lookers-on
Those who watch
Lookers-on are people who watch something without participating—spectators or bystanders.
The term is slightly old-fashioned: The lookers-on gathered as the street performer juggled fire.
The singular is looker-on.
People present but uninvolved
- crowdLarge public gathering
- audienceGathered viewers collectively
- observersThose who watch events
- watchersThose who look on
viewers · witnesses · gawkers · rubberneckers · gallery · public · attendees · throng
Staring stupidly, openly
- rubberneckingStaring at spectacles curiously
- staringGazing without break
- peeringStudying something with concentration
- oglingStaring with desire
nosiness · prying · fascination · intrigue · inquisitiveness · goggling · wide-eyed · slack-jawed
People present but uninvolved
- noninvolvementState of not participating
- passivityState of non-resistance
- indifferenceLack of interest
- aloofnessEmotional unavailability, standoffishness
distance · neutrality · objectivity · disinterest · unconcern · apathy · remoteness · withdrawal
People who directly observed
- observersThose who watch events
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- corroborationEvidence confirming another account
- firsthandWithout intermediary
reporting · documentation · evidence · attestation · surveillance · monitoring
bystanders
People present but uninvolved
watchers · viewers · witnesses · gawkers · rubberneckers · gallery · public · attendees · throng · assembly
gawking
Staring stupidly, openly
- rubberneckingStaring at spectacles curiously
- staringGazing without break
- peeringStudying something with concentration
ogling · nosiness · prying · fascination · intrigue · inquisitiveness · goggling · wide-eyed · slack-jawed · rapt
bystanders
People present but uninvolved
- noninvolvementState of not participating
- passivityState of non-resistance
- indifferenceLack of interest
aloofness · distance · neutrality · objectivity · disinterest · unconcern · apathy · remoteness · withdrawal · impartiality
eyewitnesses
People who directly observed
- observersThose who watch events
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- corroborationEvidence confirming another account
firsthand · reporting · documentation · evidence · attestation · surveillance · monitoring
lookers-onparticipants
Those actively involved
players · doers · actors · contributors · interveners
lookers-onperformers
Those who entertain audiences
protagonists · principals · agents · perpetrators · executors
looker-on, look, looker, lookers, looks, looked, looking, outlook, outlooks