spectator

Definition of spectator in English English dictionary: One who observes an event; an observer
The cheering spectators watched the fireworks.; one who beholds or looks on; {n} a looker on, a beholder; A weekly British conservative political magazine; the oldest continually published magazine in the English language; A spectator is someone who watches something, especially a sporting event. Thirty thousand spectators watched the final game. a magazine which contains articles about politics, important events, and the arts. There are separate British and US magazines called The Spectator. The magazine was started in the UK in 1711, by Joseph Addison and Sir Richard Steele. someone who is watching an event or game audience (spectare , from specere ); 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"; {i} observer, one who watches; member of an audience (at a play, sporting event, etc.); a woman's pump with medium heel; usually in contrasting colors for toe and heel; 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; kibitzer
spectator sport: A sporting activity which has a relatively high ratio of watchers to direct participants
Today harness racing is a $430 million-a-year business, the fastest-growing spectator sport in the U.S.
spectator sport: Something, especially a process or activity, which is a popular object of observation; an activity which a person prefers to watch rather than to participate in
The singer Britney Spears, whose descent into a personal abyss has become a ghoulish worldwide spectator sport, yesterday left a Los Angeles hospital.
spectator sport: An activity which consists of watching or observing
Rubbernecking is only a spectator sport.
spectator sports: plural form of spectator sport
spectator pump: a woman's pump with medium heel; usually in contrasting colors for toe and heel
spectator sport: A spectator sport is a sport that is interesting and entertaining to watch. The most popular spectator sport is football
spectator sport: a sport that many people find entertaining to watch
spectatorship: The state or quality of being a spectator
The Spectator: Daily periodical published in London by Richard Steele and Joseph Addison from March 1, 1711, to Dec. 6, 1712, and revived by Addison in 1714 (for 80 issues). It succeeded The Tatler, launched by Steele in 1709. Aiming to "enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality," The Spectator presented a fictional club whose imaginary members expressed the writers' ideas about society. It made serious discussion of letters and politics a normal pastime of the leisured class, set the pattern and established the vogue for the periodical in the 18th century, and helped create a receptive public for novelists
spectatorial: Of or pertaining to a spectator
spectators: Plural of spectator
spectatorship: The act of beholding
spectatorship: The office or quality of a spectator

spectator

Hyphenation

spec·ta·tor

Turkish pronunciation

spekteytır

Synonyms

beholder, bystander, clapper, eyewitness, fan, gaper, gazer, kibitzer, looker, looker-on, moviegoer, observer, onlooker, perceiver, playgoer

Antonyms

participant

Pronunciation

/ˈspektātər/ /ˈspɛkteɪtɜr/

Etymology

[ 'spek-"tA-t&r, spek-' ] (noun.) circa 1586. From Latin spectātor, from frequentative verb spectō (“watch”), from speciō (“look at”).

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