watcher
Syllables: watch·er/ˈwɒt͡ʃ.ə/US/ˈwɑ.t͡ʃɚ/
watcher noun: someone who observes something closely for professional reasons, such as an analyst or pundit.
Noun
watcher (plural watchers)
- Someone who observes something closely for professional reasons, such as an analyst or pundit.
- A political representative aligned with a candidate sent to observe elections to report on irregularities. A scrutineer.
- Someone who keeps vigil.
- A guard.
- Near-synonyms: watchman, watchwoman
- Synonyms:
- watchman, watchwoman
- A kind of angel appointed to watch over the human realm, in particular one of those who became fallen angels and begot the Nephilim.
- the Book of Watchers
watcher meaning in Hindi, Urdu and Malayalam
watcher in Hindi
- watcher
- रक़ीब raqīb
watcher in Urdu
- watcher
- ناظر nāzir, رقیب raqīb
watcher in Malayalam
- spectator, onlooker, observer
- നോട്ടക്കാരൻ, നോക്കിനിൽക്കുന്നവൻ, കാഴ്ചക്കാരൻ, ദർശനക്കാരൻ, കാണി, പ്രേക്ഷി
Examples of watcher in a sentence
- There’s nothing more thrilling to the whale watcher than to see a whale surface and blow.
- How many watchers on FA do you need to be a popufur?
- To begin with, bird watchers are often more eager to hit the road than their nonbirding colleagues.
Synonyms of watcher
Forms of watcher
| plural | watchers |
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Origin of watcher
From Middle English wacchere, wachere, wacher, equivalent to watch + -er.
Words formed from watcher
- binge-watcher
- bird watcher
- birdwatcher
- chef watcher
- China watcher
- clock-watcher
- clock watcher
- coastwatcher
- doomwatcher
- firewatcher
- girlwatcher
- hate-watcher
- horse-watcher
- moonwatcher
- moviewatcher
- newswatcher
- shark watcher
- skywatcher
- starwatcher
- swampwatcher
- trendwatcher
- weight-watcher
- whale watcher
- whalewatcher
Phrases with watcher
Questions about watcher
- What does watcher mean?
- Watcher means someone who observes something closely for professional reasons, such as an analyst or pundit.
- What is watcher in Hindi?
- Watcher in Hindi is रक़ीब (raqīb). See Watcher meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is watcher?
- Watcher is a noun.
- How do you pronounce watcher?
- Watcher is pronounced /ˈwɒt͡ʃ.ə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of watcher?
- The plural of watcher is watchers.
Words near watcher in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: watcher (page history and authors); रक़ीब (Hindi) (page history and authors); رقیب (Urdu) (page history and authors); watcher (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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