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" When you're surrounded by friends and exes, there's a whole lot of stuff that starts crawling out. But however serious and traumatic those experiences may be to the participant, to the onlooker they're hilarious."
Steven Moffat

Meaning of "onlooker" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF ONLOOKER

ˈɒnˌlʊkə


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ONLOOKER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Onlooker is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ONLOOKER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of onlooker in the English dictionary

The definition of onlooker in the dictionary is a person who observes without taking part.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ONLOOKER

booker · broker · carioca · coca · cooker · Fukuoka · hookah · hooker · joker · looker · mediocre · oca · oka · overlooker · poker · Roca · Shizuoka · smoker · soca · underlooker

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ONLOOKER

oniony · oniscoid · Onitsha · onium compound · onium salt · onkus · onlay · online · onliner · onload · onlooking · only · only child · only if · only too · only-begotten · onocentaur · onomasiology · onomastic · onomastically

WORDS THAT END LIKE ONLOOKER

Captain Cooker · electric cooker · fireless cooker · gas cooker · good-looker · Joey Hooker · mortgage broker · nonsmoker · pinhooker · precooker · pressure cooker · slow cooker · snooker · split-level cooker · stoker · stooker · strip poker · stroker · stud poker · toker

Synonyms and antonyms of onlooker in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ONLOOKER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «onlooker» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «onlooker» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF ONLOOKER

Find out the translation of onlooker to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of onlooker from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «onlooker» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

旁观者
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

espectador
570 millions of speakers
en

English

onlooker
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

दर्शक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مُشَاهِدٌ
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

зритель
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

espectador
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

দ্রষ্টা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

badaud
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Pendandan
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Zuschauer
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

傍観者
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

방관자
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Onlooker
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người xem
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

பார்வையாளர்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

प्रेक्षक
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

seyirci
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

spettatore
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

widz
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

спостерігач
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

spectator
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

θεατής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

toeskouer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

åskådare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tilskuer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of onlooker

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ONLOOKER»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about onlooker

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3 QUOTES WITH «ONLOOKER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word onlooker.
1
Robert Frank
My photographs are not planned or composed in advance, and I do not anticipate that the onlooker will share my viewpoint. However, I feel that if my photograph leaves an image on his mind, something has been accomplished.
2
Steven Moffat
When you're surrounded by friends and exes, there's a whole lot of stuff that starts crawling out. But however serious and traumatic those experiences may be to the participant, to the onlooker they're hilarious.
3
Meghan O'Rourke
Television has never known what to do with grief, which resists narrative: the dramas of grief are largely internal - for the bereaved, it is a chaotic, intense, episodic period, but the chaos is by and large subterranean, and easily appears static to the friendly onlooker who has absorbed the fact of loss and moved on.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ONLOOKER»

Discover the use of onlooker in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to onlooker and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
An Onlooker in France, 1917-1919
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Sir William Orpen, 2012
2
Introducing Research to Early Childhood Students
For example, the child with a score of 40 for parallel activity, had a score of 3 for onlooker; 6 for unoccupied: 5 for solitary; 5 for associative, and 1 for organized supplementary play, making a total of sixty observations. At the other extreme, ...
E. Beverley Lambert, 2003
3
Neural Information Processing: 16th International ...
viz., employed bees, onlooker bees and scout bees. All bees which are presently exploiting a food source are termed as employed. The employed bees bring loads of nectar from the food source to the hive and may share the information about ...
Chi-Sing Leung, Minho Lee, Jonathan H. Chan, 2009
4
An Onlooker in France 1917-1919
The boat was crowded.
William Sir Orpen, 2010
5
The Illusions of Egalitarianism
Let us begin with Nussbaum's claim that "compassion takes up the onlooker's point of view, making the best judgment the onlooker can make about what is really happening to the person, even when that may differ from the judgment of the ...
John Kekes, 2007
6
The Onlooker
The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge.
General Books, 2010
7
Onlooker
Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Hardpress, 2012
8
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms
... stipple, marble, spangle, bespangle speckled spotted, spattered, sprinkled, mottled, flecked, stippled, marbled, spangled, bespangled (see under SPOT vb) spectator, observer, beholder, looker-on, onlooker, witness, eyewitness, bystander, ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1984
9
Understanding Human Behavior and the Social Environment
attention is focused on observing something going on around him. 2. Onlooker play: A child involved in onlooker play is simply observing the playing behavior of other children. The child is mentally involved in what the other children are doing.
Charles Zastrow, Karen Kirst-Ashman, 2009
10
Pleasure and Instinct: A Study in the Psychology of Human Action
The perception of these signs may induce an imitative reproduction on the part of an onlooker, and therewith the latter may experience a tendency to the same sort of depression. What is induced in this manner would be a bodily depression ...
A. H. Burlton Allen, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ONLOOKER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term onlooker is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Los Angeles killing by cops: Onlooker faces long prison term for …
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- An officer dropped a nightstick during a struggle with a homeless man who was shot to death by police on Los Angeles' ... «San Jose Mercury News, Jul 15»
2
In Kenya, an Obama family reunion for the president
A billboard along the road said "Karibu POTUS," using the Swahili word for “welcome,” while one onlooker held up a sign offering to build the ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
3
Justin Bieber Shows Off His Dance Moves During Big Night Out in …
"Justin was breakdancing and popping to the music with two of his pals," an onlooker tells PEOPLE. But when you have moves like Bieber, ... «People Magazine, Jul 15»
4
Diego Costa vows to help Radamel Falcao get back to his best at …
And the Brazilian-born striker was also the most animated onlooker, off his seat as he watched and high-fived the winners. In Harlem, Costa ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
5
20-year-old dies in road accident, Delhi watches him bleed
Precious time which could have saved his life was lost because every onlooker turned a blind eye,” said a senior police officer. Vinay lived with ... «Hindustan Times, Jul 15»
6
'What's that in her bag?': London commuter becomes online …
A photo of her was quickly shared on Facebook by a bemused onlooker. Facebook users have been quick to speculate as to what the object ... «Evening Standard, Jul 15»
7
Saints to release LB Junior Galette
... surfaced in July that allegedly shows Galettestriking a woman with a belt during a group scuffle on a beach that was recorded by an onlooker. «ABC30.com, Jul 15»
8
No one injured in garbage truck fire
... driver picked up a dumpster from the parking lot behind the Shell gas station and an onlooker stopped him to tell him his load was on fire. «Morris Daily Herald, Jul 15»
9
Kourtney, Scott spotted together first time post split?
Scott looked very happy to see the kids," an onlooker said. The reality star brought Penelope to Disick's Beverly Hills home, after the hotel visit. «Times of India, Jul 15»
10
Community pushes Shoreham-Wading River to purchase more AED …
Then, an onlooker at the scene revived the player with an AED machine and tragedy was avoided. Now, inspired by that success, members of ... «Riverhead News Review, Jul 15»
REFERENCE
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