goggler

One who gapes

A goggler is someone who goggles—stares with wide, bulging eyes, typically in amazement or disbelief.

The word also refers to a type of fish with prominent eyes.

In the plural, gogglers can mean the eyes themselves, usually humorously: Keep your gogglers on the road.

starer

gawker

One who stares rudely

onlooker · spectator · looker · eyeballer · leerer · peeper · gawper · beholder · viewer · watcher

curious

rubbernecker

One who stares intrusively

prier · meddler · eavesdropper · voyeur · snoop · peeping tom · inquisitive · prying · intrusive · nosy

swimmer

diver

One who submerges

chlorine · underwater · swim cap · lap swimmer · splasher · paddler · freestyler · breaststroker · aquatic · wetsuit

astonished

amazed

Overwhelmed by sudden wonder

agog · astounded · awestruck · bewildered · thunderstruck · gobsmacked · disbelieving · incredulous · open-mouthed · bug-eyed

Opposites
gaze intensity and duration

gogglerglancer

One who looks briefly

glimpser · peeker · skimmer · ignorer · averter

visual attention style

gogglercasual observer

squinter

emotional register of looking

gogglersophisticate

Worldly, cultured person

stoic

Phrases
Family

goggles, goggle, goggled, goggling, goggly, goggle-eyed

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