Meanings
plural watchlists · alternative watch list
- A list of people or things that are assigned to receive special attention or monitoring.
The police have hundreds of citizens on their watchlists.
1 more example
The TSA provides the airlines with the “No Fly” and “Automatic Selectee” watchlists for use in identifying passengers who are to be denied boarding or who require additional scrutiny prior to boarding. The “No Fly” watchlist is a list of persons who are considered a direct threat to U.S. civil aviation.
2010, William J. Krouse, Terrorist Watchlist Checks and Air Passenger Prescreening, page 11
present singular third person watchlists · participle present watchlisting · participle past watchlisted · past watchlisted · alternative watch list
- transitiveTo add to a watchlist.
Origin
Translations
Arabic قَائِمَةُ مُرَاقَبَةٍ
- قَائِمَةُ مُرَاقَبَةٍ (qāʔimatu murāqabatin)list for special attention
Catalan llista de seguiment
- llista de seguimentlist for special attention
Chinese Mandarin 監視列表 /监视列表
- 監視列表 /监视列表 (jiānshì lièbiǎo)list for special attention
Danish overvågningsliste
- overvågningslistelist for special attention
Dutch observatielijst
- observatielijstlist for special attention
Esperanto atentaro
- atentarolist for special attention
Finnish tarkkailulista
- tarkkailulistalist for special attention
French liste de suivi, liste de surveillance
- liste de suivilist for special attention
- liste de surveillancelist for special attention
German Beobachtungsliste
- Beobachtungslistelist for special attention
Hebrew רְשִׁימַת מַעֲקָב
- רְשִׁימַת מַעֲקָב (reshimát ma'akáv)list for special attention
Hungarian figyelőlista
- figyelőlistalist for special attention
Japanese ウォッチリスト
- ウォッチリスト (wotchirisuto)list for special attention
Korean 워치리스트
- 워치리스트 (wochiriseuteu)list for special attention
Malay senarai pantau
- senarai pantaulist for special attention
Persian فهرست پیگیری
- فهرست پیگیری (fehrest-e pey-giri)list for special attention
Polish lista obserwacyjna
- lista obserwacyjnalist for special attention
Portuguese lista de observação
- lista de observaçãolist for special attention
Russian спи́сок наблюде́ния
- спи́сок наблюде́ния (spísok nabljudénija)list for special attention
Spanish lista de seguimiento, registro de vigilancia
- lista de seguimientolist for special attention
- registro de vigilancialist for special attention
- serie de observaciónlist for special attention
Swedish bevakningslista
- bevakningslistalist for special attention
Ukrainian спи́сок спостере́ження
- спи́сок спостере́ження (spýsok sposteréžennja)list for special attention
Cite this entry
watchlist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/watchlist
“watchlist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/watchlist. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “watchlist,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/watchlist.
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