Thesaurus results for VIEWER

viewer

noun

ˈvyü-ər

Definition of viewer

as in observer

someone who sees or watches something viewers of the police videotape are divided in their opinions as to what it actually shows

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Recent Examples of viewer Shot over 12 years with the same set of principal actors, the 2014 film features young Ellar Coltrane and Lorelei Linklater (the filmmaker’s daughter), who grow up before the viewers’ eyes. — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026 Its chief financial officer teaches financial literacy on Twitch, with thousands of viewers tuning in to learn. — Ted Kitterman, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026 If viewers tired of the lack of competition, players tired of the honor losing its meaning. — Jonathan Jones, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026 Executive producer Conrad Green agreed that DWTS has become a place where viewers are willing to discover celebrities outside their own corners of pop culture. — Deirdre Durkan, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for viewer

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Sullivan spoke with attorneys at sidebar about the request, but the discussion was inaudible to observers in the courtroom at Plymouth Superior Court.

— Melina Khan, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
To the outside observer, the hearing for the soft-spoken man with the graying mustache may have seemed like any other, save for the FBI agents from the public corruption squad sitting in the back.

— Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of observer

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The case has become a national cultural fixation and a social media spectacle, gripping and dividing spectators well beyond the Massachusetts courtroom where the 36-year-old mother is charged with killing her three young children.

— Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026
The Plenitude Arena has a capacity of 40,000 spectators and was one of the venues used for the Paris Games.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026

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