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onlookers

NOUN
audience
Synonyms
STRONGEST
congregation crowd gallery gathering market public
STRONG
admirers assemblage assembly devotees fans following hearers house listeners moviegoers patrons playgoers spectators theatergoers turnout viewers witnesses
WEAK
showgoers
NOUN
gallery
Synonyms
STRONG
attendance public spectators
WEAK
peanut gallery
VERB
attendance
Synonyms
STRONGEST
turnout
STRONG
audience crowd draw
WEAK
assemblage assembly box office company congregation gate gathering gross house

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“This is a family town,” the arresting officer tells jeering onlookers as he and the two others handcuff Gamble.

From Slate • May 4, 2026

Throughout Mr. Stob’s narrative, their success astonishes onlookers and converts skeptics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

But for a while, it was admired, maybe even adored by onlookers.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026

Cheers were heard from onlookers as Prince William and Princess Catherine led their children into the chapel.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

One of the soldiers sent to oversee the hanging was Thomas J. Jackson—soon to become famous as Stonewall Jackson—and one of the eager onlookers in the crowd was John Wilkes Booth.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson