"watcher" | Definition and Related Words

watcher

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, viewer, witness
A guard who keeps watch (synset 110789727)
is a type of: guard - a person who keeps watch over something or someone
subtypes:
- bank guard - a security guard at a bank
- fire watcher - (during World War II in Britain) someone whose duty was to watch for fires caused by bombs dropped from the air
- lookout, lookout man, picket, scout, sentinel, sentry, spotter, watch - a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
- night watchman - a watchman who works during the night
- patroller - someone on patrol duty; an individual or a member of a group that patrols an area
- port watcher, portwatcher - a watchman on a wharf
belongs to: private security force, security force - a privately employed group hired to protect the security of a business or industry

same as: security guard, watchman
A person who keeps a devotional vigil by a sick bed or by a dead body (synset 110789450)
is a type of: individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being

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