"viewer" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

A close observer;
Someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind) (synset 110652848)
"the spectators applauded the performance"; "television viewers"; "sky watchers discovered a new star"

is a type of: beholder, observer, perceiver, percipient - a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses
subtypes:
- browser - a viewer who looks around casually without seeking anything in particular
- 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
- rubberneck, rubbernecker - a person who stares inquisitively
- spy - a secret watcher; someone who secretly watches other people
- starer - a viewer who gazes fixedly (often with hostility)
- peeper, peeping tom, voyeur - a viewer who enjoys seeing the sex acts or sex organs of others
same as: looker, spectator, watcher, witness
An optical device for viewing photographic transparencies (synset 104541946)
is a type of: optical device - a device for producing or controlling light