watchers
Those who observe
Watchers is the plural of watcher—people who observe or monitor something.
Watchers may be assigned to keep an eye on events: poll watchers, weight watchers, bird watchers.
The word can suggest passive surveillance or vigilant attention depending on context: The watchers gathered outside the courthouse awaiting the verdict.
Secret intelligence gatherers
- monitorsTracks or displays
- observersThose who watch events
- scoutsInformation gatherers ahead
- lookoutsThose who watch ahead
sentries · spotters · informants · trackers · tails · operatives · agents · detectives
Those who observe events
- viewersPeople who watch
- crowdLarge public gathering
- onlookersPeople observing an event
- fansArdent admirers or coolers
attendees · patrons · bystanders · gallery · public · congregation · assembly · throngs
Those who guard others
- sentinelsGuards keeping watch
- custodiansThose entrusted with care
- wardensSupervisory officials of institutions
- defendersThose who shield others
keepers · stewards · watchmen · patrollers · coastguard · lifeguards · rangers · caretakers
Warning or watchfulness
- attentivePaying close notice
- observantNoticing things readily
- keen-eyedHaving sharp vision
- sharp-eyedHaving keen vision
wary · mindful · heedful · perceptive · cautious · aware · scrutinizing · eagle-eyed
Wildlife observers seeking avians
- twitchersFanatical rare-bird seekers
- ornithologistsScientists studying birds
- spottersThose who watch closely
- listersThose who catalog items
binoculars · scopes · hides · blinds · feeders · sanctuaries · migration · rarities
spies
Secret intelligence gatherers
lookouts · sentries · spotters · informants · trackers · tails · operatives · agents · detectives · investigators
spectators
Those who observe events
fans · attendees · patrons · bystanders · gallery · public · congregation · assembly · throngs · listeners
protectors
Those who guard others
- sentinelsGuards keeping watch
- custodiansThose entrusted with care
- wardensSupervisory officials of institutions
defenders · keepers · stewards · watchmen · patrollers · coastguard · lifeguards · rangers · caretakers · gatekeepers
alert
Warning or watchfulness
sharp-eyed · wary · mindful · heedful · perceptive · cautious · aware · scrutinizing · eagle-eyed · hawk-eyed
birders
Wildlife observers seeking avians
- twitchersFanatical rare-bird seekers
- ornithologistsScientists studying birds
- spottersThose who watch closely
listers · binoculars · scopes · hides · blinds · feeders · sanctuaries · migration · rarities · sightings
- auctionsauction, bidding, bid, auctioneer, auction house
- followersfollowers, conformist, disciples, devotees, adherents
- internet usersusers, browsers, surfers, daily users, power users
- watchmenwatchmen, guards, sentries, sentinels, security guards
- angelsarchangels, Michael, Gabriel, seraphim, archangel
- supernatural beingsghost, demon, phantom, specter, banshee
watchersparticipants
Those actively involved
doers · actors · players · performers · contributors
watcherswatched
Saw with attention
ignorers · subjects · performers · overlookers · exhibitors
- watched overProtected through vigilance
- being watchedSubject to surveillance
- watches overGuards and protects
- watches outStays alert for danger
- watched like a hawkMonitored with intense vigilance
- watched outExercised caution