Synonyms of looking to

looking to

phrase

present participle of look to

1

as in relying

to place reliance or trust

They always looked to their mother for advice.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• relying
• calling upon
• standing on
• depending
• counting
• calling on
• banking on
• figuring on
• leaning
• calculating
• reckoning
• confiding
• trusting
• intrusting
• committing
• entrusting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• questioning
• suspecting
• distrusting
• mistrusting

2

as in looking out for

to attend to the needs and comforts of

She looked to the dogs when her neighbor was out of town.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• looking out for
• looking after
• administering (to)
• seeing to
• waiting upon
• nursing
• waiting on
• ministering (to)
• taking care of
• doing for
• caring (for)
• healing
• treating
• providing (for)
• mothering
• supporting
• catering (to)
• preserving
• aiding
• curing
• remedying
• conserving
• spoiling
• pampering
• doctoring
• coddling
• indulging
• babying
• mollycoddling
• humoring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• brushing (aside or off)
• ignoring
• forgetting
• overlooking
• neglecting
• slighting