Passer-by

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  passerby \pas`ser*by"\, Passer-by \Pass`er-by"\, n.
     One who passes by, especially casually or by chance; one not
     directly involved in some action; a passer.
     [1913 Webster +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  passer-by
       n : a person who passes by casually or by chance [syn: {passerby},
            {passer}]
       [also: {passers-by} (pl)]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  passerby
       n : a person who passes by casually or by chance [syn: {passer-by},
            {passer}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  92 Moby Thesaurus words for "passerby":
     TV-viewer, adventurer, alpinist, astronaut, attestant, attestator,
     attester, beholder, bird-watcher, bystander, camper, climber,
     cojuror, comers and goers, commuter, compurgator, cosmopolite,
     cruiser, deponent, drugstore cowboy, earwitness, excursionist,
     explorer, eyewitness, fare, gaper, gazer, gazer-on, girl-watcher,
     globe-girdler, globe-trotter, goer, goggler, hajji, informant,
     informer, jet set, jet-setter, journeyer, kibitzer, looker,
     looker-on, mariner, mountaineer, observer, ogler, onlooker, palmer,
     passenger, passer, pathfinder, perceiver, percipient, pilgrim,
     pioneer, rubberneck, rubbernecker, sailor, seer,
     sidewalk superintendent, sightseer, sojourner, spectator,
     spectatress, spectatrix, straphanger, swearer, televiewer,
     television-viewer, temporary lodger, testifier, tourer, tourist,
     trailblazer, trailbreaker, transient, transient guest, traveler,
     trekker, tripper, viator, video-gazer, viewer, visiting fireman,
     voortrekker, voucher, voyager, voyageur, watcher, wayfarer,
     witness, world-traveler