gazer
One who stares
A gazer is someone who gazes—looks steadily and intently at something.
The word usually appears in compounds: stargazer, navel-gazer, crystal-gazer.
On its own, gazer sounds slightly literary or poetic: The sunset drew gazers to the hilltop.
Observer at an event
- viewerOne who observes visually
- witnessOne who attests
- onlookerPerson who observes
- bystanderOne who observes nearby
beholder · watcher · looker · eyewitness · perceiver · noticer · bird-watcher
Instrument magnifying faraway objects
- constellationsRecognized celestial groupings
- starlightLuminance from distant suns
- night-skyOverhead darkness after dusk
- observatoryFacility for celestial study
planets · celestial · astrophotography · cosmos · galaxies · nebulae · comets · zenith
One who gawks
- gawkerOne who stares rudely
- oglerOne who leers
- leererOne who stares lecherously
- rubberneckerOne who stares intrusively
gaper · wide-eyed · transfixed · mesmerized · riveted · unblinking
spectator
Observer at an event
bystander · beholder · watcher · looker · eyewitness · perceiver · noticer · bird-watcher
telescope
Instrument magnifying faraway objects
- constellationsRecognized celestial groupings
- starlightLuminance from distant suns
- night-skyOverhead darkness after dusk
observatory · planets · celestial · astrophotography · cosmos · galaxies · nebulae · comets · zenith · ecliptic
starer
One who gawks
rubbernecker · gaper · wide-eyed · transfixed · mesmerized · riveted · unblinking
daydreamer
Habitual reverie indulger
thinker · meditator · reflector · muser · romantic · visionary
monitor
Display or supervisor
stalker · tracker · scout · spotter · sentinel · lookout · eavesdropper · tail · shadow
- fierce gaze
- intense gaze
- star gazingObserving celestial bodies
- navel gazingExcessive inward contemplation
- fixed gaze
- steely gazeIntense, unwavering look
gaze, gazed, gazing, gazes, stargazer, stargazing, gazers, stargazers