Monitor
Monitor verb - To pay continued close attention to (something) for a particular purpose.
Usage example: police regularly monitor that road to record traffic density and to catch speeders
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Synonyms for Monitor
Watch is a synonym for monitor in observe topic. In some cases you can use "Watch" instead the word "Monitor" as a verb or a noun, when it comes to topics like check, guard.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| old | old monitor | old watch |
| good | good monitor | good watch |
| ordinary | ordinary monitor | ordinary watch |
| original | original monitor | original watch |
| Other adjectives: powerful, real, large, big, new, broken, last, modern, red, exploding. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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The killer does this to his first victim in Die Watching, setting a TV monitor next to the chair she is tied to so that she can watch him kill her.
Source: Forced to Watch -
Sometimes they justify this by having them watch something on a monitor, but just as often they're simply standing there, talking to someone over their shoulder.
Source: Wrestling / The Nexus -
Sometimes they justify it by having them watch the action in the ring on a monitor, but not always.
Source: Social Semi-Circle
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Watch and Monitor. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/monitor/watch
Monitor & Watch. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/monitor/watch>.
Watch or Monitor. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/monitor/watch.
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