bystander
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bystander \By"stand`er\, n. [By + stander, equiv. to stander-by;
cf. AS. big-standan to stand by or near.]
One who stands near; a spectator; one who has no concern with
the business transacting.
[1913 Webster]
He addressed the bystanders and scattered pamphlets
among them. --Palfrey.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Looker on; spectator; beholder; observer.
[1913 Webster]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
49 Moby Thesaurus words for "bystander":
TV-viewer, abutter, adjoiner, attestant, attestator, attester,
beholder, bird-watcher, borderer, cojuror, compurgator, deponent,
drugstore cowboy, earwitness, eyewitness, gaper, gazer, gazer-on,
girl-watcher, goggler, immediate neighbor, informant, informer,
kibitzer, looker, looker-on, neighbor, neighborer, observer, ogler,
onlooker, passerby, perceiver, percipient, seer,
sidewalk superintendent, spectator, spectatress, spectatrix,
swearer, tangent, televiewer, television-viewer, testifier,
video-gazer, viewer, voucher, watcher, witness
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