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Thesaurus: aspect

The act of looking; vision; gaze; glance.

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  1. n. The act of looking; vision; gaze; glance.
  2. n. Look, or particular appearance of the face; countenance; mien; air.
  3. n. Appearance to the eye or the mind; look; view.
  4. n. Position or situation with regard to seeing; that position which enables one to look in a particular direction; position in relation to the points of the compass; as, a house has a southern aspect, that is, a position which faces the south.
  5. n. Prospect; outlook.
  6. n. The situation of planets or stars with respect to one another, or the angle formed by the rays of light proceeding from them and meeting at the eye; the joint look of planets or stars upon each other or upon the earth.
  7. n. The influence of the stars for good or evil; as, an ill aspect.
  8. n. To behold; to look at.
  9. n. a distinct feature or element in a problem
  10. n. a characteristic to be considered
  11. n. the visual percept of a region
  12. n. the beginning or duration or completion or repetition of the action of a verb