looker-on

Noun

Meaning

someone who looks on

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

looker on

Synonyms

onlooker spectator looker seer observer witness eyewitness signatory signer bystander beholder watcher gawker passer-by testimony
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Antonyms

tabby prater party telltale magpie participant
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Hypernyms

spectator looker witness watcher viewer

Examples

My soul, sit thou a patient looker-on Judge not the play before the play is done Her plot hath many changes every day Speaks a new scene the last act crowns the play. Francis Quarles

There is no difference between the thief and the looker-on. Kikuyu Proverb

To the looker-on no work is too hard. German Proverb

There is no difference between the thief and the looker-on. Bajan Proverb

Close letter words and terms

lookee lookee-likee looker looker-upper lookful lookie