LOOKERS-ON Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

lookers-on

noun

plural of looker-on

as in spectators

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Noun

The committee moved the paddock closer to spectators and added a vendor village, children’s zone, pony rides and petting zoo.

— Michael Howes, Baltimore Sun, 23 Sep. 2026
More than 30,000 spectators are expected daily during tournament play tomorrow through Sunday.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of spectators

Noun

The government did not meet demands from the opposition and international observers for publication of the electoral council’s complete polling-station-level results so they could be independently compared with the opposition’s copies.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026
Still, some observers argue that holding Saturday’s Mass at Place de la Concorde and along the Champs-Élysées, near the National Assembly and the presidential palace, could be seen as a continuation of Catholicism’s privileged cultural position.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of observers

Noun

Innocent bystanders, including children, are often killed in the mass shootings.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
As the confrontation draws the attention of several people nearby, at least three drivers pull into the nearby parking lot and exit their vehicles, joining other bystanders, some recording.

— Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026

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