Overview of verb overlook

The verb overlook has 5 senses

• overlook -- (look past, fail to notice)


• look out on, look out over, overlook, look across -- (be oriented in a certain direction; "The house looks out on a tennis court"; "The apartment overlooks the Hudson")


• neglect, pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap -- (leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten")


• dominate, command, overlook, overtop -- (look down on; "The villa dominates the town")


• overlook -- (watch over; "I am overlooking her work")

Overview of adj overlooking

The adj overlooking has 1 sense

• commanding, dominating, overlooking -- (used of a height or viewpoint; "a commanding view of the ocean"; "looked up at the castle dominating the countryside"; "the balcony overlooking the ballroom")