Synonyms for onlooker


Grammar : Noun
Spell : on-loo k-er, awn-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɒnˌlʊk ər, ˈɔn-


Définition of onlooker

Origin :
  • c.1600, from on + agent noun from look (v.).
  • noun person observing an event
Example sentences :
  • If he were more of a "candle-holder" and onlooker, he would more resemble Hamlet.
  • Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
  • He had not been content to take up the position of onlooker and historian only.
  • Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre
  • And it is often those deaths which seem most terrible to the onlooker, which are least so to the sufferer.
  • Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro
  • To the onlooker who does not know its hazards faro is a funereal game.
  • Extract from : « When the West Was Young » by Frederick R. Bechdolt
  • Here and there one which will haunt the onlooker through the rest of his days.
  • Extract from : « The Lure of the Mask » by Harold MacGrath
  • The onlooker has no choice but to look at the hypnodisc as well.
  • Extract from : « A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis » by Melvin Powers
  • At length he approached a man, who like himself seemed to be an onlooker.
  • Extract from : « The Hindered Hand » by Sutton E. Griggs
  • Every community evolves its own spirit not easily to be apprehended by the onlooker.
  • Extract from : « Washington and his Comrades in Arms » by George Wrong
  • He could not stop to reckon with how that which he proposed to do might strike an onlooker.
  • Extract from : « The History of Sir Richard Calmady » by Lucas Malet
  • Steve's urgency for detail must have been pathetic to any onlooker.
  • Extract from : « The Heart of Unaga » by Ridgwell Cullum

Antonyms for onlooker

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