noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A person who derives sexual pleasure from observing other people engaging in some intimate or sexual activity; one who engages in voyeurism.
2. 2
   a viewer who enjoys seeing the sex acts or sex organs of others wordnet
3. 3
   An obsessive observer of sensational or sordid subjects.

Synonyms

All synonyms

peeping tompeeping tombuggerbusybodycoprophiliaceavesdropper

Example

More examples

"Close the curtains! It's because the person living in the house across the street is a voyeur."

Etymology

From French voyeur, from voir (“to see”).

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