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noun look·er \ ˈlu̇-kər \

Definition of looker

1 :one that looks

2 a :one having an appearance of a specified kind

b :one that has an attractive appearance

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Examples of looker in a Sentence

His girlfriend's a real looker.
a college campus that has its fair share of lookers

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Unlike the slightly frumpy DB4 GT, the DB7 was already quite the looker, and Zagato's touch didn't do much to improve the underlying car.

— jonathan m. gitlin, Ars Technica, "Aston Martin and Zagato team up again for Pebble Beach," 15 Aug. 2017
Some 75 or so on-lookers stood watching at Kaw Point Park.

— eric adler, kansascity.com, "Adventure artist floats tiny Lewis & Clark boat made of cardboard down Missouri River," 10 June 2017
As polished a looker as the Warhol Factory’s reigning drag queens Candy Darling and Holly Woodlawn, Eddie parlays an affair with a local drug dealer into becoming the madam of the Club Genet, an actual gay bar in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo.

— j. hoberman, New York Times, "A Tale of a Tokyo Drag Queen, Circa 1969," 8 June 2017
Her voice drew a crowd of on-lookers with their phones, including Connie Hanson, who shared the incredible moment to Facebook.

— the editors, Cosmopolitan, "Child Thrown From Waterslide at Opening of Brand New California Water Park," 28 May 2017
According to The Sun, on-lookers at the member's only club say that the couple tried to remain low key by sitting in a cozy corner of the restaurant.

— morgan evans, Town & Country, "A Definitive History of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's Royal Relationship," 18 May 2017
He’s more of a looker than Murray, but that explains Phil’s arrogance with women, especially Rita (the spunky Barrett Doss), the TV producer immune to his charms.

— michael schulman, The New Yorker, "The Tao of “Groundhog Day,” Onstage," 18 Apr. 2017
Which is why industry insiders and lookers-on alike were so delightfully surprised when then-50-year-old Melissa Leo, frustrated by a press machine that seemed designed to ignore women of a certain age, decided to take matters into her own hands.

— vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com, "25 Years of Oscars M.V.P.s," 23 Feb. 2017
Which is why industry insiders and lookers-on alike were so delightfully surprised when then-50-year-old Melissa Leo, frustrated by a press machine that seemed designed to ignore women of a certain age, decided to take matters into her own hands.

— hillary busis, VanityFair.com, "25 Years of Oscars M.V.P.s," 23 Feb. 2017

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First Known Use of looker

14th century

looker Synonyms

Synonyms

babe [slang], cutie (or cutey), dish, dreamboat [slang], fox, glamour-puss, hottie, knockout, doll, showstopper, ten

Antonyms

dog

Related Words

beauty, eyeful, goddess, lovely, stunner; beefcake, hunk, stud, superstud; bimbette [slang], bimbo [slang], himbo

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: a person (especially a woman) who is very attractive

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