Thesaurus results for WATCHER

watcher

noun

ˈwä-chər

as in guardian

a person or group that watches over someone or something the inexperienced babysitter turned out to be a well-meaning but hopelessly incompetent watcher of young children

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as in observer

someone who sees or watches something a safari that affords wildlife watchers plenty of opportunities to see Africa's grandest creatures in their natural habitat

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Recent Examples of watcher Too often, casual Court watchers think that the Supreme Court is deciding whether policy X is good policy. —

Sarah Isgur, The Atlantic, 23 Feb. 2026 The trend is worrisome for some politics watchers because weapons are readily available when voters get riled by their leaders and disputes go beyond harsh words. —

Bart Jansen, USA Today, 22 Feb. 2026 For Oscar watchers, the technical trophies matter as much as the headline prizes. —

Clayton Davis, Variety, 22 Feb. 2026 If Jones, a volunteer court-watcher, hadn’t been observing proceedings that day, nobody outside of the people involved with the case would have known what happened. —

The Denver Post, Denver Post, 21 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for watcher

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And so the city was exposed to future hurricanes, and lost the living guardians whose roots held the land in place.

— Melina Walling, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
Investigators determined Colgrove was the legal guardian for her 4-year-old grandson.

— Elissa Jorgensen, Dallas Morning News, 16 Feb. 2026