A bystander videotaped the police beating using their cell phone.
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Bystander
//ˈbaɪˌstænd.ə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "bystander" (54 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (16)
Related words (27)
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4 entriesderived from
3 entriesis a
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7 entriesTranslations
31 translations across 16 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مُتَفَرِّج noun (a person who, although present at some event, does not take part in it; an observer or spectator)
Burmese
1 entries- ဘေးလူ noun (a person who, although present at some event, does not take part in it; an observer or spectator)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 旁觀者 /旁观者 noun (a person who, although present at some event, does not take part in it; an observer or spectator)
Dutch
1 entries- omstander noun (a person who, although present at some event, does not take part in it; an observer or spectator)
Finnish
2 entries- sivullinen noun (a person who, although present at some event, does not take part in it; an observer or spectator)
- sivustakatsoja noun (a person who, although present at some event, does not take part in it; an observer or spectator)
French
2 entries- badaud noun (a person who, although present at some event, does not take part in it; an observer or spectator)
- passant noun (a person who, although present at some event, does not take part in it; an observer or spectator)
Georgian
3 entries- დამკვირვებელი noun (a person who, although present at some event, does not take part in it; an observer or spectator)
- მაყურებელი noun (a person who, although present at some event, does not take part in it; an observer or spectator)
- მოწმე noun (a person who, although present at some event, does not take part in it; an observer or spectator)
German
2 entries- Schaulustiger noun (a person who, although present at some event, does not take part in it; an observer or spectator)
- Zuschauer noun (a person who, although present at some event, does not take part in it; an observer or spectator)
Hungarian
2 entries- bámészkodó noun (a person who, although present at some event, does not take part in it; an observer or spectator)
- nézelődő noun (a person who, although present at some event, does not take part in it; an observer or spectator)
Italian
2 entries- astante noun (a person who, although present at some event, does not take part in it; an observer or spectator)
- convenuto noun (a person who, although present at some event, does not take part in it; an observer or spectator)
Old English
2 entries- ymbstandend noun (a person who, although present at some event, does not take part in it; an observer or spectator)
- ætstandend noun (a person who, although present at some event, does not take part in it; an observer or spectator)
Polish
1 entries- naoczny świadek noun (a person who, although present at some event, does not take part in it; an observer or spectator)
Portuguese
1 entries- espectador noun (a person who, although present at some event, does not take part in it; an observer or spectator)
Russian
3 entries- наблюда́тель noun (a person who, although present at some event, does not take part in it; an observer or spectator)
- очеви́дец noun (a person who, although present at some event, does not take part in it; an observer or spectator)
- свиде́тель noun (a person who, although present at some event, does not take part in it; an observer or spectator)
Spanish
4 entries- cotilla noun (a person who, although present at some event, does not take part in it; an observer or spectator)
- curioso noun (a person who, although present at some event, does not take part in it; an observer or spectator)
- espectador noun (a person who, although present at some event, does not take part in it; an observer or spectator)
- mirona noun (a person who, although present at some event, does not take part in it; an observer or spectator)
Swedish
1 entries- åskådare noun (a person who, although present at some event, does not take part in it; an observer or spectator)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
I'm just an innocent bystander.
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Tom was an innocent bystander.
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The incident happened to be captured on video by a bystander.
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