Recognize and Spy

Recognize

Recognize verb - To have a clear idea of.

Spy and recognize are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Spy" instead a verb "Recognize".

Spy

Spy verb - To make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes.
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Synonyms for Spy

Recognize and spy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Recognize" instead a verb "Spy".

Nearby Word: spying

Common collocations

friend recognize friend spy friend
people recognize people spy people
someone recognize someone spy someone
time recognize time spy time
Other words: way, anyone.

Both words in one sentence

  • He has to know how certain classes behave, recognize certain tactics, know various routes and blind spots on a map and generally play with the opponent's mind, much like a true spy.
    Source: Metagame
  • Even before this, she was forced to work as a child spy for The Empire to support her sickly mother, who due to the sickness either always yells at her or doesn't recognize her.
  • So pervasive, this sound was even used in Shriek if You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth to ensure audiences would recognize that the object the killer uses to spy on someone in the school bathroom is a periscope.
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Spy and Recognize. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/recognize/spy
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