looker-on

1. 1.

   someone who looks on

   Synonymsonlooker

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Questions about looker-on

What does looker-on mean?

looker-on means "someone who looks on".

How many syllables are in looker-on?

looker-on has 3 syllables: loo-ke-r-on. The stress falls on "loo".

What is another word for looker-on?

Close synonyms include onlooker. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is looker-on a common word?

looker-on is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.