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Meanings of onlooker in English

Catalan
badoc
Spanish
curioso

Someone who looks on.

badoc

Someone who views an event (sports competition, movie etc.).

Synonyms
Examples for "spectator"
Examples for "spectator"
1
It used to be said that politics was Ireland's favourite spectator sport.
The Irish Times
2
Yesterday's hearing, held in a spectator-packed state appeals courtroom, represents that continuation.
Wired
3
There the spectator is in the midst of the war of nature.
Their Pilgrimage
4
Although he politely declines, he remains the only spectator to feel involved.
The Irish Times
5
Austria remained immovable, the uneasy spectator of the events that were preparing.
World's Best Histories — Volume 7: France
1
Of course, the extent of that viewer involvement remains to be seen.
Reuters
2
Therefore, it should be who he once said was his ideal viewer.
The new yorker
3
At the moment the television viewer gets by far the best deal.
The Guardian
4
As a result, the 'viewer' can experience the painting in 360 degrees.
BBC
5
The viewer is always aware of that these are performances, of course.
Reuters
Usage of onlooker in English
1
A village blacksmith describes his ancient craft to a fascinated young onlooker.
Radio NZ
2
One onlooker said: The mob were just standing there cheering and laughing.
The Guardian
3
An onlooker would have fancied he heard the creaking of ill-oiled machinery.
Bureaucracy
4
To the onlooker, whose comment Epictetus also records, their aspect is mean:
The Moral Economy
5
To an uninitiated onlooker, nothing could have been more ghastly or absurd.
The History of the Telephone
6
Well, an election isn't a very restful time, even for the onlooker.'
The Philanderers
7
Sheba stands before him, unseen face raised, her back to the onlooker.
Wolf hall
8
The desperate finality of it; the utter futility of the onlooker.
No Man's Land
9
One onlooker said: There were a series of very loud bangs.
The Irish Times
10
An onlooker said: Chloe and Brooklyn are very much a couple.
News.com.au
11
At least one onlooker is said to have attempted to copulate with it.
The Guardian
12
To an onlooker that pantomime in the darkness would have seemed utterly grotesque.
O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920
13
Background:To the dispassionate onlooker, the Omagh trial appeared to have everything.
The Irish Times
14
The onlooker has no choice but to look at the hypnodisc as well.
A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis
15
For the onlooker, this famous photograph captures the severity and horror of war.
The Irish Times
16
But this left the onlooker ready to believe anything of it.
The Man in the Twilight
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Translations for onlooker
Catalan
badoc
Onlooker through the time
Onlooker across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common