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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun observer has 2 senses
- observer(n = noun.person) beholder, perceiver, percipient - a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses; Array is a kind of individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
- observer(n = noun.person) commentator - an expert who observes and comments on something; Array is a kind of expert
has particulars: eyeglass wearer, discoverer, finder, spotter, attender, auditor, hearer, listener, audile, motile, noticer, seer, looker, spectator, viewer, watcher, witness, visualiser, visualizer, informant, witness, witnesser
Derived forms verb observe3, verb observe1, verb observe7
has particulars: annotator
Derived form verb observe2
CIDE DICTIONARY
observer, n.
- One who observes, or pays attention to, anything; especially, one engaged in, or trained to habits of, close and exact observation; as, an astronomical observer. [1913 Webster]"The observed of all observers." [1913 Webster]"Careful observers may foretell the hour,
By sure prognostic, when to dread a shower." [1913 Webster] - One who keeps any law, custom, regulation, rite, etc.; one who conforms to anything in practice. Spenser. [1913 Webster]"These . . . hearkened unto observers of times." [1913 Webster]
- One who fulfills or performs; as, an observer of his promises. [1913 Webster]
- A sycophantic follower. Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
observer, n.
1 a person who observes.
2 an interested spectator.
3 a person who attends a conference etc. to note the proceedings but does not participate.
4 a a person trained to notice and identify aircraft. b a person carried in an aeroplane to note the enemy's position etc.
1 a person who observes.
2 an interested spectator.
3 a person who attends a conference etc. to note the proceedings but does not participate.
4 a a person trained to notice and identify aircraft. b a person carried in an aeroplane to note the enemy's position etc.
THESAURUS
observer
TV-viewer, ace, air force, beholder, bird-watcher, bomber pilot, bystander, combat pilot, drugstore cowboy, examinant, examiner, eyewitness, fighter pilot, flyboy, gaper, gazer, gazer-on, girl-watcher, goggler, inspector, investigator, kibitzer, looker, looker-on, military pilot, naval pilot, ogler, onlooker, perceiver, percipient, scrutineer, seer, sidewalk superintendent, spectator, spectatress, spectatrix, suicide pilot, televiewer, television-viewer, tester, video-gazer, viewer, visitator, visitor, watcher, witnessROGET THESAURUS
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Spectator
N spectator, beholder, observer, looker-on, onlooker, witness, eyewitness, bystander, passer by, sightseer, rubberneck, rubbernecker, spy, sentinel.
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