spectator

Other forms of spectator

plural

spectators·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about spectator

What does spectator mean?

spectator means "a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in spectator?

spectator has 3 syllables: spec-ta-tor. The stress falls on "spec". In IPA it is /ˈspɛkteɪtɚ/.

What is another word for spectator?

Close synonyms include witness, viewer, watcher, looker, spectator pump. 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 spectator a common word?

spectator is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.