spectator
noun
[ spɛkˈteɪtə ]
• a person who watches at a show, game, or other event.
• "around fifteen thousand spectators came to watch the thrills and spills"
Similar:
onlooker,
watcher,
looker-on,
fly on the wall,
viewer,
observer,
witness,
eyewitness,
bystander,
non-participant,
sightseer,
commentator,
reporter,
monitor,
blogger,
rubberneck,
beholder,
Origin:
late 16th century: from French spectateur or Latin spectator, from spectare ‘gaze at, observe’ (see spectacle).
