noticer
- noun
- /ˈnoʊtɪsər/
- Where I live now, a city in name only, noticers abound.
Examples
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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
A person who watches and notices things, often to give expert opinion
A person who watches a place or people to keep them safe
A person who watches closely and reports storms, dangers, or animal sightings
A person who looks at something
A person who notices things using their senses
A person who checks things very carefully, like reports or votes
A person who can notice small differences and good quality in things
A person who notices small details that others miss
A person who notices things using their senses
How Observant
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.