windowshopping
Retail gazing pastime
Windowshopping is looking at merchandise in store windows or displays without intending to buy.
The activity is recreational—browsing for pleasure rather than need: We spent the afternoon windowshopping on Fifth Avenue.
By extension, windowshopping applies to any casual browsing without commitment: He's just windowshopping for jobs, not seriously looking.
Also spelled window-shopping or window shopping.
Forward-facing retail exteriors
- displaysVisual presentations or screens
- mannequinsHuman-shaped display forms
- boutiquesSmall fashionable stores
- galleriesSpaces for displaying art
malls · arcades · promenades · sidewalks · strolling · gazing · admiring · perusing
Desiring something hoped-for
- dreamingMental imagery during slumber
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- covetingDesiring what's another's
- fantasizingImagining desired scenarios
admiring · desiring · imagining · someday · wishlist · unaffordable · luxury · splurge
Moving display content vertically
- browsingCasual examination of options
- onlineNetwork-connected state
- wishlistsRecorded desired items
- bookmarkingSaving a location reference
favoriting · tabs · e-commerce · virtual · clickbait · influencers · Instagram · Pinterest
storefronts
Forward-facing retail exteriors
- displaysVisual presentations or screens
- mannequinsHuman-shaped display forms
- boutiquesSmall fashionable stores
galleries · malls · arcades · promenades · sidewalks · strolling · gazing · admiring · perusing · wandering
wishing
Desiring something hoped-for
- dreamingMental imagery during slumber
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- covetingDesiring what's another's
fantasizing · admiring · desiring · imagining · someday · wishlist · unaffordable · luxury · splurge · out-of-reach
scrolling
Moving display content vertically
bookmarking · favoriting · tabs · e-commerce · virtual · clickbait · influencers · Instagram · Pinterest · haul videos
windowshoppingbuying
Obtaining through payment
purchasing · impulse buying · splurging · spending · retail therapy
window, shop, windows, shops, windowed, shopping, shopped, shopper, shoppers