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viewer
- /ˈvjuːə/ UK
- /ˈvju.ɚ/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle English vewer; equivalent to view + -er.
noun viewers
- Someone who views a spectacle; an onlooker or spectator. This sensation of an object becoming alive is a characteristic that, I believe, seizes all viewers of a van Gogh. The Bible goes beyond being a simple still-life object to become a living thing, an expression of strength, an existence that emanates from itself, beyond the painting surface to partici
- Someone who watches television.
- Any optical device used to view photographic slides.
- A program that displays the contents of a file. This image viewer can display pictures in GIF, PNG and JPG format.
- An appointed inspector or examiner
- The manager of a colliery, who directs its workings and ventilation.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: spectator, witness, watcher, onlooker, beholder, viewing, bystander, observer, view, viewable, display, visual, visioning, visualization, hearing, visualisation
Translations
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noun someone who views a spectacle
| Español | vidente |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 관람자 gwallamja |
| 中文 | 觀眾 /观众 guānzhòng, 看客 kànkè |
| हिन्दी | दर्शक darśak, ईक्षक īkṣak |
| Kiswahili | mtazamaji |
| Português | espectador, espetador |
| Français | spectateur, spectatrice |
| Deutsch | Zuschauer, Zuschauerin, Zuseher, Zuseherin |
| Italiano | spettatore, spettatrice |
| Ελληνικά | θεατής theatís, θεάτρια theátria |
| Română | spectator, spectatoare |
| Русский | зри́тель zrítelʹ, зри́тельница zrítelʹnica |
| Tiếng Việt | khán giả, người xem |
| العربية | مُشَاهِد mušāhid, مَشَاهِدَة mašāhida, مُتَفَرِّج mutafarrij, مُتَفَرِّجَة mutafarrija |
| עברית | צוֹפֶה tsofé |
noun someone who watches television
| Español | televidente, telespectador, telespectadora |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 시청자 sicheongja |
| 日本語 | 視聴者 shichōsha |
| हिन्दी | दर्शक darśak |
| Kiswahili | mtazamaji |
| Português | telespectador, telespetador |
| Français | téléspectateur, téléspectatrice |
| Deutsch | Zuschauer, Zuschauerin, Fernsehzuschauer, Fernsehzuschauerin |
| Ελληνικά | τηλεθεατής tiletheatís, τηλεθεάτρια tiletheátria |
| Русский | зри́тель zrítelʹ, зри́тельница zrítelʹnica, телезри́тель telezrítelʹ, телезри́тельница telezrítelʹnica |
noun optical device
| Español | visor |
|---|---|
| Kiswahili | mtazamaji |
| Français | visionneur, visionneuse |
| Русский | прое́ктор proéktor, вью́ер vʹjúer, вью́ер vʹjújer |
noun program
| Español | visor |
|---|---|
| Português | visualizador |
| Français | visionneur, visionneuse |
| Русский | програ́мма просмо́тра prográmma prosmótra, вью́ер vʹjúer, просмо́трщик prosmótrščik |
| Tiếng Việt | trình xem |
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@misc{viewer_2026,
title = {viewer},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/viewer},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
