| Main Entry: | spectator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who watches event |
Synonyms: |
beholder, bystander, clapper, eyewitness, fan, gaper, gazer, kibitzer, looker, looker-on, moviegoer, observer, onlooker, perceiver, playgoer, seer, showgoer, sports fan, standee, stander-by, theatergoer, viewer, watcher, witness |
Antonyms: |
participant |
| Concept: | Spectator. |
| Category: | 2. Sensation; special sensation; light; perceptions of light |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
spectator, beholder, observer, looker-on, onlooker, witness, eyewitness, bystander, passer by; sightseer; rubberneck, rubbernecker [U.S.]., spy; sentinel (warning).
-verbs
witness, behold (see); look on (be present); rubber, rubberneck [U.S.]
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| Main Entry: | audience |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group observing an entertainment or sporting event |
Synonyms: |
admirers, assemblage, assembly, congregation, crowd, devotees, fans, following, gallery, gathering, hearers, house, listeners, market, moviegoers, onlookers, patrons, playgoers, public, showgoers, spectators, theatergoers, turnout, viewers, witnesses |
| Main Entry: | bystander |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who watches |
Synonyms: |
eyewitness, gaper, kibitzer, looker-on, observer, onlooker, passerby, spectator, viewer, watcher, witness |
Antonyms: |
participant |
| Main Entry: | couch potato |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inactive person who watches a lot of television |
Synonyms: |
TV viewer, TV-viewer, bystander, drone, goof-off, goof-off, idler, inactive person, laggard, lazy person, lazy-bones, loafer, lotuseater, lounger, observer, slouch, sluggard, sofa spud, spectator, spud, televiewer, televiewer, television viewer, video-gazer, viewer |
| Main Entry: | eyewitness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who sees an event occur |
Synonyms: |
beholder, bystander, looker-on, observer, onlooker, passer-by, spectator, viewer, watcher, witness |
| Main Entry: | gallery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | audience, usually seated high |
Synonyms: |
attendance, onlookers, peanut gallery, public, spectators |
| Main Entry: | onlooker |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person observing an event |
Synonyms: |
beholder, bystander, eyewitness, looker-on, observer, sightseer, spectator, viewer, watcher, witness |
Antonyms: |
participant |
| Main Entry: | witness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who observes an event |
Synonyms: |
attestant, attestor, beholder, bystander, corroborator, deponent, eyewitness, gawker, looker-on, observer, onlooker, proof, rubbernecker, signatory, signer, spectator, testifier, testimony, viewer, watcher |
Antonyms: |
participant |
| Main Entry: | beholder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | perceiver |
Synonyms: |
eyewitness, observer, onlooker, spectator, viewer, watcher |