onlooker
noun/ˈɒnlʊkə(r)/
/ˈɑːnlʊkər/
- a person who watches something that is happening but is not involved in it synonym bystander
- A crowd of onlookers gathered at the scene of the crash.
Synonyms witnesswitnessobserver ▪ onlooker ▪ passer-by ▪ bystander ▪ eyewitnessThese are all words for a person who sees something happen.witness a person who sees something happen and is able to describe it to other people; a person who gives evidence in a court of law:- Police have appealed for witnesses to the accident.
- According to observers, the plane exploded shortly after take-off.
- A crowd of onlookers gathered at the scene of the crash.
- Police asked passers-by if they had witnessed the accident.
- Three innocent bystanders were killed in the crossfire.
- a witness/an observer/an onlooker/a passer-by/a bystander/an eyewitness sees something
- an observer/an onlooker/a passer-by/a bystander witnesses something
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