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[ on-look-er, awn- ] / ˈɒnˌlʊk ər, ˈɔn- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR onlooker ON THESAURUS.COM
nounspectator; observer; witness. Origin of onlooker1600–10; on + looker, after verb phrase look on Words nearby onlookeronline catalog, online dictionary, onliner, online thesaurus, onload, onlooker, onlooking, only, only-begotten, only too, on-message Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for onlookerThe paper reports: “It was utterly shocking to watch,” said one onlooker. Art Kingpin Charles Saatchi Photographed Squeezing Nigella Lawson's Throat In London Restaurant|Tom Sykes|June 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST She was wearing an "incredibly low-cut dress," one onlooker said. Why We Adore Liz Hurley's Love Life|Tom Sykes|April 6, 2011|DAILY BEAST There can hardly have been an onlooker who would not have wanted to go up to the young man and shake his hand. Revolutionary World Cups|Tunku Varadarajan|December 2, 2010|DAILY BEAST Asked one onlooker motioning toward the crush of people blockading every clothes rack. Fashion Free for All|The Daily Beast|September 11, 2010|DAILY BEAST
(p. 407) "The advance proceeded well from the start," wrote one onlooker. The Story of the Great War, Volume VII (of VIII)|Various But a factor of all was that Lulu herself was the participant, not the onlooker. As an onlooker, of course you see me more clearly than I see myself, and your judgment of me is probably right. But the Onlooker was no dreamer, and he saw her about three times a week. The Literary Sense|E. Nesbit By the swing of his stride any onlooker would have believed that Cutty was in a hurry to arrive somewhere. The Drums Of Jeopardy|Harold MacGrath
British Dictionary definitions for onlooker
nouna person who observes without taking part Derived forms of onlookeronlooking, adjectiveCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to onlookerobserver, sightseer, viewer, watcher, bystander, spectator, beholder, eyewitness, witness, looker-on |