English > spectator: 2 senses > noun 1, person | Meaning | A close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind). |
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| Example | "the spectators applauded the performance" |
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| Synonyms | witness, viewer, watcher, looker |
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| Narrower | browser | A viewer who looks around casually without seeking anything in particular |
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| bystander | A nonparticipant spectator |
| cheerer | A spectator who shouts encouragement |
| eyewitness | A spectator who can describe what happened |
| gawker | A spectator who stares stupidly without intelligent awareness |
| moviegoer, motion-picture fan | someone who goes to see movies |
| ogler | A viewer who gives a flirtatious or lewd look at another person |
| onlooker, looker-on | someone who looks on |
| playgoer, theatergoer, theatregoer | someone who attends the theater |
| rubberneck, rubbernecker | A person who stares inquisitively |
| spy | A secret watcher |
| starer | A viewer who gazes fixedly (often with hostility) |
| voyeur, Peeping Tom, peeper | A viewer who enjoys / enjoys / enjoys seeing the sex acts or sex organs of others |
| Broader | perceiver, percipient, observer, beholder | A person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses |
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| Spanish | espectadora, espectador, telespectador, televidente, testigo |
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| Catalan | espectadora, espectador, telespectador, televident, testimoni |
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| Verbs | spectate | be a spectator in a sports event |
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