onlooking

O1N1L1O1O1K5I1N1G2
UK/ˈɒnlʊkɪŋ/

adjective

That is looking on; watching, observing.

Scrabble 14
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

adjectiveonlooking (comparative more onlooking, superlative most onlooking)

comparative more onlooking · superlative most onlooking

  1. That is looking on; watching, observing.

    A second character dressed as a bishop, gesturing towards the onlooking Henry VII, compared him with the costumed deity […].

    2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 60

Origin

From on- + looking.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

onlooking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onlooking

MLA

“onlooking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onlooking. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “onlooking,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onlooking.

Source: onlooking on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.