SPECTATOR

spectator, witness, viewer, watcher, looker

(noun) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

spectator (plural spectators)

One who watches an event; especially, one held outdoors.

Synonyms

• audience

• observer

• crowd

Anagrams

• attercops, catopters

Source: Wiktionary

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Spec*ta"tor, n. Etym: [L. spectator: cf. F. spectateur. See Spectacle.]

Definition: 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. "Devised and played to take spectators." Shak.

Syn.

– Looker-on; beholder; observer; witness.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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