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| Main Entry: | spectator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who watches event |
| Synonyms: | beholder, bystander, eyewitness, fan, kibitzer*, observer, onlooker, seer, watcher, witness, clapper, gaper, gazer, looker, looker-on, moviegoer, perceiver, playgoer, showgoer, sports fan, standee, stander-by, theatergoer, viewer |
| Antonyms: | participant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Synonyms: |
-nouns
spectator, beholder, observer, looker-on, onlooker, witness, eyewitness, bystander, passer by; sightseer; rubberneck, rubbernecker [U.S.]., spy; sentinel (warning) [more].
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| Main Entry: | bystander |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who watches |
| Synonyms: | eyewitness, kibitzer*, observer, onlooker, spectator, watcher, witness, gaper, looker-on, passerby, viewer |
| Antonyms: | participant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | couch potato |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inactive person who watches a lot of television |
| Synonyms: | bystander, drone, idler, laggard, loafer, observer, slouch, sluggard, spectator, spud, TV viewer, TV-viewer, goof-off, goof-off, inactive person, lazy person, lazy-bones, lotuseater, lounger, sofa 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, observer, onlooker, spectator, watcher, witness, looker-on, passer-by, viewer |
| Main Entry: | onlooker |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person observing an event |
| Synonyms: | beholder, bystander, eyewitness, observer, sightseer, spectator, watcher, witness, looker-on, viewer |
| Antonyms: | participant |
| Main Entry: | witness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who observes an event |
| Synonyms: | beholder, bystander, eyewitness, observer, onlooker, proof, signer, spectator, testimony, watcher, attestant, attestor, corroborator, deponent, gawker, looker-on, rubbernecker, signatory, testifier, viewer |
| Antonyms: | participant |
| Main Entry: | beholder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | perceiver |
| Synonyms: | eyewitness, observer, onlooker, spectator, watcher, viewer |
| Main Entry: | watcher |
| Part of Speech: | noun2 |
| Definition: | observer |
| Synonyms: | onlooker, spectator, witness |
| Main Entry: | audience |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group observing an entertainment or sporting event |
| Synonyms: | assemblage, assembly, congregation, crowd, following, gallery, gathering, house, market, public, turnout, admirers, devotees, fans, hearers, listeners, moviegoers, onlookers, patrons, playgoers, showgoers, spectators, theatergoers, viewers, witnesses |
| Main Entry: | gallery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | audience, usually seated high |
| Synonyms: | attendance, peanut gallery, public, onlookers, spectators |
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