All observer synonyms
ob·serv·er
O o noun observer
- spectator — a weekly periodical (1711–12, 1714) issued by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele.
- witness — to see, hear, or know by personal presence and perception: to witness an accident.
- viewer — a person or thing that views.
- onlooker — spectator; observer; witness.
- bystander — A bystander is a person who is present when something happens and who sees it but does not take part in it.
- eyewitness — A person who has personally seen something happen and so can give a first-hand description of it.
- watcher — a person who watches or who keeps watch.
- beholder — The beholder of something is the person who is looking at it.
- looker — a person who looks.
- looker-on — a person who looks on; onlooker; witness; spectator.
- gaper — a person or thing that gapes.
- gazer — to look steadily and intently, as with great curiosity, interest, pleasure, or wonder.