Word Study
viewer
CIDE DICTIONARY
viewer, n.
- One who views or examines. [1913 Webster]
- A person appointed to inspect highways, fences, or the like, and to report upon the same. [1913 Webster]
- The superintendent of a coal mine. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
viewer, n.
1 a person who views.
2 a person watching television.
3 a device for looking at film transparencies etc.
1 a person who views.
2 a person watching television.
3 a device for looking at film transparencies etc.
THESAURUS
viewer
TV-viewer, accepter, acquirer, addressee, audience, auditor, beholder, bird-watcher, bystander, consignee, drugstore cowboy, eyewitness, gaper, gazer, gazer-on, getter, girl-watcher, goggler, hearer, holder, kibitzer, listener, looker, looker-on, observer, obtainer, ogler, onlooker, payee, perceiver, percipient, procurer, receiver, recipient, seer, sidewalk superintendent, spectator, spectatress, spectatrix, taker, televiewer, television-viewer, trustee, video-gazer, watcher, witnessFor further exploring for "viewer" in Webster Dictionary Online