overlooking
Failing to notice
Overlooking works in two directions.
To overlook something is to fail to notice it or to choose not to address it: I overlooked the typo, We'll overlook your tardiness this once.
But overlooking also means looking down upon from above: a balcony overlooking the garden, rooms overlooking the bay.
Context usually makes the sense clear.
Deliberately not considering
- dismissingRemoving from position
- bypassingAvoiding by going around
- skippingRhythmic hopping locomotion
- glossing overSuperficially covering faults
turning a blind eye · brushing aside · passing over · letting slide · waving off · tuning out · shrugging off · missing
Pleasing distant scene
- panoramaUnobstructed wide-angle view
- vantagePosition of advantage
- scenicOffering beautiful views
- balconyRaised exterior platform
terrace · bluff · precipice · cliff · perch · lookout · observation · deck
Managing and monitoring others
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- watching overGuarding or protecting attentively
- supervisingDirecting and monitoring work
- surveyingMeasuring and charting terrain
inspecting · managing · administering · directing · superintending · checking · reviewing · patrolling
disregarding
Deliberately not considering
- dismissingRemoving from position
- bypassingAvoiding by going around
- skippingRhythmic hopping locomotion
glossing over · turning a blind eye · brushing aside · passing over · letting slide · waving off · tuning out · shrugging off · missing · neglecting
vista
Pleasing distant scene
balcony · terrace · bluff · precipice · cliff · perch · lookout · observation · deck · promontory
overseeing
Managing and monitoring others
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- watching overGuarding or protecting attentively
- supervisingDirecting and monitoring work
surveying · inspecting · managing · administering · directing · superintending · checking · reviewing · patrolling · policing
- Excusingjustifying, forgiving, pardoning, condoning, rationalizing
- avoiding tacticsdodging, evading, sidestepping, skirting, deflecting
- muddlingmuddling, jumbling, scrambling, mixing up, disarranging
- perceptionsee, vision, seeing, senses, observing
- awarenessalertness, aware, attention, cognizance, conscious
- downplayingminimizing, downplay, trivializing, belittling, soft-pedal
overlookingnoticing
Becoming aware of
observing · seeing · spotting · detecting · perceiving
overlookingscrutinizing
Examining something very closely
examining · inspecting · analyzing · studying · investigating
overlookingcondemning
Expressing severe disapproval
punishing · criticizing · censuring · reproaching · calling out
look, looks, looking, looked, overlook, overlooked, overlooks, overlookable, overlookers