Word Meanings - OBSERVATIVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Observing; watchful.

Related words: (words related to OBSERVATIVE)

• OBSERVANCY
  Observance.
• OBSERVANTLY
  In an observant manner.
• WATCHFUL
  Full of watch; vigilant; attentive; careful to observe closely; observant; cautious; -- with of before the thing to be regulated or guarded; as, to be watchful of one's behavior; and with against before the thing to be avoided; as, to be watchful
• OBSERVANTINE
  One of a branch of the Order of Franciscans, who profess to adhere more strictly than the Conventuals to the intention of the founder, especially as to poverty; -- called also Observants.
• OBSERVATIVE
  Observing; watchful.
• OBSERVATION CAR
  A railway passenger car made so as to facilitate seeing the scenery en route; a car open, or with glass sides, or with a kind of open balcony at the rear.
• OBSERVING
  Giving particular attention; habitually attentive to what passes; as, an observing person; an observing mind. -- Ob*serv"ing*ly, adv.
• OBSERVER
  1. One who observes, or pays attention to, anything; especially, one engaged in, or trained to habits of, close and exact observation; as, an astronomical observer. The observed of all observers. Shak. Careful observers may foretell the hour, By
• OBSERVANDUM
  A thing to be observed. Swift.
• OBSERVABLE
  Worthy or capable of being observed; discernible; noticeable; remarkable. Sir. T. Browne. The difference is sufficiently observable. Southey. -- Ob*serv"a*ble*ness, n. -- Ob*serv"a*bly, adv.
• OBSERVATIONAL
  Of a pertaining to observation; consisting of, or containing, observations. Chalmers.
• OBSERVATION
  1. The act or the faculty of observing or taking notice; the act of seeing, or of fixing the mind upon, anything. My observation, which very seldom lies. Shak. 2. The result of an act, or of acts, of observing; view; reflection; conclusion;
• OBSERVATOR
  1. One who observes or takes notice. Sir M. Hale. 2. One who makes a remark. Dryden.
• OBSERVE
  1. To take notice of by appropriate conduct; to conform one's action or practice to; to keep; to heed; to obey; to comply with; as, to observe rules or commands; to observe civility. Ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread. Ex. xii. 17.
• OBSERVATORY
  A lookout on a flank of a battery whence an officer can note the range and effect of the fire. Farrow. (more info) 1. A place or building for making observations on the heavenly bodies. The new observatory in Greenwich Park. Evelyn. 2. A building
• OBSERVANT
  1. Taking notice; viewing or noticing attentively; watchful; attentive; as, an observant spectator; observant habits. Wandering from clime to clime observant stray'd. Pope. 2. Submissively attentive; obediently watchful; regardful; mindful;
• OBSERVERSHIP
  The office or work of an observer.
• OBSERVANCE
  1. The act or practice of observing or noticing with attention; a heeding or keeping with care; performance; -- usually with a sense of strictness and fidelity; as, the observance of the Sabbath is general; the strict observance of duties. It is
• MISOBSERVE
  To observe inaccurately; to mistake in observing. Locke.
• MISOBSERVER
  One who misobserves; one who fails to observe properly.
• INOBSERVATION
  Neglect or want of observation.
• NONOBSERVANCE
  Neglect or failure to observe or fulfill.
• UNOBSERVANCE
  Want or neglect of observance; inobservance. Whitlock.
• INOBSERVANCE
  Want or neglect of observance. Bacon.
• MALOBSERVATION
  Erroneous observation. J. S Mill.