surveillance

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: sur=veil=lance

CIDE DICTIONARY

surveillance, n. [F., fr. surveiller to watch over; sur over + veiller to watch, L. vigilare. See Sur-, and Vigil.].

 Oversight; watch; inspection; supervision.  [1913 Webster]
"That sort of surveillance of which . . . the young have accused the old."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

surveillance, n. close observation, esp. of a suspected person.

Etymology

F f. surveiller (as SUR-(1), veiller f. L vigilare keep watch)

THESAURUS

surveillance

accountability, ambuscade, ambush, ambushment, auspices, blind, booby trap, bossing, bugging, care, charge, cloak-and-dagger work, counterespionage, counterintelligence, custodianship, custody, eagle eye, electronic surveillance, espial, espionage, eye, following, guard, guardedness, guardianship, intelligence, intelligence work, intendance, invigilation, jurisdiction, lookout, lurking hole, military intelligence, monitoring, observance, observation, oversight, peeled eye, proctoring, prudence, qui vive, reconnaissance, responsibility, scrutiny, secret police, secret service, shadowing, sharp eye, spying, stakeout, stalking-horse, stewardship, superintendence, supervision, tab, tailing, tout, trailing, trap, vigil, vigilance, wariness, watch, watch and ward, watchful eye, watchfulness, watching, weather eye, wiretap, wiretapping

ROGET THESAURUS

surveillance

Direction

N direction, management, managery, government, gubernation, conduct, legislation, regulation, guidance, bossism, legislature, steerage, pilotage, reins, reins of government, helm, rudder, needle, compass, guiding star, load star, lode star, pole star, cynosure, supervision, superintendence, surveillance, oversight, eye of the master, control, charge, board of control, command, premiership, senatorship, director, chair, portfolio, statesmanship, statecraft, kingcraft, queencraft, ministry, ministration, administration, stewardship, proctorship, agency, director, directing, hegemonic, at the helm, at the head of, direction, bearing, course, vector, set, drift, tenor, tendency, incidence, bending, trending, dip, tack, aim, collimation, steering steerage, point of the compass, cardinal points, North East, South, West, N by E, ENE, NE by N, NE, rhumb, azimuth, line of collimation, line, path, road, range, quarter, line of march, alignment, allignment, air line, beeline, straight shoot, directed, directed towards, pointing towards, bound for, aligned, with alligned with, direct, straight, undeviating, unswerving, straightforward, North, Northern, Northerly, towards, on the road, on the high road to, en avant, versus, to, hither, thither, whither, directly, straight as an arrow, forwards as an arrow, point blank, in a bee line to, in a direct line to, as the crow flies, in a straight line to, in a bee line for, in a direct line for, in a straight line for, in a bee line with, in a direct line with, in a straight line with, in a line with, full tilt at, as the crow flies, before the wind, near the wind, close to the wind, against the wind, windwards, in the wind's eye, through, via, by way of, in all directions, in all manner of ways, quaquaversum, from the four winds, the shortest distance between two points is a stra.

Care

N care, solicitude, heed, heedfulness, scruple, watchfulness, vigilance, surveillance, eyes of Argus, watch, vigil, look out, watch and ward, loeil du maitre, alertness, attention, prudence &c, circumspection, anxiety, forethought, precaution, tidiness accuracy, minuteness, attention to detail, careful regardful, heedful, taking care, particular, prudent, considerate, thoughtful, provident, alert, sure-footed, guarded, on one's guard, on the qui vivre, on the alert, on watch, on the lookout, awake, broad awake, vigilant, watchful, wakeful, wistful, Argus-eyed, wide awake, on the watch for (expectant), tidy accurate, scrupulous, cavendo tutus, carefully, with care, gingerly, quis custodiet istos custodes?, who will watch the watchers?, care will kill a cat, ni bebas agua que no veas, O polished perturbation! Golden care!, the incessant care and labor of his mind.