The fact is apparent to the most casual observer.
Source: tatoeba (58967)
Observer
//əbˈzɝvɚ//
Synonyms for "observer" (58 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (17)
Related words (29)
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1 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
8 entriescapable of
3 entriesderived
10 entriesderived from
2 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
4 entriesrelated to
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
Translations
83 translations across 36 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- παρατηρητής noun (one who makes observations, monitors or takes notice)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- müşahidəçi noun (one who makes observations, monitors or takes notice)
Bulgarian
1 entries- наблюдател noun (one who makes observations, monitors or takes notice)
Catalan
4 entries- observador noun (one who makes observations, monitors or takes notice)
- observador noun (one who adheres or follows laws, guidelines, etc.)
- observador noun (person sent to monitor but not to participate)
- observador noun (entity with limited participation rights)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 觀察者 /观察者 noun (one who makes observations, monitors or takes notice)
Czech
1 entries- pozorovatel noun (one who makes observations, monitors or takes notice)
Danish
3 entries- betragter noun (one who makes observations, monitors or takes notice)
- iagttager noun (one who makes observations, monitors or takes notice)
- observatør noun (one who makes observations, monitors or takes notice)
Dutch
4 entries- nalever noun (one who adheres or follows laws, guidelines, etc.)
- observator noun (one who makes observations, monitors or takes notice)
- observator noun (aircraft crew member)
- observator noun (one manning an observation post)
Finnish
4 entries- havainnoija noun (one who makes observations, monitors or takes notice)
- noudattaja noun (one who adheres or follows laws, guidelines, etc.)
- tarkkailija noun (one who makes observations, monitors or takes notice)
- tarkkailija noun (person sent to monitor but not to participate)
French
1 entries- observateur noun (one who makes observations, monitors or takes notice)
Galician
1 entries- observador noun (one who makes observations, monitors or takes notice)
German
2 entries- Beobachter noun (one who makes observations, monitors or takes notice)
- Beobachterin noun (one who makes observations, monitors or takes notice)
Greek
4 entries- παρατηρήτρια noun (one who makes observations, monitors or takes notice)
- παρατηρήτρια noun (person sent to monitor but not to participate)
- παρατηρητής noun (one who makes observations, monitors or takes notice)
- παρατηρητής noun (person sent to monitor but not to participate)
Hindi
2 entries- अवेक्षक noun (one who makes observations, monitors or takes notice)
- पर्यवेक्षक noun (one who makes observations, monitors or takes notice)
Hungarian
4 entries- követő noun (one who adheres or follows laws, guidelines, etc.)
- megfigyelő noun (one who makes observations, monitors or takes notice)
- megfigyelő noun (person sent to monitor but not to participate)
- megfigyelő noun (entity with limited participation rights)
Italian
1 entries- osservatore noun (one who makes observations, monitors or takes notice)
Japanese
1 entries- 観測者 noun (one who makes observations, monitors or takes notice)
Latin
2 entries- contemplātor noun (one who makes observations, monitors or takes notice)
- observātor noun (one who makes observations, monitors or takes notice)
Latvian
1 entries- apskatnieks noun (one who makes observations, monitors or takes notice)
Lithuanian
1 entries- stebėtojas noun (one who makes observations, monitors or takes notice)
Malay
1 entries- pemerhati noun (one who makes observations, monitors or takes notice)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- betrakter noun (one who makes observations, monitors or takes notice)
- iakttager noun (one who makes observations, monitors or takes notice)
- observatør noun (one who makes observations, monitors or takes notice)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- observatør noun (one who makes observations, monitors or takes notice)
Occitan
1 entries- observaire noun (one who makes observations, monitors or takes notice)
Persian
2 entries- ناظر noun (one who makes observations, monitors or takes notice)
- ناظر noun (person sent to monitor but not to participate)
Polish
4 entries- obserwator noun (one who makes observations, monitors or takes notice)
- obserwator noun (person sent to monitor but not to participate)
- obserwator noun (one manning an observation post)
- obserwatorka noun (one who makes observations, monitors or takes notice)
Portuguese
1 entries- observador noun (one who makes observations, monitors or takes notice)
Russian
2 entries- наблюда́тель noun (one who makes observations, monitors or takes notice)
- наблюда́тельница noun (one who makes observations, monitors or takes notice)
Slovene
4 entries- opazovalec noun (one who makes observations, monitors or takes notice)
- opazovalec noun (person sent to monitor but not to participate)
- opazovalec noun (one manning an observation post)
- opazovalka noun (one who makes observations, monitors or takes notice)
Southern Altai
1 entries- шиҥдеечи noun (one who makes observations, monitors or takes notice)
Spanish
1 entries- observador noun (one who makes observations, monitors or takes notice)
Swedish
3 entries- betraktare noun (one who makes observations, monitors or takes notice)
- iakttagare noun (one who makes observations, monitors or takes notice)
- observatör noun (person sent to monitor but not to participate)
Telugu
1 entries- ప్రేక్షకుడు noun (one who makes observations, monitors or takes notice)
Turkish
1 entries- gözlemci noun (one who makes observations, monitors or takes notice)
Ukrainian
2 entries- спостеріга́ч noun (one who makes observations, monitors or takes notice)
- спостеріга́чка noun (one who makes observations, monitors or takes notice)
Yiddish
1 entries- אָבסערוואַטאָר noun (one who makes observations, monitors or takes notice)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
There may be microscopes involved, bringing us ever closer to the heart of the matter; but even microbiology is objective, adding to knowledge by putting space between an object and its observer.
Source: tatoeba (239417)
History is like quantum physics: the observer affects the event observed. Is the Kennedy assassination a particle or a wave?
Source: tatoeba (504753)
Opaque? Not at all. Intuitively obvious to the most casual observer.
Source: tatoeba (2099894)
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