Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bystander
1 sense of bystander
Sense 1
bystander -- (a nonparticipant spectator)
=> spectator, witness, viewer, watcher, looker -- (a close observer; someone who looks at something (such as an exhibition of some kind); "the spectators applauded the performance"; "television viewers"; "sky watchers discovered a new star")