looker

See also: Looker

English

Etymology

look +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlʊk.ɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlʊk.ə/

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• Rhymes: -ʊkə(ɹ)

Noun

looker (plural lookers)

1. (literally) One that looks or is actively looking; a watcher; an observer.
2. One having a specific look or appearance.
3. (slang) Someone or something who is remarkably good-looking.

   Wow, your new man is much more of a looker than your last one!

4. A person who pretends to be interested in purchasing something but has no intention of doing so.

   Synonym: tyre kicker

   • 2007, Michelle Blain, Your Real Estate Closing Explained Simply:

     A good real estate agent will screen and separate potential buyers from lookers at the door […]

Synonyms

• (good-looking one): See Thesaurus:beautiful person

Derived terms

• good looker

Related terms

• looker-on, onlooker
• looker-upper

Translations

one that looks actively

• Bulgarian: зрител (bg) m (zritel), наблюдател (bg) m (nabljudatel)
• Finnish: katsoja (fi)
• Italian: osservatore (it) m
• Polish: patrzący m

one having a specific look

• Finnish: näky (fi), ilmestys (fi)

slang: good-looking one

• Czech: fešák (cs) m
• Dutch: schoonheid (nl)
• Finnish: hyvännäköinen (fi), komistus (fi), kaunotar (fi)
• French: canon (fr) m
• Italian: bellezza (it) f, meraviglia (it) f, schianto (it) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kjekkas m (male)

• Swedish: snygging (sv) c

Anagrams

• kooler, relook