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.