Antonyms for looker-on
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : loo k-er-on, -awn |
Phonetic Transcription : ˌlʊk ərˈɒn, -ˈɔn |
Definition of looker-on
- As in observer : noun spectator
- As in onlooker : noun person observing an event
- As in spectator : noun person who watches event
- As in witness : noun person who observes an event
- As in bystander : noun person who watches
- As in testifier : noun witness
- As in viewer : noun witness
- As in eyewitness : noun person who sees an event occur
- Were it my nature to be other than a looker-on in life, I would attempt your rescue.
- Extract from : « Beneath an Umbrella (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- The worst thing was that the farce of it all could only be detected by the looker-on.
- Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
- I forgot, Roland, that I was the looker-on, and not the player of the game.
- Extract from : « Roland Cashel » by Charles James Lever
- One for the looker-on in the struggle who has no eyes for what lies still in shadow.
- Extract from : « The Arena » by Various
- That was his gentle way of intimating that Claude was not invited to be a looker-on.
- Extract from : « Bonaventure » by George Washington Cable
- I have never had an assistant or a looker-on to whom this was not perfectly apparent.
- Extract from : « The Foot-path Way » by Bradford Torrey
- He would have seen, as only a looker-on could see, what was happening to them.
- Extract from : « Play the Game! » by Ruth Comfort Mitchell
- The whole thing was momentary, and the looker-on could not feel sure.
- Extract from : « A Dash from Diamond City » by George Manville Fenn
- I am too dispassionate a looker-on to be fit for a partisan: would I were not!
- Extract from : « Kenelm Chillingly, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- My friend was a looker-on from the Southern side during the whole battle.
- Extract from : « The Secret Service. » by Albert D. Richardson
Synonyms for looker-on
- attestant
- attester
- attestor
- beholder
- bystander
- clapper
- corroborator
- deponent
- eyewitness
- fan
- gaper
- gawker
- gazer
- kibitzer
- looker
- looker-on
- moviegoer
- observer
- onlooker
- passer-by
- passerby
- perceiver
- playgoer
- proof
- rubbernecker
- seer
- showgoer
- sightseer
- signatory
- signer
- spectator
- sports fan
- standee
- stander-by
- testifier
- testimony
- theatergoer
- viewer
- watcher
- witness
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