Meanings
plural stargazers
- colloquialSomeone who gazes at the stars; an astronomer or astrologer (now especially an amateur one).First known use 16th c.
[…] the four satellites of Jupiter, which, it is thought, were probably visible to certain of the more sharp-sighted stargazers of ancient Babylonia.
1906, Theophilus G. Pinches, The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria1 more example
Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels: let now the astrologers, the starre-gazers, the monethly prognosticators stand vp, and saue thee from these things that shall come vpon thee.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 47:13 - biologyAny member of the family Uranoscopidae of bottom-dwelling fish.First known use 17th c.
A stargazer is a frightening fish by any sretch of the imagination, but not until the day I first saw one in its own world did I understand its true nature.
2001, Richard Flanagan, Gould's Book of Fish, Vintage, published 2016, page 187
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian мечтател, звездоброец
- мечтател (mečtatel)one who stargazes
- звездоброец (zvezdobroec)one who stargazes
Czech astronom, hvězdář
- astronomone who stargazes
- hvězdářone who stargazes
German Sterngucker, Sternguckerin
- Sternguckerone who stargazes
- Sternguckerinone who stargazes
- Himmelsguckerone who stargazes
Irish réadóir
- réadóirone who stargazes
Italian sognatore, astronomo
- sognatoreone who stargazes
- astronomoone who stargazes
- astrologoone who stargazes
- uranoscopoa perciform fish in the family Uranoscopidae
Lithuanian žvaigždininkas, žvaigždininkė
- žvaigždininkasone who stargazes
- žvaigždininkėone who stargazes
Russian астроно́м, звездочёт
- астроно́м (astronóm)one who stargazes
- звездочёт (zvezdočót)one who stargazes
- звездочёт (zvezdočót)a perciform fish in the family Uranoscopidae
Spanish miraestrellas, uranoscópido
- miraestrellasone who stargazes
- uranoscópidoa perciform fish in the family Uranoscopidae
Swedish stjärnskådare
- stjärnskådareone who stargazes
Cite this entry
stargazer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stargazer
“stargazer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stargazer. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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