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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
- 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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