onlooking

US: (on′lŏŏk′ing, ôn′-)

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

on•look•ing  (on′lŏŏk′ing, ôn′-), adj. 

1. looking on;
   observing;
   perceiving.
2. looking onward or foreboding.

• on + looking, after verb, verbal phrase look on 1655–65

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on•look•er /ˈɑnˌlʊkɚ, ˈɔn-/   n. [countable]

1. a person watching or looking at some action;
   spectator:
   onlookers to an accident.

on•look•ing, adj. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

on•look•er  (on′lŏŏk′ər, ôn′-), n. 

1. spectator;
   observer;
   witness.

• on + looker, after verb, verbal phrase look on 1600–10