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Synonyms for overlook

verb

  1. To occupy a commanding height

    look over, top, survey, inspect, watch over, look out, view, give upon, give on, front on, command, tower over, have a prospect of, surmount, mount over; see also face 4.

  2. To ignore deliberately

    disregard, ignore, excuse, look the other way; see disregard, excuse, neglect 1.

  3. To fail to see

    miss, leave out, neglect; see neglect 1, omit 1. See syn. study at neglect.

See overlook in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II

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