Dictionary

viewer en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈvjuːə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio
• /ˈvju.ɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English vewer; equivalent to view + -er.

Meanings

1. Someone who views a spectacle; an onlooker or spectator.
   • It’s clear why enterprising people make the videos, but what compels so many viewers to watch an amateur video of some stranger they don’t know opening a box? What would compel a viewer to subscribe to the all-coffee channel and binge-watch a guy unpacking coffee makers? 2014 February 13, Heather Kelly, “The bizarre, lucrative world of ‘unboxing’ videos”, in CNN:
   • This sensation of an object becoming alive is a characteristic that, I believe, seizes all viewers of a van Gogh. The Bible goes beyond being a simple still-life object to become a living thing, an expression of strength, an existence that emanates from itself, beyond the painting surface to participate in our very lives. 2010, Antonio Saggio, A Secret van Gogh: His Motif and Motives, →ISBN, page 11:
2. Someone who watches television.
3. Any optical device used to view photographic slides.
4. A program that displays the contents of a file.
   • This image viewer can display pictures in GIF, PNG and JPG format.
5. (historical) An appointed inspector or examiner
6. (historical) An appointed inspector or examiner: ▸ The manager of a colliery, who directs its workings and ventilation.

Forms

Deriveds

viewership · underviewer · game viewer · geoviewer · viewerbase · solar viewer · fence viewer · remote viewer · check viewer · nonviewer · multiviewer · televiewer · previewer · holoviewer · stereoviewer

Translations (196)

ba тамашасы (someone who views a spectacle) · hu megtekintő (program) · nn sjåar (someone who watches television) · hu televíziónéző (someone who watches television) · hu szemlélő (someone who views a spectacle) · sh glèdalac (someone who views a spectacle) · fr téléspectateur (someone who watches television) · hu diavetítő (optical device) · ru зри́тельница (someone who views a spectacle) · hi ईक्षक (someone who views a spectacle) · es televidente (someone who watches television) · kmr bîner (someone who views a spectacle) · ka მაყურებელი (someone who views a spectacle) · kk қараушы (someone who views a spectacle) · ro spectatoare (someone who views a spectacle) · hu nézőke (program) · es telespectador (someone who watches television) · my ကြည့်ရှုသူ (someone who views a spectacle) · ca teleespectador (someone who watches television) · pl telewidz (someone who watches television) · ka პროექტორი (optical device) · ps تماشاچي (someone who views a spectacle) · bg зри́тел (someone who views a spectacle) · ru програ́мма просмо́тра (program) · id pemirsa (someone who watches television) · tt тамашачы (someone who views a spectacle) · fi katseluohjelma (program) · lv skatītāja (someone who views a spectacle) · tg бинанда (someone who views a spectacle) · th ผู้ชม (someone who views a spectacle) · uk гляда́чка (someone who views a spectacle) · fa-ira بینَنْدِه (someone who views a spectacle) · es visor (program) · da tilskuer (someone who views a spectacle) · ru вью́ер (program) · tl manonood (someone who watches television) · hy դիտող (someone who views a spectacle) · nl toeschouwer (someone who views a spectacle) · bg зри́телка (someone who watches television) · it spettatore (someone who views a spectacle) · ur تَماشائی (someone who views a spectacle) · ca televident (someone who watches television) · sh посматрач (someone who views a spectacle) · el τηλεθεάτρια (someone who watches television) · sv åskådare (someone who views a spectacle) · fi katselin (program) · fi katsoja (someone who watches television) · fr spectateur (someone who views a spectacle) · am ተመልካች (someone who views a spectacle) · mi kaimātakitaki (someone who watches television) · fi televisionkatsoja (someone who watches television) · et vaataja (someone who views a spectacle) · nb seer (someone who views a spectacle) · fa-ira تَماشاگَر (someone who views a spectacle) · lt žiūrõvė (someone who views a spectacle) · be гляда́ч (someone who watches television) · hu dianéző (optical device) · fr visionneuse (optical device) · fr visionneur (program) · uz tomoshachi (someone who views a spectacle) · mk гледач (someone who watches television) · mk гледачка (someone who watches television) · de Zuschauerin (someone who views a spectacle) · de Fernsehzuschauer (someone who watches television) · ru зри́тельница (someone who watches television) · uk перегляда́ч (program) · ru прое́ктор (optical device) · mk гледач (someone who views a spectacle) · ru телезри́тельница (someone who watches television) · ru зри́тель (someone who views a spectacle) · lo ຜູ້ຊົມ (someone who views a spectacle) · ky көрүүчү (someone who views a spectacle) · kmr temaşevan (someone who views a spectacle) · bg зри́телка (someone who views a spectacle) · lt žiūrovas (someone who views a spectacle) · cs divák (someone who views a spectacle) · ar مُتَفَرِّجَة (someone who views a spectacle) · nn sjåar (someone who views a spectacle) · kmr temaşeger (someone who views a spectacle) · tr seyirci (someone who watches television) · tr izleyici (someone who views a spectacle) · mi kaimātakitaki (someone who views a spectacle) · ar مُشَاهِد (someone who views a spectacle) · pt visualizador (program) · de Zuschauer (someone who watches television) · sk diváčka (someone who views a spectacle) · pl widz (someone who views a spectacle) · nl kijker (someone who views a spectacle) · ar مَشَاهِدَة (someone who views a spectacle) · uk телегляда́ч (someone who watches television) · tl manonood (someone who views a spectacle) · da seer (someone who views a spectacle) · az izləyici (someone who watches television) · de Zuseher (someone who views a spectacle) · ug تاماشىبىن (someone who views a spectacle) · ka მნახველი (someone who views a spectacle) · bn দর্শক (someone who views a spectacle) · km អ្នកទស្សនា (someone who views a spectacle) · hu néző (someone who watches television) · ka მაყურებელი (someone who watches television) · tl tagapanood (someone who watches television) · sq shikues (someone who views a spectacle) · sl gledalec (someone who views a spectacle) · ar مُتَفَرِّج (someone who views a spectacle) · fi katsoja (someone who views a spectacle) · pt telespectador (someone who watches television) · hy հեռուստադիտող (someone who watches television) · sw mtazamaji (someone who watches television) · tr seyirci (someone who views a spectacle) · vi trình xem (program) · uk гляда́чка (someone who watches television) · ja 視聴者 (someone who watches television) · tg тамошобин (someone who views a spectacle) · be тэлегляда́чка (someone who watches television) · be гляда́ч (someone who views a spectacle) · is áhorfandi (someone who views a spectacle) · sh глѐдатељ (someone who views a spectacle) · sw mtazamaji (optical device) · nn tilskodar (someone who views a spectacle) · ru просмо́трщик (program) · vi khán giả (someone who views a spectacle) · uk гляда́ч (someone who views a spectacle) · pt espectador (someone who views a spectacle) · hi दर्शक (someone who views a spectacle) · uk телегляда́чка (someone who watches television) · kk көрермен (someone who views a spectacle) · he צוֹפֶה (someone who views a spectacle) · es vidente (someone who views a spectacle) · da seer (someone who watches television) · mn үзэгч (someone who views a spectacle) · az tamaşaçı (someone who views a spectacle) · ru вью́ер (optical device) · es visor (optical device) · fi katselija (someone who views a spectacle) · bg зри́тел (someone who watches television) · lv skatītājs (someone who views a spectacle) · fr téléspectatrice (someone who watches television) · tr izleyici (someone who watches television) · de Zuseherin (someone who views a spectacle) · es telespectadora (someone who watches television) · nb tilskuer (someone who views a spectacle) · nb seer (someone who watches television) · sk divák (someone who views a spectacle) · uk гляда́ч (someone who watches television) · de Fernsehzuschauerin (someone who watches television) · de Zuschauer (someone who views a spectacle) · el θεάτρια (someone who views a spectacle) · pt espetador (someone who views a spectacle) · az tamaşaçı (someone who watches television) · ca espectador (someone who views a spectacle) · mk прегледувач (program) · sl gledalka (someone who views a spectacle) · yi צוקוקער (someone who views a spectacle) · tg тамошогар (someone who views a spectacle) · ms penonton (someone who views a spectacle) · sh posmatrač (someone who views a spectacle) · id pemirsa (someone who views a spectacle) · tk tomaşaçy (someone who views a spectacle) · fr visionneuse (program) · nl kijker (someone who watches television) · el τηλεθεατής (someone who watches television) · tg тамошочӣ (someone who views a spectacle) · fr spectatrice (someone who views a spectacle) · el θεατής (someone who views a spectacle) · ko 관람자 (someone who views a spectacle) · kk көруші (someone who views a spectacle) · sw mtazamaji (someone who views a spectacle) · sh глѐдалац (someone who views a spectacle) · ro spectator (someone who views a spectacle) · cmn 觀眾 /观众 (someone who views a spectacle) · fi katselulaite (optical device) · ru телезри́тель (someone who watches television) · be гляда́чка (someone who watches television) · fr visionneur (optical device) · cs divačka (someone who views a spectacle) · sh glèdatelj (someone who views a spectacle) · be тэлегляда́ч (someone who watches television) · be гляда́чка (someone who views a spectacle) · hu néző (someone who views a spectacle) · dsb telewizny pśiglědowaŕ (someone who watches television) · de Zuschauerin (someone who watches television) · fa-ira تَماشاچی (someone who views a spectacle) · uz tomoshabin (someone who views a spectacle) · ko 시청자 (someone who watches television) · hi दर्शक (someone who watches television) · vi người xem (someone who views a spectacle) · ba ҡараусы (someone who watches television) · ru вью́ер (optical device) · it spettatrice (someone who views a spectacle) · sv tittare (someone who views a spectacle) · ug كۆرۈرمەن (someone who views a spectacle) · mk гледачка (someone who views a spectacle) · ba ҡараусы (someone who views a spectacle) · ru зри́тель (someone who watches television) · cmn 看客 (someone who views a spectacle) · pt telespetador (someone who watches television)