Antonyms for looker-on


Grammar : Noun
Spell : loo k-er-on, -awn
Phonetic Transcription : ˌlʊk ərˈɒn, -ˈɔn


Definition of looker-on

  • As in observer : noun spectator
  • As in onlooker : noun person observing an event
  • As in spectator : noun person who watches event
  • As in witness : noun person who observes an event
  • As in bystander : noun person who watches
  • As in testifier : noun witness
  • As in viewer : noun witness
  • As in eyewitness : noun person who sees an event occur
Example sentences :
  • Were it my nature to be other than a looker-on in life, I would attempt your rescue.
  • Extract from : « Beneath an Umbrella (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • The worst thing was that the farce of it all could only be detected by the looker-on.
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • I forgot, Roland, that I was the looker-on, and not the player of the game.
  • Extract from : « Roland Cashel » by Charles James Lever
  • One for the looker-on in the struggle who has no eyes for what lies still in shadow.
  • Extract from : « The Arena » by Various
  • That was his gentle way of intimating that Claude was not invited to be a looker-on.
  • Extract from : « Bonaventure » by George Washington Cable
  • I have never had an assistant or a looker-on to whom this was not perfectly apparent.
  • Extract from : « The Foot-path Way » by Bradford Torrey
  • He would have seen, as only a looker-on could see, what was happening to them.
  • Extract from : « Play the Game! » by Ruth Comfort Mitchell
  • The whole thing was momentary, and the looker-on could not feel sure.
  • Extract from : « A Dash from Diamond City » by George Manville Fenn
  • I am too dispassionate a looker-on to be fit for a partisan: would I were not!
  • Extract from : « Kenelm Chillingly, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • My friend was a looker-on from the Southern side during the whole battle.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Service. » by Albert D. Richardson

Synonyms for looker-on

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