Standard Lemma guide

watchlist

noun · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • General-American: /ˈwɔt͡ʃˌlɪst/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • UK: /ˈwɒt͡ʃˌlɪst/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A list of people or things that are assigned to receive special attention or monitoring.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The police have hundreds of citizens on their watchlists.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To add to a watchlist.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From watch + list.

Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: قَائِمَةُ مُرَاقَبَةٍ (qāʔimatu murāqabatin) — list for special attention
  • Armenian: հսկացանկ (hskacʻank) — list for special attention
  • Catalan: llista de seguiment — list for special attention
  • Chinese: 監視單 /监视单 (kàm-sī-toan) — list for special attention
  • Chinese Mandarin: 監視列表 /监视列表 (jiānshì lièbiǎo) — list for special attention
  • Danish: overvågningsliste — list for special attention
  • Dutch: observatielijst — list for special attention
  • Esperanto: atentaro — list for special attention
  • Extremaduran: lista e seguimientu — list for special attention
  • Finnish: tarkkailulista — list for special attention
  • French: liste de suivi — list for special attention
  • French: liste de surveillance — list for special attention
  • Galician: lista de vixilancia — list for special attention
  • Georgian: სანახავი სია (sanaxavi sia) — list for special attention
  • Georgian: დაკვირვების სია (daḳvirvebis sia) — list for special attention
  • German: Beobachtungsliste — list for special attention
  • Hebrew: רְשִׁימַת מַעֲקָב (reshimát ma'akáv) — list for special attention
  • Hungarian: figyelőlista — list for special attention
  • Japanese: ウォッチリスト (wotchirisuto) — list for special attention
  • Korean: 워치리스트 (wochiriseuteu) — list for special attention
  • Northern Kurdish: lîsteya şopandinê — list for special attention
  • Malay: senarai pantau — list for special attention
  • Occitan: lista de seguiment — list for special attention
  • Persian: فهرست پیگیری (fehrest-e pey-giri) — list for special attention
  • Portuguese: lista de observação — list for special attention
  • Russian: спи́сок наблюде́ния (spísok nabljudénija) — list for special attention
  • Spanish: lista de seguimiento — list for special attention
  • Spanish: registro de vigilancia — list for special attention
  • Spanish: serie de observación — list for special attention
  • Swedish: bevakningslista — list for special attention
  • Ukrainian: спи́сок спостере́ження (spýsok sposteréžennja) — list for special attention