Spotter

//ˈspɑ.tɚ//

Synonyms for "spotter" (64 found)

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Closest matches (13)

lookout airplane spotter argus beagle charley cia man cloak-and-dagger operative counterintelligence agent counterspy dick

Noun(3 words)

lookout banksman discoverer

Strong matches (19)

Noun(2 words)

dogman finder

double agent espionage agent eye finder fire patrolman fire warden fireguard flatfoot forward observer gumshoe gumshoe man hawkshaw inside man intelligence agent lookout man military-intelligence man naval-intelligence man

Related words (32)

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

7 entries

beholder employee observer perceiver percipient security guard watcher

Synonyms

2 entries

finder lookout

Related terms

1 entries

G-spotter

derived

8 entries

locospotter plane spotter planespotter spotter plane talent spotter talent-spotter train spotter weather spotter

derived from

1 entries

spot

has context

5 entries

climbing gymnastics military us weightlifting

is a

1 entries

employee

related to

7 entries

banksman dogman help observe sniper team unable

Translations

44 translations across 8 languages.

Catalan

4 entries

dofí tacat tropical noun (dolphin of the genus Stenella)
observador noun (military: supporting sniper)
observador noun (sports: exercise supervisor)
vigilant noun (person who gives directions for a crane)

Finnish

4 entries

alamies noun (person who gives directions for a crane)
havaitsija noun (person who observes)
suippokuonodelfiini noun (dolphin of the genus Stenella)
tarkkailija noun (person who observes)

German

4 entries

Beobachter noun (military: supporting sniper)
Einweiser noun (person who gives directions for a crane)
Fleckendelfin noun (dolphin of the genus Stenella)
Kampfbeobachtungsoffizier noun (military: supporting sniper)

Hungarian

4 entries

felderítő noun (person who observes)
felügyelő noun (sports: exercise supervisor)
figyelő noun (person who observes)
leső noun (person who observes)

Polish

4 entries

asekurant noun (sports: exercise supervisor)
asekurantka noun (sports: exercise supervisor)
asekurator noun (sports: exercise supervisor)
asekuratorka noun (sports: exercise supervisor)

Portuguese

1 entries

golfinho-pintado noun (dolphin of the genus Stenella)

Spanish

1 entries

amantero noun (person who gives directions for a crane)

Swedish

4 entries

Stenella-delfin noun (dolphin of the genus Stenella)
förman noun (person who gives directions for a crane)
spanare noun (military: supporting sniper)
spotter noun (sports: exercise supervisor)

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Use a spotter for heavy lifting exercises.

Source: tatoeba (11889857)

Due to a spotter's lack of action in holding the weight when a lifter lost her balance, the lifter badly pulled some muscles.

Source: wiktionary

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