voyeurs
They observe secretly
Voyeurs are people who derive pleasure from watching others, especially in intimate or private situations.
The term often implies sexual gratification from secretly observing nudity or sexual activity: The voyeurs gathered at windows across the courtyard.
More broadly, voyeurs are those drawn to spectating others' private lives or misfortunes: social media voyeurs, voyeurs of celebrity scandal.
The singular is voyeur.
Secretly investigating others
- eavesdroppingSecretly listening to others
- pryingIntrusively inquisitive
- invadingEntering by force
- stalkingStealthy, persistent pursuit
trespassing · intruding · meddling · encroaching · violating · breaching · overstepping · surveillance
Looking through cracks
- watchingActively looking at something
- gazingProlonged, intent looking
- oglingStaring with desire
- spyingSecretly observing others
staring · gawking · leering · observing · scrutinizing · eyeing · viewing · rubbernecking
Irrational devotion to something
- paraphiliaAtypical sexual interest disorder
- exhibitionismUrge to expose oneself
- compulsionIrresistible urge to act
- fixationPersistent mental attachment
obsession · deviance · arousal · gratification · taboo · forbidden · thrill · secrecy
snooping
Secretly investigating others
- eavesdroppingSecretly listening to others
- pryingIntrusively inquisitive
- invadingEntering by force
stalking · trespassing · intruding · meddling · encroaching · violating · breaching · overstepping · surveillance · unauthorized
peeping
Looking through cracks
spying · staring · gawking · leering · observing · scrutinizing · eyeing · viewing · rubbernecking · glimpsing
fetish
Irrational devotion to something
- paraphiliaAtypical sexual interest disorder
- exhibitionismUrge to expose oneself
- compulsionIrresistible urge to act
fixation · obsession · deviance · arousal · gratification · taboo · forbidden · thrill · secrecy · anonymity
- watcherswatcher, birdwatchers, watchman, lookout, sports fans
voyeursparticipants
Those actively involved
actors · doers · performers · players · practitioners