eyeing

verb

variants or eying
present participle of eye
1
as in watching
to keep one's eyes on a lot of his backyard bird watching was spent eyeing the squirrels as they depleted the bird feeder of seeds

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2
as in noticing
to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes I wondered who tracked dirt all over the floor until I eyed the muddy sneakers

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3
as in contemplating
to give serious and careful thought to we're eyeing the possibility of buying property there

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Recent Examples of eyeing Investors are also eyeing a meeting of G20 finance ministers, central bank governors and others in Asheville, North Carolina. — Sean Conlon,chloe Taylor, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026 The distributor’s event film Legend of the White Dragon is eyeing $529k from limited screenings at 596 theaters. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 30 Aug. 2026 Not wanting to go through a repeat of uncertainty for FY27, Roman mission management began eyeing faster routes to the launch pad. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2026 The boom has in turn pushed companies to IPO, including Chinese champion DeepSeek, which the South China Morning Post reported is eyeing a 2027 debut. — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2026 Before The Last Sunrise released, it was reported that Amazon MGM is eyeing a Last Sunrise sequel with Todd to pen a book trilogy. — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026 While the Duchess of Sussex is rumored to be eyeing a return to acting, Camilla herself almost had a brush with a famous television show. — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 26 Aug. 2026 Still, appetite for mega-deals surged, with 39% of PE firms now eyeing transactions above $1 billion, up from just 5% at year-end 2025, alongside growing use of private credit alongside traditional financing. — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026 For anyone eyeing a low-impact way to burn calories and build endurance, his approach offers a real-world blueprint. — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for eyeing
  1. watching
  2. noticing
  3. contemplating
  4. observing
  5. spotting
  6. pondering
  7. seeing
  8. considering
Verb
  • Instead, he’s spent August anxiously watching the orange skies from his house in the northern Nevada hills through two consecutive and adjacent wild-land fires, the Bug and Hawk Fires.
    — Anya Kamenetz, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Owen Wolff, 21, was just a small child back then, watching his father play for MLS glory and represent America with the United States Men’s National Team.
    — PJ Green August 28, Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of watching
Verb
  • In one video from Mailung, in Nepal’s Rasuwa region, a group of construction workers was seen walking down a mountain path before noticing giant plumes of brown debris in the distance, rapidly cascading toward them.
    — Laura Saravia, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2026
  • As the children played and the adults talked, Rose kept noticing her husband looking toward the water, scanning the horizon.
    — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of noticing
Verb
  • Moreno, who in 2003 became baseball’s first Latino owner, was still contemplating a potential exit strategy, according to new club president Molly Jolly.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
  • In 2023, the Miami Herald reported that Díaz-Canel told a room of Cuban American businesspeople that the Cuban government was contemplating letting Cuban Americans invest in and own businesses on the island, and was working on legislation to do it.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of contemplating
Verb
  • The film seeks to hold that tension through a deeply human perspective, where observing can also become an act of care.
    — Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026
  • After their decades observing goatsbeard adapting to polyploidy in the lab, the Soltises can even predict which genes are most likely to get the boot and which are more likely to stick around.
    — Carrie Arnold Contributing, Quanta Magazine, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of observing
Verb
  • Authorities in Indiana are warning residents to be vigilant after a person reported spotting a several-hundred-pound lioness and a large cub roaming in one central county.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Your best shot at spotting a rocket launch from Jacksonville is to get as close to the beach as possible or get away from trees to get a clear view of the sky and look due south.
    — Lianna Norman, Florida Times-Union, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of spotting
Verb
  • Kronengold and Shaw are still pondering what will come of that if Adults gets to be renewed.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Instead, the fast-casual restaurant chain's CEO and co-founder woke up pondering the country's ongoing cyclospora outbreak.
    — Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of pondering
Verb
  • Lisa is seeing what this experience could be for her, which only emphasized just how bad her current situation on RHOSLC is.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Domagal-Goldman compared Roman’s capabilities to capturing an all-encompassing view of a forest as well as seeing sharp details of its trees, like leaves and birds, all at the same time.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of seeing
Verb
  • Travelers who are considering booking one of these flights can use websites like SkyAccess, which posts available empty leg inventory for flights weeks or months in advance.
    — Elliott Harrell, Travel + Leisure, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The goalkeeping department has probably been downgraded, considering the highly promising Trafford left, and was replaced by Geronimo Rulli, a solid backup option at 34 years of age.
    — Sam Lee, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of considering

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“Eyeing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eyeing. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.

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