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looker

looker

8 3.8
A person who watches or looks at something, for example at a museum
  • noun
  • /ˈlʊkər/
translation icon : observador
  • And despite all that looking, the looker would probably be at a loss to describe the face to anyone later.
  • casual lookers
  • a lot of lookers
  • good lookers

So we're big lookers at the horizon saying how can we do this?

Examples

  • At the party, she stood out as the looker, effortlessly charming everyone with her smile.

  • Everyone turned to see the stunning looker who just walked in, drawing attention from all corners of the room.

  • You are a real looker.

  • Still, we were lookers, if I do say so myself.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • "The real lookers," I said.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • So essentially, it is safer for them emotionally to date the guy who's not the looker, all right?

  • She's a looker.

  • "She's some looker," Bones says, awake now on the other bunk, his eyes blinking.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • In the gallery, the art was mesmerizing, and many were impressed by the looker admiring each piece.

Synonyms

beholder
vslooker
21 5.8

A person who looks at something

is more informal and also used to mean an attractive person
lookie
vslooker
  • Informal
3 9.9

A person who watches something without taking part

is more common and also means someone who is attractive
eyeful
vslooker
  • Informal
3 7.7

A very attractive woman who gets admiring looks

is a neutral term for a viewer or an attractive person
gazer
vslooker
2 4.0

A person who looks at something for a long time with interest or wonder

is more general observation and can also mean attractiveness
good looker
vslooker
  • Informal
1 3.6

A person or thing that looks attractive

can also refer to a neutral observer rather than attractiveness
eye-catcher
vslooker
1 4.1

A person or thing that is easy to notice and attracts attention

can instead mean a person who simply watches or observes
starer
vslooker
1 6.7

A person who looks at someone for a long time in an unfriendly way

is neutral or informal and can also mean an attractive person
looker-on
vslooker
4.4

A person who watches an event without taking part

is used more broadly to mean either observer or attractive person

Antonyms

37 1.8

Not pleasant to look at or to the senses

Compounds

good looker
  • Informal
1 3.6

A person or thing that looks attractive

bad looker
  • Offensive
8.4

A person who many people think is not good looking

4.4

A person who watches an event without taking part

How Observant

observer
305 2.8
looker
8 3.8
spectator
123 2.6
bystander
84 3.4

Surface Forms

looker singular
lookers plural

Morphology

looker = look (transparent) = look + er

The literal meaning 'one who looks' is a direct agentive formation from the verb 'look'; the informal attractive-person sense is an extended, common usage.

Etymology

The word looker is built from look 'to see' and the ending -er 'one who', so it can mean a person who watches or, in informal use, an attractive person whom others watch.