[syn: spectator pump, spectator]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Spectator \Spec*ta"tor\, n. [L. spectator: cf. F. spectateur.
See Spectacle.]
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.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Looker-on; beholder; observer; witness.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
spectator
n 1: 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" [syn: spectator, witness,
viewer, watcher, looker]
2: a woman's pump with medium heel; usually in contrasting
colors for toe and heel [syn: spectator pump, spectator]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
69 Moby Thesaurus words for "spectator":
accepter, acquirer, addressee, aficionado, attender, attestant,
attestator, attester, audience, auditor, auditory, beholder, buff,
bystander, claqueur, cojuror, compurgator, congregation, consignee,
deadhead, deponent, earwitness, eyewitness, fan, frequenter,
gallery, gazer, getter, groundling, habitue, haunter, hearer,
hired applauder, holder, house, informant, informer, listener,
looker, looker-on, moviegoer, newer, observer, obtainer, onlooker,
orchestra, pass holder, passerby, patron, payee, perceiver, pit,
playgoer, procurer, receiver, recipient, seer, standee, swearer,
taker, testifier, theater, theatergoer, trustee, viewer, visitor,
voucher, watcher, witness