catch+sight+of
121behold — I verb catch sight of, clap eyes on, consider, descry, detect, discern, discover, distinguish, espy, examine, eye, gaze at, glimpse, heed, inspect, look, look at, look upon, make out, mark, notice, observe, perceive, pierce, recognize, regard,… …
122spy — I noun agent, detective, emissarius, explorator, informant, informer, intelligence agent, intelligencer, investigator, lookout, observer, reconnoiterer, reporter, scout, secret agent, sleuth, snoop, snooper, source, speculator, undercover agent,… …
123glimpse — glimpse1 [ glımps ] noun count * 1. ) an occasion when you see someone or something for a moment only: glimpse of: The crowd were anxious for a glimpse of the President. Every so often she got a fleeting (=very quick) glimpse of the church… …
124espy — I. v. a. Discern, descry, perceive, spy, discover, catch a glimpse of, catch sight of. II. v. n. Watch, observe, spy, look narrowly, look about, take notice …
125lay eyes on — set eyes on, clap eyes on; informal have you ever laid your eyes on a more beautiful sailboat? something clicked the first time they laid eyes on each other Syn: see, observe, notice, spot, spy, regard, view, catch sight of, set eyes on, glimpse …
126spot — 1. noun 1) a grease spot on the wall Syn: mark, patch, dot, fleck, smudge, smear, stain, blotch, blot, splash; informal splotch 2) a secluded spot Syn: place, location …
127spy — 1. noun a foreign spy Syn: secret agent, intelligence agent, double agent, undercover agent, counterspy, mole, sleeper, plant, scout; informal snooper; archaic intelligencer 2. verb 1) she spied for the West Syn: be a spy, gather …
128espy — v discern, perceive, detect, descry, discover, notice, make out, distinguish, recognize, catch a glimpse of, catch sight of, Inf. spot; see, behold, observe, view, Brit. twig, Archaic. ken …
