spectator B1 Topic:People & Society US /ˈspɛkteɪtɚ/ UK /spɛkˈteɪtə/ See IPA manual Freq #19755 Meanings 1 noun A person who watches an event, especially a sport or show. Usage: A spectator watches an event. Use it when the person's role as an observer matters, especially at a sporting event. One spectator caught the ball after it bounced into the stands. The cheering spectators filled the stadium. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person who watches an... onlookerviewerwatcher More audiencecrowdobserver Word family Forms spectators Derived forms spect-actorspectatespectatordomspectatorialspectatoringspectatorismspectatoritisspectatorlessspectatorshipspectatresstelespectator Appears in Phrases (1) See all spectator sport a sport that attracts people who enjoy watching it Noun + noun Proverbs (1) See all Life is not a spectator sport Etymology AI details Borrowed from Latin spectātor, related to spectō, to watch, and speciō, to look at, whose infinitive is specere. spectātor Latin specere Latin View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Theater & Performance External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # spectator **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈspɛkteɪtɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /spɛkˈteɪtə/ **Frequency rank:** 19755 ## Meanings 1. A person who watches an event, especially a sport or show. ## Usage Notes - A person who watches an event, especially a sport or show.: A spectator watches an event. Use it when the person's role as an observer matters, especially at a sporting event. ## Examples - One spectator caught the ball after it bounced into the stands. - The cheering spectators filled the stadium. ## Synonyms - audience - crowd - observer ## Derived Forms - spect-actor - spectate - spectatordom - spectatorial - spectatoring - spectatorism - spectatoritis - spectatorless - spectatorship - spectatress - telespectator ## Roots and Affixes - Root: spectātor - Root: specere - to look at ## Etymology Borrowed from Latin spectātor, related to spectō, to watch, and speciō, to look at, whose infinitive is specere. ## AI Etymology Spectator is borrowed from Latin spectātor, from frequentative verb spectō (“watch”), from speciō (“look at”). Equivalent to spectate + -or. Doublet of speculator. Important forms in the word's history include Latin spectātor. In current use it includes the sense A person who watches an event, especially a sport or show. ## Topics - People & Society - Theater & Performance markdown