Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun monitor

7 senses of monitor

Sense 1
proctor, monitor -- (someone who supervises (an examination))
       => supervisor -- (one who supervises or has charge and direction of)

Sense 2
admonisher, monitor, reminder -- (someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided)
       => defender, guardian, protector, shielder -- (a person who cares for persons or property)

Sense 3
Monitor -- (an ironclad vessel built by Federal forces to do battle with the Merrimac)
       INSTANCE OF=> vessel, watercraft -- (a craft designed for water transportation)

Sense 4
monitor, monitoring device -- (display produced by a device that takes signals and displays them on a television screen or a computer monitor)
       => display, video display -- (an electronic device that represents information in visual form)

Sense 5
monitor -- (electronic equipment that is used to check the quality or content of electronic transmissions)
       => electronic equipment -- (equipment that involves the controlled conduction of electrons (especially in a gas or vacuum or semiconductor))

Sense 6
monitor -- (a piece of electronic equipment that keeps track of the operation of a system continuously and warns of trouble)
       => electronic equipment -- (equipment that involves the controlled conduction of electrons (especially in a gas or vacuum or semiconductor))

Sense 7
monitor, monitor lizard, varan -- (any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles)
       => lizard -- (relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb monitor

2 senses of monitor

Sense 1
monitor, supervise -- (keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance; "we are monitoring the air quality"; "the police monitor the suspect's moves")
       => observe -- (watch attentively; "Please observe the reaction of these two chemicals")

Sense 2
monitor -- (check, track, or observe by means of a receiver)
       => observe -- (watch attentively; "Please observe the reaction of these two chemicals")