lookout

(noun)

noun

1. a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event

Similar word(s): picket, scout, sentinel, sentry, spotter, watch

Definition categories: person, watcher, watchman

2. an elevated post affording a wide view

Definition categories: location, post, station

3. a structure commanding a wide view of its surroundings

Similar word(s): observatory

Definition categories: man–made, construction, structure

4. the act of looking out

Similar word(s): outlook

Definition categories: act, look, looking

Sentences with lookout as a noun:

- The raid failed when the lookout noticed the enemy group.

- Every man's interest is his own lookout.