watch over
Look after carefully
To watch over someone or something is to guard, protect, or supervise them with care and attention.
The phrase often implies a protective relationship, whether literal or figurative: A nurse watched over the patient through the night.
Parents watch over their children; security guards watch over buildings.
The expression carries connotations of vigilance and responsibility, and is sometimes used in spiritual contexts to describe divine or angelic protection.
Keep from harm
- defendProtect from harm
- shieldHandheld defensive armor
- safeguardPrecaution against harm
- secureProtected from harm
sentinel · sentry · patrol · escort · fortify · shelter · preserve · ward
Attentive regard for others
- tendCare for or incline
- look afterProvide care and supervision
- nurtureSupport growth and development
- fosterEncourage development of
support · comfort · cherish · nourish · sustain · raise · rear · minister
Display or supervisor
- superviseDirect and watch others
- manageDirect or handle successfully
- directUndeviating or to guide
- guideLeader or instruction book
coordinate · administer · regulate · lead · mentor · instruct · steward · govern
State of keen awareness
- alertnessActive mental awareness
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- observationAttentive watching or remark
- wakefulnessState of being conscious
nightwatch · attentiveness · scrutiny · oversight · monitoring · bedside · deathbed · prayer
protect
Keep from harm
secure · sentinel · sentry · patrol · escort · fortify · shelter · preserve · ward · keeper
care
Attentive regard for others
- tendCare for or incline
- look afterProvide care and supervision
- nurtureSupport growth and development
foster · support · comfort · cherish · nourish · sustain · raise · rear · minister · attend
monitor
Display or supervisor
guide · coordinate · administer · regulate · lead · mentor · instruct · steward · govern · conduct
vigilance
State of keen awareness
- alertnessActive mental awareness
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- observationAttentive watching or remark
wakefulness · nightwatch · attentiveness · scrutiny · oversight · monitoring · bedside · deathbed · prayer · candlelight
- caregivingcaregiver, take care, nurture, look after, compassionate care
- helpingaid, assist, give a hand, help, helping hand
- attend toattend to, see to, take care of, look after, tend
- staying putwait, staying, linger, waiting, remain
- Sacred Phrasesamen, hallelujah, alleluia, praise God, glory be
- surveillancesurveillance, CCTV, security camera, surveillance camera, surveillance cameras
watch overabandon
Leave behind permanently
neglect · forsake · desert · turn one's back on · fail
over, watch, watching, oversee, watched, watchful, watcher, watchdog, watches