Antonyms for beholder


Grammar : Noun
Spell : bih-hohld
Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈhoʊld


Definition of beholder

Origin :
  • late 14c., agent noun from behold.
  • noun perceiver
Example sentences :
  • The Eastern end of the Cathedral does not impress the beholder.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • He is a beholder of ideas and an utterer of the necessary and causal.
  • Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • The metamorphosis excites in the beholder an emotion of joy.
  • Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Any beholder would imagine that she was alive, and not dead.
  • Extract from : « The Arabian Nights » by Unknown
  • It gave him a roguish—almost boyish—effect most appealing to the beholder.
  • Extract from : « Gigolo » by Edna Ferber
  • He was a natural orator, and impressed the beholder with his superiority.
  • Extract from : « Shakspere, Personal Recollections » by John A. Joyce
  • Sometimes it turns the beholder to fire, sometimes to stone.
  • Extract from : « The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy » by Jacob Burckhardt
  • The sight of apparitions on Hallowe'en is believed to be fatal to the beholder.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Hallowe'en » by Ruth Edna Kelley
  • Ghosts and skulls and cross-bones, symbols of death, startle the beholder.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Hallowe'en » by Ruth Edna Kelley
  • With a glance like living sapphire, making the beholder glad.
  • Extract from : « Man of Uz, and Other Poems » by Lydia Howard Sigourney

Synonyms for beholder

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