms

  • Horologe
  • Timekeeper

Hyponyms

  • Hunting Watch
  • Wrist Watch

Meaning 4

A period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty.

Classification

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.

Hypernyms

  • Duty Period
  • Work Shift

Hyponyms

  • Midwatch
  • Night Watch
  • Middle Watch

Meaning 5

A person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event.

Classification

Nouns denoting people.

Synonyms

  • Lookout Man
  • Sentry
  • Spotter
  • Scout
  • Lookout
  • Sentinel
  • Picket

Hypernyms

  • Watcher
  • Security Guard
  • Watchman

Related Words

  • Watch (verb)

Meaning 6

A purposeful surveillance to guard or observe.

Classification

Nouns denoting acts or actions.

Synonyms

  • Vigil

Hyponyms

  • Continuous Receiver Watch

Related Words

  • Watch (verb)
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