Observer Synonyms

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Synonyms for Observer

detective
A person on a police force, whose work is investigating and trying to solve crimes
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lookout
A person detailed to watch; sentry
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watcher
A person who watches, esp. one who keeps watch beside a sick or dead person
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sentinel
Watch; guard.
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spectator
An observer of an event, especially a sports contest.
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onlooker
A person who watches without taking part; spectator
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commentator
A person who writes or delivers a commentary
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eyewitness
An individual who saw the occurrence of an event and may be called upon to testify about it in court.
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perceiver
Agent noun of perceive; one who perceives.
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sentry
A guard, particularly on duty at the entrance to a military base.
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guard
A person who protects, keeps watch, or acts as a sentinel:
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policeman
(Chemistry) A glass rod capped at one end with rubber, used in a chemistry laboratory for gravimetric analysis.
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beholder
(Fantasy) A fictional monster in roleplaying games, a floating orb of flesh with a large mouth and many eyes on stalks.
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bystander
A person who stands near but does not participate; mere onlooker
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spy
A person employed by a government to get secret information about or monitor the affairs, plans, armed forces, etc. of another government
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reconnoiterer
One who watches
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peeping-tom
(Eng. Legend, person, proper) A Coventry tailor who was struck blind after peeping at Lady Godiva
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peeper
A person or thing that peeps, cheeps, chirps, etc.
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prying person
One who watches
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novelist
A person who writes novels
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looker-on
An observer or spectator; onlooker
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eyer
One who eyes another.
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percipient
A person who perceives
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voyeur
(Psychology) A person who derives sexual gratification from covert observation of an unsuspecting person who is naked, undressing, or engaging in sexual activity.
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watchman
A man who is employed to stand guard or keep watch.
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drugstore-cowboy
One who dresses or acts like a cowboy but has never been one.
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passer-by
A person who is passing by (that is, walking past).
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meddler
One who meddles or interferes in something not of their concern.
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rubberneck
A rubbernecker.
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columnist
A person who writes or prepares a column, as in a newspaper or magazine
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armchair quarterback
One who offers original comment
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Words Related to Observer

witness
The definition of a witness is a person who has seen an event or who testifies about what he has seen.
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reporter
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inquirer
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author
The works of an author or authors.
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historian
An authority on or specialist in history
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writer
One who writes, especially as an occupation.
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awareness
The state or level of consciousness where sense data can be confirmed by an observer.
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see
The official seat, center of authority, jurisdiction, or office of a bishop.
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  • As a traveller and observer his merits are conspicuous.

  • Thus the slow motion would take place I the observer.

  • So Sandburg is given permission to join Ellison's investigations as an observer.

  • In fact, the casual observer might think he was actually courting her.

  • By the end of October the last Turkish regular had quitted Magyar soil, and, to use the words of a contemporary observer, one quarter of Hungary was as utterly destroyed as if a flood had passed over it.

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