| Main Entry: | eye |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | judgment, opinion |
Synonyms: |
appreciation, belief, conviction, discernment, discrimination, eagle eye, feeling, mind, perception, persuasion, point of view, recognition, scrutiny, sentiment, surveillance, tab, taste, view, viewpoint, watch |
| Main Entry: | eye |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | optical organ of an animate being |
Synonyms: |
baby blue, blinder, eyeball, headlight, lamp, ocular, oculus, optic, peeper, pie |
| Main Entry: | aperture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hole |
Synonyms: |
breach, break, chasm, chink, cleft, crack, cut, eye, fissure, gap, gash, interstice, opening, orifice, outlet, passage, perforation, pinhole, puncture, rift, rupture, slash, slit, slot, space, vent |
| Main Entry: | conviction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief, opinion |
Synonyms: |
confidence, creed, doctrine, dogma, eye, faith, feeling, judgment call, mind, persuasion, principle, reliance, say so, sentiment, slant, tenet, view |
| Main Entry: | detective |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | investigator of crime |
Synonyms: |
P. I., Sherlock Holmes, agent, analyst, bird dog, bloodhound, bull*, constable, cop, dick, eavesdropper, eye*, fed, fink, flatfoot, gumshoe, informer, nark, peeper, plainclothes officer, police officer, private eye, private investigator, prosecutor, reporter, roper, scout, sergeant, shadow*, shamus, shoofly, sleuth, slewfoot, snoop, spy, tail |
| Main Entry: | examination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | test, analysis |
Synonyms: |
assay, audit, battery, blue book, breakdown, canvass, catechism, checking, checkup, cross-examination, diagnosis, dissection, exam, experiment, exploration, final, grilling, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, inspection, interrogation, investigation, legwork, make-up, observation, once-over, oral, perlustration, perusal, probe, quest, questioning, questionnaire, quiz, raid, reconnaissance, research, review, scan, scrutiny, search, study, survey, the eye, third degree, trial, tryout, view, written |
| Main Entry: | feeling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | idea, impression |
Synonyms: |
apprehension, belief, consciousness, conviction, eye*, hunch, inclination, inkling, instinct, mind, notion, opinion, outlook, persuasion, point of view, presentiment, reaction, sense, sentiment, suspicion, thought, view |
Antonyms: |
concrete, solid, thing |
| Main Entry: | glance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brief look |
Synonyms: |
eye*, eyeball, flash*, fleeting look, gander, glimpse, lamp, look, look-see, peek, peep, quick look, sight, slant*, squint, swivel, view |
| Notes: | a glance captures more than a glimpse; the verb glance takes no object while glimpse does |
Antonyms: |
stare |
| Main Entry: | glimpse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brief look |
Synonyms: |
eye, eyeball, flash*, gander, glance, glom, gun*, impression, lamp, look-see, peek, peep, quick look, sight, sighting, slant, squint, swivel |
Antonyms: |
stare |
| Main Entry: | leer |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | look at longingly |
Synonyms: |
eye, eyeball, gloat, goggle, ogle, smirk, sneer, squint, stare, wink |