LOOKERS-ON Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

lookers-on

noun

plural of looker-on

as in spectators

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Noun

According to Long, the gathering grew from about 40 cars and a few hundred spectators in 2014 to 300 display cars and thousands of visitors at Luftgekühlt 12 this year.

— Chris Hardesty, AJC.com, 16 Oct. 2026
The rowing competition on the Charles River between Boston and Cambridge attracts about 12,000 athletes and 370,000 spectators from around the world for the three-day event.

— Anna Meiler, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of spectators

Noun

Coleman found instructive a 1938 ruling in favor of the Pittsburgh Pirates, who challenged a radio station that placed observers on a rooftop next to Forbes Field and paid them to provide play-by-play for an unauthorized radio broadcast.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 15 Oct. 2026
Such actions are scaring people away from coming to court, whether as witnesses, defendants or observers, Bonta said, and amount to a blatant abuse of power.

— Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of observers

Noun

Officers remained at the scene to de-escalate the situation and direct a crowd of onlookers away from the area, police said.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
Crowds gave the couple balloons and flowers, Britain’s PA Media news agency reported, with Harry and Meghan stopping to greet onlookers and pose for selfies.

— Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of onlookers

Noun

The crash sent emergency crews racing to the sports complex in northeast Wichita, where bystanders had already stepped forward to help the injured.

— Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
Rather than concentrating solely on those responsible, Terzić widens the circle to the classmates who were silent bystanders who never intervened.

— Essie Assibu, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of bystanders

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