English > watcher: 3 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 | "sky watchers discovered a new star" |
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| Synonyms | spectator, witness, viewer, 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 | watch | look attentively |
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| watch | observe with attention |
English > watcher: 3 senses > noun 2, person | Meaning | A guard who keeps watch. |
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| Synonyms | watchman, security guard |
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| Member of | security force, private security force | A privately employed group hired to protect the security of a business or industry |
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| Narrower | bank guard | A security guard at a bank |
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| fire watcher | (during World War II in Britain) someone whose duty was to watch for fires caused by bombs dropped from the air |
| lookout, lookout man, sentinel, sentry, watch, spotter, scout, picket | A person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event |
| night watchman | A watchman who works during the night |
| patroller | someone on patrol / patrol duty |
| portwatcher, port watcher | A watchman on a wharf |
| Broader | guard | A person who keeps watch over something or someone |
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| Spanish | celador, guarda de seguridad, guarda, guardia, guardián, sereno, velador, vigilante |
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| Catalan | guaita, sereno, vigilant |
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| Verbs | watch | be vigilant, be on the lookout or be careful |
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