LOOKING UP Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

looking up

verb

present participle of look up

as in pursuing

to go in search of be sure to look me up if you're ever in town

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as in brightening

to become glad or hopeful by the next morning, the skies had begun to clear and we were looking up

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Recent Examples of looking up The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have suffered some tough losses this season, and things are not looking up for them at the moment. — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2026 But the current version of this technology goes well beyond an officer looking up a plate number. — Abigail Hall, The Conversation, 5 Oct. 2026 Loverro believes the announcement wasn’t much more than an acknowledgment of what people could already see for themselves by looking up. — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 29 Sep. 2026 Let the Academy members pet it, and the movie’s flagging Oscar fortunes may be looking up again. — Joe Reid, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026 And now nearly three decades later, cyclists say things are looking up. — Sooji Nam, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026 Riot was seen looking up at the stage and waving back at his dad while Rihanna filmed the interaction. — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2026 In the image, a man is climbing up a ladder while holding on to a pair of shoes that are dangling above him and hanging from a tree, while another man is looking up. — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2026 Here’s a look at the 10 schools looking up at the rest, according to our findings. — David Ubben, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for looking up

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Beyond its own boutiques, De Beers London is pursuing distribution through select American department stores, although prospective partners have yet to be disclosed.

— Thomas Waller, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026
According to his critics, Gyanesh Kumar, the chief election commissioner, acted unilaterally and recklessly in pursuing the revision of voter rolls in ways that violated normal procedures.

— Pratap Bhanu Mehta, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2026

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From setting up special meals to just brightening days with smiles and genuine care, the staff here lift the already luxury experience to the next level.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
Here, the exclusive tech is enhanced with firming peptides, caffeine, and marine ferment, plus brightening kakudu plum extract.

— Jenny Berg, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2026