noun
Meaning 1
Someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
beholder
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /bɪˈhəʊldə/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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General-American: /bɪˈhoʊldɚ/
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rhymes with -əʊldə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: B IY0 HH OW1 L D ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A fictional monster in roleplaying games, a floating orb of flesh with a large mouth and many eyes on stalks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: fantasy
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: perceiver, percipient, observer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
Narrower terms: eyeglass wearer, finder, discoverer, spotter, hearer, listener, auditor, attender, audile, motile, noticer, seer, spectator, witness, viewer, watcher, looker, visualizer, visualiser, witnesser, informant
History
Etymology
From Middle English behalder, be holdar, beholder, beholdere, biholdar, biholdere, byholdere; equivalent to behold + -er.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: зрител (zritel) — someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator
- Bulgarian: очевидец (očevidec) — someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator
- Chinese Mandarin: 旁觀者 /旁观者 (pángguānzhě) — someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator
- Danish: betragter — someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator
- Finnish: katsoja — someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator
- French: regardeur — someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator
- French: observateur — someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator
- German: Betrachter — someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator
- German: Beobachter — someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator
- Hindi: अवेक्षक (avekṣak) — someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator
- Middle English: biholdere — someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator
- Norwegian Bokmål: betrakter — someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator
- Polish: obserwator — someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator
- Polish: obserwatorka — someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator
- Polish: widz — someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator
- Russian: зри́тель (zrítelʹ) — someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator
- Russian: очеви́дец (očevídec) — someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator
- Spanish: observador — someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator
- Spanish: mirante — someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator
- Swedish: betraktare — someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator
- Swedish: iakttagare — someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator
- Swedish: åskådare — someone who observes or beholds; an observer or spectator
Real reading context