'Bystander' definitions:
Definition of 'bystander'
(from WordNet)
noun
A nonparticipant spectator
Definition of 'Bystander'
From: GCIDE
- Bystander \By"stand`er\, n. [By + stander, equiv. to stander-by; cf. AS. big-standan to stand by or near.] One who stands near; a spectator; one who has no concern with the business transacting. [1913 Webster]
- He addressed the bystanders and scattered pamphlets among them. --Palfrey. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Looker on; spectator; beholder; observer. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'bystander'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abutter,
- adjoiner,
- attestant,
- attestator,
- attester,
- beholder,
- bird-watcher,
- borderer,
- cojuror,
- compurgator,
- deponent,
- drugstore cowboy,
- earwitness,
- eyewitness,
- gaper,
- gazer,
- gazer-on,
- girl-watcher,
- goggler,
- immediate neighbor,
- informant,
- informer,
- kibitzer,
- looker,
- looker-on,
- neighbor,
- neighborer,
- observer,
- ogler,
- onlooker,
- passerby,
- perceiver,
- percipient,
- seer,
- sidewalk superintendent,
- spectator,
- spectatress,
- spectatrix,
- swearer,
- tangent,
- televiewer,
- television-viewer,
- testifier,
- TV-viewer,
- video-gazer,
- viewer,
- voucher,
- watcher,
- witness