Notice
Spy
Spy verb - To make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes.
Usage example: I spy a motel off in the distance, so let's spend the night there
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Synonyms for Spy
Notice is a synonym for spy in view topic. You can use "Notice" instead the word "Spy" as a verb or a noun, if it concerns topics such as catch sight of, secretly follow.
Nearby Word: spying
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| human | human notice | human spy |
| good | good notice | good spy |
| proper | proper notice | proper spy |
| dead | dead notice | dead spy |
| Other adjectives: real, great, bad, young, new, titular. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- In Blackadder Goes Forth, Blackadder uncovers a spy by reciting the 'great universities': "Oxford, Cambridge, Hull", and observes that the spy failed to notice that only two of them were great universities.
Source: Reality Subtext -
In "Objectives", the spawn camping RED Team fails to notice a lone BLU spy that made it past them.
Source: Failed a Spot Check - All of these will make you appear to be a spy to anyone who takes enough of an interest in you to notice.
Source: Time Travelers Are Spies
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