surveillance, n. 1. watch, observation, espial; reconnaissance, probe, espionage, spying, police observation, SI.
stakeout; examination, visual examination, study, scrutiny, perusal, review, overview, survey; exploration, observing, noticing, seeing, looking, watching, viewing, witnessing, eyeing; notice, note, attention, inspection, regard.
2. supervision, care, careful attention; monitering, regulation, control, management, administration, superintendence; direction, government, command, leadership; oversight, stewardship, charge, conduct, guidance, treatment,
survey, v. 1. appraise, take stock of, assess; take the measure of, size, size up, judge; ascertain, determine, figure, figure out; reckon, calculate, compute, estimate, Inf check, Inf. check out.
2. scan, observe, scrutinize, regard, contemplate; consider, review, study, examine, investigate; inspect, pore over, peruse, take a close or careful look; take note or cognizance of, cast an eye over, Inf. give the once-over.
3. watch, keep an eye on, keep in sight or view; re-connoiter, keep under observation, SI.
case, scout, scout out, stake out, spy upon; follow, monitor, Inf. keep tabs on; keep watch, be watchful; notice, note, take note of.
4. delineate, delimit, measure, calibrate; graph, lay out, chart, map, map out, trace, pace off, make a map or survey of. -n. 5. examination, perusal, inspection, scrutiny, scrutinization, SI.
look-see, Inf. shopping trip; close observation or watch, investigation, inquisition, inquiry; study, analysis, research, exploration, probe, search; sifting, going through or over, review, checkout, audit; assessment, appraisal, Inf. once-over.
6. report, statement, detailing, in-depth account; review, recounting, recapitulation, Inf. rehash; overview, precis, abstract, summary, digest, condensation,
survival, n. 1. endurance, subsistence, maintenance, nourishment, nurture, sustenance, sustentation; living, livelihood; lasting, staying, enduring, going on through thick and thin, continuing through the ages, continuance.
-adj. 2. lifesaving, life-giving, emergency; sustaining, maintaining, supporting, nurturing, nourishing,
survive, v. 1. outlive, outlast, outwear; remain, remain alive, live on, subsist, endure; last, continue, abide, Archaic, bide, be extant.
2. live, persist, get through, succeed, win over, live through; weather the storm, stand fast, hold one's footing, hold one's ground; keep body and soul together,
susceptibility, n. 1. vulnerability, defenselessness, pregnability, weakness, weak spot, exposed area, chink in one's armor, loophole; subjectability, proneness, liability, predisposition, tendency to get, inclination, propensity, leaning, proclivity; predilection, partiality, affinity, liking, sweet tooth, Inf. thing for; sympathy, affection, fondness, soft spot, understanding.
2. openness, amenability, amenableness, receptiveness, responsiveness, sensitivity, sensibility, susceptivi-ty, susceptiveness; impressibility, impressibleness, impressionability, impressionableness; gullibility, dupability, credulousness, naivete, innocence,
susceptible, adj. 1. Usu.
susceptible of or
to open to, receptive to, amenable to, susceptive to; responsive to, sensitive to, alive to; easily hurt, thin-skinned, tender; easily excited or upset, excitable, high-strung, emotional; willing to listen to, accessible, reachable; influenceable, impressible, impressionable, likely to be taken in by or fall for; gullible, dupable, easily deceived; credulous, wide-eyed, naive, innocent, innocent as a newborn babe, born yesterday, wet behind the ears.
