gazer

noun

Definition of gazernext
as in spy

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Recent Examples of gazer Wrestlers like Garcia and Stewart have achieved what Morrison has set his sights on, but Morrison isn’t a star gazer. — Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 19 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gazer
  1. spy
  2. peeper
  3. rubberneck
  4. snooper
  5. interloper
  6. kibitzer
  7. rubbernecker
  8. snoop
Noun
  • In interviews with federal agents and later with CNN, his family dismissed the notion that Beloozerov may have been a spy.
    — Isabelle Chapman, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Margaretha Zelle MacLeod’s stage name came to signify the epitome of the seductive female spy after she was executed by the French in 1917.
    — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of spy
Noun
  • Similar to how goggles protect your peepers from chlorine (and the burning feeling that can follow after opening your eyes in a swimming pool), goggles work very well to combat onion tears, Hale says.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 May 2026
  • The House advanced the bill codifying the peeper’s status, House Bill 5534, this week by a vote of 136-0.
    — Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026
Definition of peeper
Noun
  • Not exactly—there’s only so many people there to buy art, and plenty of others are there to rubberneck.
    — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 15 May 2026
  • Many in the art world have been watching — though often to rubberneck.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026
Definition of rubberneck
Noun
  • The Department’s mistake is to worry about Sarah instead of Zoë, the professional snooper.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2025
  • It is turned off by default—anything that can store this kind of history is something that a snooper or domestic abuser could access.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
Definition of snooper
Noun
  • That interloper was Shadow, who became Jackie's steadfast mate right up until her hospitalization last month.
    — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The interlopers were contrabandistas, Native Pacific Northwesterners brought by American merchants operating out of Hawaii and heading to the Mexican coast to hunt otters without a license.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 July 2026
Definition of interloper
Noun
  • At times, a dozen kibitzers looked on.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 11 Dec. 2025
  • Still, there are boundaries to keep the kibitzers out of the law library, operating room and locker room so the experts can get the job done.
    — Karla L. Miller, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Feb. 2023
Definition of kibitzer
Noun
  • The rubberneckers who gather across the street are represented by crowd noise, and at one point a handful of cops stalk down the aisles of the theater, guns pointed right at Sonny.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 31 Mar. 2026
  • So Wembanyama naturally decided to toy with his rubberneckers.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Mar. 2026
Definition of rubbernecker
Noun
  • Except Leo is the opposite of a snoop.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Terrible for me, an incorrigible snoop of other people’s phones, but probably a good thing for society at large.
    — David Pierce, The Verge, 28 Feb. 2026
Definition of snoop

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“Gazer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gazer. Accessed 13 Aug. 2026.

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