Look and Mean

Look

Look verb - To have in mind as a purpose or goal.

Usage example: they were looking to make a fast buck

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Mean and look are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mean" instead a verb "Look".

Nearby Words: lookout, looked, looker, looking, lookup

Mean verb - To have in mind as a purpose or goal.

Usage example: I mean to win this race

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Look and mean are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Look" instead a verb "Mean".

Nearby Words: means, meaning, meanness, meant, meanly

old	old look	old mean
good	good look	good mean
standard	standard look	standard mean
real	real look	real mean
Other adjectives: big, evil, little, white, unique, different, mad, overall.

people	look people	mean people
kind	look kind	mean kind
someone	look someone	mean someone
time	look time	mean time
Other words: way, evil, little, nothing, everyone.

B... But I don't mean you aren't... I mean you look really... I... Uh... Oh geez... *turns into a tombstone with a picture of a foot going into a mouth*

Source: Digging Yourself Deeper
The text itself about the balrog was vague (it can be interpreted to mean the Balrog had wings, or it can be interpreted to mean the Balrog's shadow made it look like it had wings).

Source: Applicability
He's tried to give each of them a little more individuality, but points out that changing their faces too much would mean they'd no longer look like the people they're supposed to be.

Source: Only Six Faces

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Mean and Look. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/look/mean

Look & Mean. N.p., 2016. Web. 02 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/look/mean>.

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