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- [spek-tey-ter, spek-tey-]
- /ˈspɛk teɪ tər, spɛkˈteɪ-/
- /spekˈteɪ.tər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [spek-tey-ter, spek-tey-]
- /ˈspɛk teɪ tər, spɛkˈteɪ-/
Definitions of spectator word
- noun spectator a weekly periodical (1711–12, 1714) issued by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele. 2
- noun spectator person watching an event 1
- noun spectator onlooker, observer 1
- countable noun spectator A spectator is someone who watches something, especially a sporting event. 0
- noun spectator a person viewing anything; onlooker; observer 0
- noun spectator a person who sees or watches something without taking an active part; onlooker 0
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Origin of spectator
First appearance:
before 1580 One of the 35% oldest English words
1580-90; < Latin spectātor, equivalent to spectā(re), frequentative of specere to look, regard + -tor -tor
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Parts of speech for Spectator
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spectator popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 84% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for spectator
noun spectator
- attendee — The attendees at something such as a meeting or a conference are the people who are attending it.
- attestor — to bear witness to; certify; declare to be correct, true, or genuine; declare the truth of, in words or writing, especially affirm in an official capacity: to attest the truth of a statement.
- beholder — The beholder of something is the person who is looking at it.
- bystander — A bystander is a person who is present when something happens and who sees it but does not take part in it.
- corroborator — to make more certain; confirm: He corroborated my account of the accident.
Antonyms for spectator
noun spectator
- anti — You can refer to people who are opposed to a particular activity or idea as antis.
- battler — a hostile encounter or engagement between opposing military forces: the battle of Waterloo.
- bidder — A bidder is someone who offers to pay a certain amount of money for something that is being sold. If you sell something to the highest bidder, you sell it to the person who offers the most money for it.
- contestant — A contestant in a competition or quiz is a person who takes part in it.
- contester — a race, conflict, or other competition between rivals, as for a prize.
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