WATCHER

Pronunciation (US):

• WATCHER (noun)
  The noun WATCHER has 3 senses:

1. a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
2. a guard who keeps watch
3. a person who keeps a devotional vigil by a sick bed or by a dead body

  Familiarity information: WATCHER used as a noun is uncommon.

• WATCHER (noun)

Meaning:

A close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

looker; spectator; viewer; watcher; witness

Context examples:

the spectators applauded the performance / television viewers / sky watchers discovered a new star

Hypernyms ("watcher" is a kind of...):

beholder; observer; perceiver; percipient (a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "watcher"):

browser (a viewer who looks around casually without seeking anything in particular)

peeper; Peeping Tom; voyeur (a viewer who enjoys seeing the sex acts or sex organs of others)

starer (a viewer who gazes fixedly (often with hostility))

spy (a secret watcher; someone who secretly watches other people)

rubberneck; rubbernecker (a person who stares inquisitively)

playgoer; theatergoer; theatregoer (someone who attends the theater)

looker-on; onlooker (someone who looks on)

ogler (a viewer who gives a flirtatious or lewd look at another person)

motion-picture fan; moviegoer (someone who goes to see movies)

gawker (a spectator who stares stupidly without intelligent awareness)

eyewitness (a spectator who can describe what happened)

cheerer (a spectator who shouts encouragement)

bystander (a nonparticipant spectator)

Meaning:

A guard who keeps watch

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

security guard; watchman; watcher

Hypernyms ("watcher" is a kind of...):

guard (a person who keeps watch over something or someone)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "watcher"):

patroller (someone on patrol duty; an individual or a member of a group that patrols an area)

night watchman (a watchman who works during the night)

lookout; lookout man; picket; scout; sentinel; sentry; spotter; watch (a person employed to watch for something to happen)

fire watcher ((during World War II in Britain) someone whose duty was to watch for fires caused by bombs dropped from the air)

bank guard (a security guard at a bank)

port watcher; portwatcher (a watchman on a wharf)

Holonyms ("watcher" is a member of...):

private security force; security force (a privately employed group hired to protect the security of a business or industry)

Meaning:

A person who keeps a devotional vigil by a sick bed or by a dead body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("watcher" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)