gawker C1 Topic:People & Society US /ˈɡɔːkər/ UK /ˈɡɔːkə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a person who stares openly and often rudely The celebrity was surrounded by gawkers at the event. 2 noun a curious or nosy person A crowd of gawkers gathered to peer into the wrecked car. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person who stares openly... onlookerobserverwatcherrubberneckerogler 2 noun · a curious or nosy person busybodysnooppeepereavesdroppermeddler ↔ Opposites ignorer Etymology AI details From English gawk ('to stare openly and stupidly') plus the agent suffix -er, giving gawker ('one who gawks'). Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # gawker **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈɡɔːkər/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈɡɔːkə/ ## Meanings 1. a person who stares openly and often rudely 2. a curious or nosy person ## Examples - The celebrity was surrounded by gawkers at the event. - A crowd of gawkers gathered to peer into the wrecked car. ## Synonyms - onlooker - observer - watcher - rubbernecker - ogler - busybody - snoop - peeper - eavesdropper - meddler ## Antonyms - ignorer ## Etymology From English gawk ('to stare openly and stupidly') plus the agent suffix -er, giving gawker ('one who gawks'). ## AI Etymology Gawker comes from English gawk ('to stare openly and stupidly') plus the agent suffix -er, giving gawker ('one who gawks'). In current use it is a noun meaning "a person who stares openly and often rudely". That sense is explained by the older material without requiring a speculative semantic step: the inherited or borrowed base supplies the field of meaning, while the English formation fixes its modern role. The surface form is compositional: its joined elements remain visible in the modern word. The word's history is thus visible in its construction: the components remain interpretable even after the whole expression has settled into a conventional English meaning. ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown