Definition of spectator Spectator

/spɛˈktejtɚ/ - [spekteyter] - spec•ta•tor

We found 7 definitions of spectator from 6 different sources.

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What does spectator mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: spectators

spectator - a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind); "the spectators applauded the performance"; "television viewers"; "sky watchers discovered a new star"
  witness, viewer, watcher, looker
  beholder, perceiver, percipient, observer a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses
  browser a program used to view HTML documents
  bystander a nonparticipant spectator
  cheerer a spectator who shouts encouragement
  eyewitness a spectator who can describe what happened
  gawker a spectator who stares stupidly without intelligent awareness
  motion-picture fan, moviegoer someone who goes to see movies
  ogler a viewer who gives a flirtatious or lewd look at another person
  looker-on, onlooker someone who looks on
  playgoer, theatergoer, theatregoer someone who attends the theater
  rubbernecker, rubberneck a person who stares inquisitively
  spy (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors
  starer a viewer who gazes fixedly (often with hostility)
spectator - a woman's pump with medium heel; usually in contrasting colors for toe and heel
  spectator pump
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • spectator (n.)
    One who on; one who sees or beholds; a beholder; one who is personally present at, and sees, any exhibition; as, the spectators at a show.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • spectator
    Someone who views an event (sports competition, movie etc.).

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • spectator
    spek-tā′tor, n. one who looks on:—fem. Spectā′tress, Spectā′trix.—adj. Spectatō′rial.—n. Spectā′torship, the office or quality of a spectator: (Shak.) the act of beholding

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