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noticer

noticer

1 8.1
A person who pays close attention to small details others miss
  • noun
  • /ˈnoʊtɪsər/
translation icon : observador
  • Where I live now, a city in name only, noticers abound.

Examples

  • The other hired men—never champion noticers—were useless during the storm.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Women tend to be good "connectors" and "noticers" of social cues.

    Blog text (1)
  • Jen was a noticer, like Barbara.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • One may have both standards and eyes; a lousy noticer is not the same as a good highbrow.

    Academic text (2007)
  • I feel blessed that I am one of these folks, the "noticers" of the need for change.

    Blog text (16)
  • What disconcerts me is the number of noticers who put me to shame.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Moreover, they were brilliant noticers and very articulate ones.

    Blog text (32)
  • To be a noticer is to turn yourself over to the world, to subject yourself to the conversations that you should tune out, the commercials through which you should fast forward, or chatter.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Confronting an indifferent or hostile world, noticers will haul out horror stories of non-noticers.

    Academic text (2007)
  • As a true artist, Marco was a keen noticer of colors and shadows in his surroundings.

Synonyms

observer
vsnoticer
305 2.8

A person who watches and notices things, often to give expert opinion

is a general attentive person without implied expertise
watcher
vsnoticer
89 3.9

A person who watches a place or people to keep them safe

looks for and attends to small details rather than continuous guarding
spotter
vsnoticer
21 4.4

A person who watches closely and reports storms, dangers, or animal sightings

pays general attention to details rather than watching for a target
beholder
vsnoticer
21 5.8

A person who looks at something

focuses on fine details and gives careful attention rather than only seeing
perceiver
vsnoticer
1 7.5

A person who notices things using their senses

gives active attention to details rather than passive sensory awareness
scrutinizer
vsnoticer
  • US
1 6.8

A person who checks things very carefully, like reports or votes

is attentive to details but not necessarily doing formal inspection
discerner
vsnoticer
1 7.5

A person who can notice small differences and good quality in things

focuses on attention to details rather than judging or evaluating
hawkeye
vsnoticer
8.6

A person who notices small details that others miss

is attentive to details but usually less sharply observant
percipient
vsnoticer
  • Formal
9.9

A person who notices things using their senses

attends carefully to details rather than merely sensing events

How Observant

keen eye
7 4.1
observer
305 2.8
noticer
1 8.1
onlooker
24 3.2
bystander
84 3.4

Surface Forms

noticer singular
noticers plural

Morphology

noticer = notice (transparent) = notice + er

Derived by the regular agentive suffix '-er' added to the verb 'notice', meaning 'one who notices', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

Noticer comes from notice plus the ending -er, which means 'one who'. The word notice is related to note, from a root meaning 'to mark' or 'pay attention', so a noticer is someone who 'marks' things with their attention and sees small details.