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synonyms for passer-by

  • bystander
  • observer
  • witness
  • beholder
  • looker-on
  • onlooker
  • spectator
  • viewer
  • watcher
On this page you'll find 11 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to passer-by, such as: bystander, observer, witness, beholder, looker-on, and onlooker.

antonyms for passer-by

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How to use passer-by in a sentence

Many of the inhabitants came out of their houses and gave it fodder, and every passer-by turned out of the way for it.
A WOMAN'S JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLDIDA PFEIFFER
Many a passer-by would have found it difficult to guess the class of trade carried on by Monsieur Guillaume.
AT THE SIGN OF THE CAT AND RACKETHONORE DE BALZAC
Behind such a wall the passer-by had a glimpse of the upper windows and steep roof of a house of considerable size.
THE LIGHT THAT LURESPERCY BREBNER
The education of Humanity grows like those Eastern pyramids, to which each passer-by adds his stone.
THE LIFE OF MAZZINIBOLTON KING
He fancied that every passer-by looked at him in a peculiar way, with a sort of sarcastic astonishment and curiosity.
DREAM TALES AND PROSE POEMSIVAN TURGENEV
As he walked a passer-by could have seen that he was lame; he used a crutch.
SUE, A LITTLE HEROINEL. T. MEADE
Still, seeing her face a passer-by would not have fancied that she was chilled.
THAT LASS O' LOWRIE'SFRANCES HODGSON BURNETT
It was Moran, for they heard him now in conversation with some passer-by in the hallway.
HIDDEN GOLDWILDER ANTHONY
He stopped short, filled with the new idea, then hurried on, recalled to himself by a stare of surprise from a casual passer-by.
A DREADFUL TEMPTATIONMRS. ALEX. MCVEIGH MILLER
Ere we reached it I observed how each passer-by cast a sly furtive glance up at its time-worn walls.
HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE, NO. VII, DECEMBER 1850, VOL. IIVARIOUS
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WORDS RELATED TO PASSER-BY

  • beholder
  • bystander
  • looker-on
  • observer
  • onlooker
  • passer-by
  • spectator
  • viewer
  • watcher
  • witness
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.