noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈɒnlʊkə/
British, Southern, Standard:/ˈɔnlɵkə/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
/ˈɑnlʊkɚ/Northern US or with the cot–caught merger
General-American:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
/ˈɔnlʊkɚ/Midland US, Southern US, without the cot–caught merger
Australian:/ˈɔnlʊkə/
Scotland:/ˈɔnlʉkəɾ/
Northern-Ireland:/ˈɒnlʉkəɹ/
CMU ARPABET:AO1 N L UH2 K ER0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A spectator; someone looks on or watches, without becoming involved or participating.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
I wasn’t involved in the fight; I was only an onlooker.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
someone who looks on
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
