viewer
/ˈvjuːə
/noun
1A person who looks at or inspects something: the viewer of paintings or sculpture...
- Vettriano's skill lies in his ability to create narrative paintings with which the viewer becomes involved.
- Their intention was to make paintings that met the viewer as living presences - that were there.
- His drawings and paintings challenge the viewer to meet his hopeless aesthetic half way, and then fail.
Synonyms
watcher, television watcher, spectator, onlooker, observer, non-participant;
witness, eyewitness, looker-on;
(viewers) audience, crowd
informal couch potato
literary beholder
1.1A person watching television or a film: our presenters are role models for young viewers...
- Television viewers probably couldn't last out watching someone doing a full out chart analysis.
- The BBC would like viewers and listeners to write the words for a new hymn or worship song.
- Night after night, viewers tune in to witness their attempts to curb their children's disruptive behaviour.
2A device for looking at film transparencies or similar photographic images: a slide viewer...
- I use the Linhof optical viewer to visualize images and try different compositions.
- Finally, there are some DVD-ROM extras in the form of a screenplay viewer and weblinks.
- The image display in the viewer window actually is a label widget in the center of the dialog.
