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looker-on

[look-er-on, -awn] / ˌlʊk ərˈɒn, -ˈɔn /
NOUN
bystander
Synonyms
STRONGEST
eyewitness observer onlooker passerby spectator
STRONG
kibitzer viewer watcher witness
WEAK
gaper
Antonyms
STRONGEST
participant
NOUN
eyewitness
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bystander observer witness
STRONG
beholder onlooker passer-by spectator viewer watcher
Antonyms
STRONGEST
participant
NOUN
observer
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bystander onlooker viewer watcher witness
STRONG
beholder eyewitness looker
WEAK
gaper gazer
Antonyms
STRONGEST
participant
NOUN
onlooker
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bystander observer sightseer spectator viewer watcher
STRONG
beholder eyewitness witness
Antonyms
STRONGEST
participant
NOUN
spectator
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bystander fan moviegoer observer onlooker sports fan theatergoer viewer
STRONG
beholder clapper eyewitness kibitzer looker perceiver playgoer seer standee watcher witness
WEAK
gaper gazer showgoer stander-by
Antonyms
STRONGEST
participant
NOUN
testifier
Synonyms
STRONG
attestant attester attestor beholder bystander deponent eyewitness gawker observer onlooker proof rubbernecker signatory signer spectator testimony viewer watcher
WEAK
corroborator
Antonyms
STRONG
participant
NOUN
viewer
Synonyms
STRONGEST
observer onlooker spectator watcher
STRONG
attestant attestor beholder bystander deponent eyewitness gawker proof rubbernecker seer signatory signer testifier testimony
WEAK
corroborator
Antonyms
STRONGEST
participant
NOUN
witness
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bystander eyewitness observer spectator testimony
STRONG
attestant attestor beholder deponent gawker onlooker proof rubbernecker signatory signer testifier viewer watcher
WEAK
corroborator
Antonyms
STRONGEST
participant

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In short, I have acted in all the parts of my Life as a Looker-on, which is the Character I intend to preserve in this Paper.

From The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Addison, Joseph

About two Days since I was reproached with an old Grecian Law, that forbids any Man to stand as a Neuter or a Looker-on in the Divisions of his Country.

From The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Addison, Joseph

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