shadowers

Those who trail

People who shadow—who follow, observe, or trail someone or something.

A shadower might be a detective tailing a suspect, a trainee learning by following an experienced worker, or anyone who tracks another's movements: The celebrity noticed shadowers with cameras outside her hotel.

surveillance

trackers

Those who follow trails

stalkers · detectives · investigators · operatives · agents · monitors · watchers · observers · scouts · spies

imitators

mimics

Copies another's behavior

echoes · mirrors · doppelgangers · doubles · clones · parrots · apprentices · proteges · disciples · followers

stealth

lurkers

Those who observe unseen

phantoms · infiltrators · ninja · skulkers · creepers · furtive · concealed · hidden · elusive · camouflaged

Opposites
surveillance role

shadowerstargets

Intended aims or marks

subjects · quarry · marks · prey · persons of interest

Family

shadowed, overshadowed, foreshadowed, unshadowed, foreshadower, shadower

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG