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VIEWER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An optical device for viewing photographic transparencies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("viewer" is a kind of...):
optical device (a device for producing or controlling light)
Derivation:
view (look at carefully; study mentally)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind)
Example:
sky watchers discovered a new star
Synonyms:
looker; spectator; viewer; watcher; witness
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("viewer" 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 "viewer"):
browser (a viewer who looks around casually without seeking anything in particular)
bystander (a nonparticipant spectator)
cheerer (a spectator who shouts encouragement)
eyewitness (a spectator who can describe what happened)
gawker (a spectator who stares stupidly without intelligent awareness)
motion-picture fan; moviegoer (someone who goes to see movies)
ogler (a viewer who gives a flirtatious or lewd look at another person)
looker-on; onlooker (someone who looks on)
playgoer; theatergoer; theatregoer (someone who attends the theater)
rubberneck; rubbernecker (a person who stares inquisitively)
spy (a secret watcher; someone who secretly watches other people)
starer (a viewer who gazes fixedly (often with hostility))
peeper; Peeping Tom; voyeur (a viewer who enjoys seeing the sex acts or sex organs of others)
Derivation:
view (see or watch)
