WATCHDOG Synonyms

• a person who cares for persons or property

• someone in charge of other people

• one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals

• an ironclad vessel built by Federal forces to do battle with the Merrimac

• someone who supervises (an examination)

• someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided

• display produced by a device that takes signals and displays them on a television screen or a computer monitor

• electronic equipment that is used to check the quality or content of electronic transmissions

• a piece of electronic equipment that keeps track of the operation of a system continuously and warns of trouble

• any of various large tropical carnivorous lizards of Africa and Asia and Australia; fabled to warn of crocodiles

• keep tabs on; keep an eye on; keep under surveillance

• check, track, or observe by means of a receiver

• a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses

• an expert who observes and comments on something

• a person who directs and manages an organization

• a person who cares for persons or property

• carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger

• a dog trained to guard property