Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun watcher

3 senses of watcher

Sense 1
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")
       => perceiver, percipient, observer, beholder -- (a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses)

Sense 2
watchman, watcher, security guard -- (a guard who keeps watch)
       => guard -- (a person who keeps watch over something or someone)

Sense 3
watcher -- (a person who keeps a devotional vigil by a sick bed or by a dead body)
       => person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul -- (a human being; "there was too much for one person to do")