What does watching mean?
Watching means present participle and gerund of watch.
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/ˈwɑt͡ʃɪŋ/ · verb
present participle and gerund of watch.
She was watching a movie.
Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around.
What toils and pains; what cares and watchings; how many reproofs, restraints, and corrections; how many prayers, and sighs, and tears, are employed and suffered, before this hard task can be accomplished?
You will know them by their sly looks; their skulkings, peepings, watchings, and the snares they lay;—by the great papers, with great seals, that they carry; […]
Use watching when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Watching means present participle and gerund of watch.
Common synonyms include observation, observance.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
She was watching a movie.
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