Spotter

English

Noun

Spotter (plural Spotters)

1. A person who observes something.
2. (military) A member of a sniper team.
3. (weightlifting, gymnastics, climbing) A person who keeps watch of the person performing an activity, in order to help them should they be unable to complete it.

Thesaurus

Argus, CIA man, Charley, airplane spotter, beagle, cloak-and-dagger operative, counterintelligence agent, counterspy, dick, double agent, espionage agent, eye, fire patrolman, fire warden, fireguard, flatfoot, forward observer, gumshoe, gumshoe man, hawkshaw, inside man, intelligence agent, lookout, lookout man, military-intelligence man, naval-intelligence man, night watchman, operative, patrol, patroller, patrolman, picket, private eye, reconnoiterer, roundsman, scout, secret agent, sentinel, sentry, skip tracer, sleuthhound, spy, spy-catcher, tec, undercover man, vedette, watch, watcher, watchkeeper, watchman

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈspɒt.ə/
• (US) IPA: /ˈspɑ.tɚ/

Derived terms

• planespotter/plane spotter
• train spotter
• weather spotter

Anagrams

• potters
• protest

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

Spotter

1. jeerer; mocker

Inflection

    Declension of Spotter in Bokmål</small>

		Genitive
Indefinite singluar	Spotter	Spotters
Definite singluar	Spotteren	Spotterens
Indefinite plural	Spottere	Spotteres
Definite plural	Spotterne	Spotternes

See also

• spottar (Nynorsk)