noun
looker
Someone who looks at or for something.
The store welcomes casual lookers as well as serious buyers.
Etymology
The ending -er turns the action of looking into a name for its performer. This sense simply identifies someone engaged in looking or searching.
More examples
- Are you a serious buyer or just a looker?
- Even casual lookers can spot the damage to the painting.
- The agent gives each looker a tour of the house.
Forms
looker · lookers
look verb — Direct your eyes toward something.
Similar words
- observer
- An observer watches attentively, often to understand or record events.
- browser
- A browser looks casually through items without necessarily buying anything.
- searcher
- A searcher actively tries to find a particular thing.